Services
Three ways to walk a more integrated path.
Choose the one that fits where you are, or book a free consult if you are not sure.
Spiritual Direction & Companionship
Reiki & Energy Healing
Contemplative Retreats
At the heart of it, all three services are the same work: practicing awareness, without judgement, to where the Spirit is already moving in your life.
The form changes (a conversation, a hands-on session, a retreat) but the posture is the same. The companion walks alongside you.
The true director is the One sometimes called God, Spirit, Mystery, or whatever name fits for you.
Spiritual Direction & Companionship
Like putting up a sail. You create space, and the Spirit moves. We listen together for what is already at work in your life.
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Anyone beginning, returning to, or reshaping a spiritual life
People healing from harm experienced inside religion
Those whose old spirituality no longer fits, and who want a thinking, feeling companion for what comes next
Queer, trans and non binary seekers looking for a safe space
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A confidential 1:1 relationship between you, a guide, and the Mystery you identify as your higher power
Curious questions that help you notice what you are already experiencing
Held space for grief, anger, doubt and joy in equal measure
Reflections offered, never imposed
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In person in Waikanae, or online anywhere
60 minutes per session
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Consultation (free, ~15 minutes). What spiritual direction actually is, the nuts and bolts of how we'd work together, and whether it fits what you are looking for.
Exploring (one paid session). You share what brought you here and where you'd like to head. Together we map a clear outline of your hopes and the goals you want to work toward, and we set a plan you can use now or come back to later.
The Journey (three sessions). We work the plan. Each session brings its own clarity, awareness, and sense of where the Spirit is leading. At the end, everything wraps together.
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Free consultation
Exploring session and Journey sessions: pricing discussed at consult
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Spiritual direction is a little like putting up the sail of a boat on the sea. The act of making space for the Divine to meet you in silence sets you up to catch the wind of the Spirit's movement and activity in your life. The true direction is provided by the One sometimes called God.
People come to spiritual direction for many reasons. Some feel freshly inspired and want a compass. Some have been wounded by harmful religious teaching or practice. Some have been rocked by an experience or revelation, and find the spirituality they once knew is no longer a place of refuge. Whatever your reason for ending up here, you are responding to an invitation to a deeper place of intimacy with the Creator.
Together we look for the activity of the Divine in your life, like sensing an unseen force in a sailing boat. The wind itself is invisible, but its power can be felt and its effect seen. Putting up the sail is an act of trust. A choice to participate more fully in what the Mystery is already doing. Along the way, you obtain a keener discernment of how you are personally experiencing the Spirit, and a clearer awareness of where the Spirit has been with you all along.
I am here to walk alongside you, with the goal of healing and growth. I may ask questions that invite deeper contemplation. Reflections will come in many forms. Whether in person or online, we will listen, watch, and sense the unique movement of the Divine in your present moment.
For what to expect (and what not to expect), please see our Spiritual Direction Agreement.
Reiki & Energy Healing
A calm, fully clothed session for rest, release and gentle healing.
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Anyone carrying tension, grief or stress in the body
People who want a spiritual experience that does not require speaking
Those curious about energy work, from any tradition or none
Anyone wanting a complementary practice alongside their existing care
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A welcoming, calm space where you are fully clothed throughout
You choose whether or not touch is part of the session, before we begin
The energy is often sensed as warmth, gentle vibration or tingling. Every person is different
I am not the source of the healing, I simply hold the space as a facilitator for it
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In person in Waikanae, or online anywhere
In-person sessions can be with our without physical touch
50 minutes per session
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Discussed at consult
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Many traditions hold the idea that healing can come through spiritual means. Grand Reiki Master Hawayo Takata called reiki energy by many names: God Power, Cosmic Energy, Universal Life Force, Prana, Mana. She said it is always present. We are simply unaware of it until contact is made, after which it can be received and converted into healing energy.
A sacred Christian text holds a similar thread: "Is anyone among you sick? Let them call for the elders, and let the elders pray over them." Across many world religions, the idea recurs: healing can move through us, when we make space for it.
Reiki is not a technique or a process. It just is. The flow is sensed in the hands, usually as heat, sometimes as a vibration or tingling, sometimes in another form. Each person is unique, and there are infinite expressions of this healing energy. Treatments are received in a calm, welcoming environment while fully clothed. You choose whether or not touch is part of your session.
The practitioner is not in control of what will happen. The practitioner simply facilitates a healing space, and acts as the channel through which the healing is transferred.
Adapted from Helen J. Haberly.
Individualised Contemplative Retreats
A retreat shaped around where you are. Designed with you, for you.
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People navigating a transition (grief, vocation, identity, relationship)
Anyone needing intentional rest before burnout takes hold
Those wanting structured space for discernment, prayer or contemplation
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An in-depth pre-retreat conversation so we can shape the day around you
Half day, full day or multi-day options
Packaged for you self-guide in a quiet space, with rhythms of stillness, reflection and gentle direction
A take-away reflection to carry with you afterwards
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Bespoke, co designed with you at consult
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Discussed at consult