mentoring for women
navigating life passages & profound change
work with the spirits · healing energy · ceremony
hi friends. I’m anna.
I walk with women through life’s significant turning points.
the work here is tender, fierce and rooted in love.
if you’re standing at a threshold, warm welcome.
like you, I have stories…
women arrive here:
during ‘who am I?’ moments & big life changes
when sacred dreams begin to stir
to connect with other eclectic, magical kin
spirit
everything is alive, and sentient
your helping spirits love you without condition. working together makes life’s big changes manageable. living becomes joyful, rich, and sweet.
ceremony
change the shape of creation
set strong intention. perform creative and beautiful acts with positive intent. anchor power, mercy, and grace. ceremony is sacred poetry.
being seen
the most powerful healing
seem simple? it is not. when you feel truly seen, everything inside that works so hard to be known – lets go. the relief that results is profound.
rest & play
tension… dissolves
when you can rest deeply, what’s been covered up with hectic movement gets revealed for healing. when it arrives, you’re safe to slow down. breathe.
working with the spirits, ceremony, and the power of love helps you through every change life brings…
so you can do what you came here to.
slow down. receive.
in times of big change, find your center again.
enter your email below, receive ‘the sacred initiation.’
it’s a 30-minute mythopoetic & unusual inner journey.
healing sessions
if you’re new here
begin with a single session
come swim in the healing waters, experience the work.
three-session series
healing adventures
real change roots in your life, an ongoing rhythm.
the magical life
alchemy
strong, ongoing work for women at a crossroads.
returning students & clients
if we’ve worked together before, and you need a tune-up, let’s reconnect in a focused session.
note: complex or layered work is best served in a session series. see you soon, loved ones.
circles & events
I’m feeling big change within – new circles & events are coming.
until they arrive, I hope to see you at the monthly circle.
whether it’s in session or in circle,
there is real joy in being seen and welcomed as you are.
kind thanks
it’s been an extraordinary 24 years of service. thanks much.
sandra ingerman
shamanic teacher, author of 13 books
‘anna is an extraordinary woman who is a truly gifted healer and teacher. she creates a very sacred and safe space, as well as keeps her teaching fresh and filled with wisdom, compassion, and humor. anyone who finds their way to anna will feel empowered, and be rewarded with a depth of healing and potent transformation.’
daniel foor
phd, founder ancestral medicine
‘the complexity, immensity, and intensity of what we do as healers needs support – places of oasis for those of us who tend.
anna is great at creating these spaces, whether she’s training the next generation or holding space for those of us living this work for decades.’
francis rico
toltec elder, author, friend of cats
‘anna is sublime at guiding and helping. she’s exquisitely sensitive and skilled, with a deep integrity that immediately gains trust.
anna flows, dances, and swims with the sacred – this animates and fills her work and sessions with the wild beauty necessary for true healing.’
from the cosmic pen
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the dreaming otter: origin story
what does it mean to follow your dreams? it started more than two decades ago. night after night, I was visited by incredibly vivid dreams of swimming with river otters. in them, I got to be an otter myself, clever…
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ceremonies wake us from the trance
ceremony is one of the strongest tools we can use to help our clients, students, groups, and audiences. river otter offers us this beautiful teaching: ‘ceremonies are where humans wake up from the trance, and remember how powerful they are.’…
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2026: a strong & hopeful message
hi loved ones! below, musings for our beautiful year ahead, weaving together three sacred seeds: certitude, devotion, and essence.10-minute read the first seed: ‘unwavering alignment’ the holy man I sat with a holy man last week, an elder from africa.…
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when you feel too scared to shine
feeling too scared to shine in this article, we’ll look at 3 reasons healers and teachers might feel too scared to shine, and do our work in the world: • fear of being targeted or cancelled online • lived experience,…
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for the love of cat (a journey)
the divine feline: cat lovers don’t need it explained. there is something in us, deep in our hearts, that reveres, cherishes, and delights in cats. some of us have felt it all our lives – a strong need to serve,…
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‘the show must go on’
as spaceholders, healers, and leaders, we’ve got a library of stories worth cringing, crying, or laughing over, don’t we? on our best days, we make it look easy. if you and I were sharing stories by firelight under a sea…
