I am thrilled to share with you the exciting changes to the HEARTransformation (HT) Apprenticeship.. My Guides and I have been revamping the program for the past year and a half and it has been quite challenging to contain my enthusiasm while we completed the process. As I look at the results, I can honestly say, I have never been more excited to teach this program!
I am passionate about this work because it completely changed my life and I get to witness the impacts of it on the lives of my students and clients almost daily. I want this program to be available to anyone who feels a call to live a Heart-centered life connected to Nature. To make it easier to attend, we have shortened the program to five weekends (instead of six), which also enables us to reduce the cost.
When I started the HT program, the focus was on supporting people in becoming HEARTransformation practitioners, in whatever manner they wanted. (After all, we are each healers as we move through the world and our “healing practice” can look very differently than helping people in a clinical setting.) We worked with the wisdom of Nature to experience and learn the healing techniques that have been the foundation of HT, such as: chakra clearings, cord cuttings, Soul contracts, clearing malevolent magic, depossessions, making and working with Flower Essences, and more.
As Earth’s changes are intensifying, we are being asked to unquestionably step into our potential. We can no longer play small. Our more-than-human relatives are showing up in very big ways, wanting to engage in co-creative partnership with us and wanting to help us re-member who we are. Therefore, it only makes sense that the HT Apprenticeship would need to mirror these shifts.
The Plants continue to remind me that often the best thing that we can do for the world, is to focus on our own work, including healing our wounds and embracing our gifts, realizing that we are the authors of our lives. Personal alchemy has increasingly become an important part of the HT Apprenticeship, knowing that as we engage in it, our transformation radiates out and helps us be better healing practitioners.
Throughout the HT Apprenticeship, we are deepening our focus on personal alchemy, particularly enhancing our energy bodies, our relationship with Nature, and our connection to Spirit and the Unseen Worlds. While also, clearing away the dross that disrupts our Soul’s expression.
The HEARTransformation Apprenticeship is based in a Love ethic which honors the sacredness of all Beings. Our aim is to remember our part in Nature and engage in our connection to all for our own healing and the healing of others. Over the last several years, the Plants and Nature Spirits have urged me to engage more with this Love ethic and work towards shifting the structures of oppression and separation.
They have stressed the need to undo systems of hierarchy, where some Beings are valued more than others. We can most obviously see these systems at play in white bodied supremacy, patriarchy, classism, and human domination over Nature.
My Guides state that hierarchical systems of oppression are not in alignment with Nature. The only way to create a better world and truly embrace our potential is to undo these hierarchical structures, power over dynamics, and the impacts of them (including subconscious beliefs which we each carry) that distort our Truth. No matter who we are, these systems impact our health and well-being. The Plants are able to help us heal and clear them from our bodies and our world.
We already had an incredibly full program, I wasn’t sure how we could add another aspect. As we explored, the answer came forward in a manner that left me in awe.
We created a new component we call “Unforgetting and Re-membering”, as a part of this, we will take part in a modified version of The Council of All Beings Ceremony which comes from John Seed and Joanna Macy. When I first started dreaming of the HT Apprenticeship and formulating the program, I wanted to include this powerful ceremony. However, until now, I could not find space for it in either year one or two. I can barely contain my excitement at being able to weave this into the HT program. If you’ve ever experienced one of these ceremonies then you can understand, because they are incredibly impactful and healing.
Because of this exploration, we completely revamped our reading list. As a book lover, I enjoyed finding the many diverse voices who support this work of creating a better world.
The shifts in the first year program affect the (optional) 2nd year Advanced HEARTransformation Apprenticeship as well. Here the biggest change is a slowing down and deepening. We continue our focus on personal alchemy while strengthening our energetic containers and learning other healing techniques, including some of my favorites. We have built into the program more time to practice the skills learned in both years so that you can feel confident in your skills, whether you utilize them for yourself or to help others.
In an effort to continue to support my students in becoming the best practitioners they can be (in whatever manner that is), I am creating a Mentoring program which will begin in 2025. This program is designed to provide more practice and clinical experience for anyone who has completed year two of the HT Apprenticeship. Every year will be different as it is dependent on the people enrolled and the skills that they want to strengthen; therefore, you can take part in this program as many times as you like. The details are being finalized and I will share them later this year.
As I said, I’m excited to share these changes with you and even more so, to share them in person with the incredible group of people who are joining the HEARTransformation program this year. Spaces are available, though our class size is quite limited. And remember, there is a $500 discount if you register by March 1, 2024.
If you have any questions about the HEARTransformation Apprenticeship, please email me or we can set up a time for a conversation. I love talking about this work and want to be sure that this is the right path for you.