Born and raised in Germany, I grew up in a small wine growing village in Rhineland-Palatinate, my grandparents living next doors. Animals, especially dogs and horses, the ocean, being in nature and reading have been my passion for as long as I can remember. From a very early age on I was also very interested in Native American culture, sitting next to my dad watching Western movies. It almost felt like my soul was remembering something. I was always very drawn to foreign countries, cultures and languages and could not wait to learn English and French at school, and later started Spanish, too.

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After finishing school, I took off to live in California for 2 years as an AuPair, which had a lasting impact on my life. Later, during my studies (Translation/Interpretation and American Literature) I took a deep dive into Transcendentalism and Native American Literature. This is how I learned about the concept of Spirit or Totem Animals, which drew me in immediately, as I have had very vivid dreams since childhood of receiving messages from animals that always felt very real and deep. This felt like my calling, and I started reading about shamanism and while on the one hand graduating from university and starting my first job in the business world in Frankfurt, I attended my first shamanic seminar which felt like a striking contrast, until I met someone from the same company in that seminar. Years later, it felt like a second home coming when I was trained in Huna, the ancient Hawaiian Kahuna philosophy, by Jeanne Ruland.

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Both worlds - this is what I am all about, and although I felt torn back then and could not see how these two worlds would ever fit together, the more I was present in both of them, the more they were melting together as ONE and I realized there was no separation. In recent years, in my current job in global marketing I have been able to work out of amazing places, like San Francisco and Sun Valley, Idaho and have made deep and lasting connections with the shamanic community there. Business and Shamanic/Spiritual and Europe and America: I am at home in both worlds, I am a mediator, an interpreter and a bridge builder.

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Having extensively travelled and living in multiple places, in Europe and America, the deepest and most rewarding journey was waiting right at home. Here I started exploring the local sacred places and diving deeper into my ancestry lineage and into my roots.

"No Wings without Roots." Drawing from ancient shamanic traditions as well as Huna and other healing modalities I love to reconnect people with their inner spirit animal, sacred place and their ancestors to help enable them to be rooted and be free at the same time.

 

AHO,

Christiane

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