About Me​​​​

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Hi, I'm Andrea - a Certified Shamanic Practitioner, Shamanic Counsellor, Teacher, Reiki Master and Ceremonial Guide as well as a Registered Healthcare Professional, based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.  

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I hold sacred, supportive space through life’s many transitions - whether you're seeking healing, spiritual guidance, navigating loss, recovering from burnout, reconnecting with yourself and nature, or simply needing deep rest and space for reflection.

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My work weaves ancient, earth-honouring practice with trauma-informed care and over 30 years of professional experience in healthcare, education and complemenaty therapies. I offer one-to-one shamanic counselling and healing, Full Moon Circles, ceremonies, retreats, workshops and professional training - all grounded in integrity, heart and connection.​​  

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Whether you’re exploring deep questions, seeking healing or simply longing for a gentler way of being - there’s a place for you here.

 

My Path​​​​

​My life has always followed two intertwining paths: one rooted in professionalism, responsibility and care for others… the other in spirit and a quiet, lifelong connection to the unseen. For years they ran alongside each other. Now, they’ve gently woven into one.

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A soul connection from the beginning

I've always sensed there was more to life than what could be seen. Even as a child I spoke with my ancestors, found peace in old kirkyards and felt at home visiting stone circles, wild landscapes and experiencing nature’s quiet presence. I didn’t yet have words for it, but I knew I was held by something loving and vast.

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My healing journey began early, shaped by trauma, ill health and a deep awareness that conventional paths alone wouldn’t bring me healing. By my late teens I was exploring aromatherapy, homeopathy and SHEN therapy, which opened powerful doors of healing and awareness. I experienced my first shamanic journey in 1995 guided by a Siberian Shaman and began practising Zen meditation the following year. Something clicked and never left me.

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The professional path: advocate, educator, midwife

For nearly two decades, I worked in the legal sector, then motherhood shifted everything. The births of my two sons awakened something profound, leading me to train as a Midwife.​  From there, I worked across all areas of maternity care, eventually becoming Senior Charge Midwife at a local birth unit. I then moved into academia, becoming a Lecturer in Midwifery supporting students across Scotland. Along the way, I trained in trauma-informed care, received a teaching fellowship, and co-authored a book examining midwifery culture. Yet something in me was still calling for integration - a deeper way of working that honoured both spirit and science, soul and structure.

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Returning home to the healing path

All throughout this time, I was training in holistic healing arts, becoming a SHEN practitioner, then Reiki Master, Hypnobirthing Teacher, Traumatic Birth Recovery Practitioner and Certified Shamanic Practitioner. I have studied cross-cultural Shamanic Healing Arts, Plant Spirit Medicine, Community Healing Circle Alchemy, offering one to one healing sessions and sacred spaces alongside my professional roles.  ​Eventually, the call to step fully into this path became too strong to ignore; I chose to leave clinical work and academia to follow a deeper, soul-led path of healing, ceremony and teaching.  

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The work I offer now

I've come to see that healing isn’t about fixing… it’s about remembering who we are beneath the noise and living from that place with courage and ease, and being of service to others. I now offer sacred space for others to reconnect, reflect and realign - drawing on all I’ve learned throughout my life and professional roles.  ​​

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If you’re navigating change, longing to feel more like yourself, or simply seeking quiet reconnection - I’d be honoured to walk alongside you.

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