Beloved of the Oaks

My name is Amylia, I started my journey in healing work many years ago. Learning about herbs and ceremony while sitting in a musty old used book store.  It took a few years before the true path of healing work opened up before me.  In March of 2004 I finally took the plunge and started the Therapeutic Massage 9 month program at SpaTech.  I was hooked the first minute of the first day of class!  The human body fascinated me.  I soaked up as much information and technique as I possibly could.  I loved it and I was good at it!  While I was there I heard about Polarity Therapy.  I was thirsty for more knowledge and the idea of integrating the physical body with the energetic body fascinated me even more, so I enrolled into the RPP Polarity Therapy Program the next year.  I met a student who had just received their Reiki Master and asked if I was interested  in Reiki.  Of course I was, so she took me under her wing and taught me. With her I received my Reiki I and II attunements.  After that year I still felt like I had just nicked the surface.  So, a month after I finished the Polarity program(2006) I went in search of what was next for me to learn.... I opened the classes page of the local holistic periodical and found an ad for a Shamanic Apprenticeship with Dory Cote.  I had no idea what this was but based on the short description I felt I was qualified to take this... after all I just finished a class on Polarity Therapy!  I convinced her I could do it and she set up time for me to learn how to do a Shamanic journey.  I have shifted many many times and continue to shift as my personal practice and connection to our world deepens.  I have taken many apprenticeships and weekend workshops since.. in all looking for understanding of the world and in myself.  During that time I became a Doula and started to attend births! This was wildly fulfilling, the experience of birth is the very center of spirit work itself!  One day about 5 years into my practice I decided I need some structure, so I started working at a local salon/spa(2009).  There was so much to learn about running a business and customer service.  I also enhanced my skills with aesthetics and natural nail care.  I became acquainted with Dr. Hauschka products and loved their philosophy.  They used whole herbs to achieve balance in your skin and to your spirit!  I spent a little more than 6 years taking in business skills and spa experience. During my time at the spa I received my Reiki Master and continued those attunements with Lightarian Reiki(2013).