"Sandra, your healings are heavenly and uplifting."
About Sandra
LEADERSHIP Oct 2009
What does Sandra have to offer?
Hopes, Goals and Expectations
Featured in: Waking up the West
Coast Healers and Visionaries: by Jamie Kowal
University Education
Education as a Healer
Other Info: causes, etc
The
Story of Sage and Cedar (long)
The beginning
Complimentary healing
3 years ago
2007
2008
Where does the name Sage and Cedar come from and what does it mean?
Sage
Cedar
Sweet Grass
Tobacco
Lavender
Time
Shamanic ceremony and asking for help
The Story of Sport Shaman (long)
Other InfoAbout the
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Other company names I am known by
LEADERSHIP Oct 2009
Hi everyone, I am focusing on what I believe is my spirits calling:
offering healings and retreats for emerging and existing leaders.
I believe in creating legacy. What is your life's calling? Will you live
up to your reason for existence and fulfill your role as a leader? Join
me: Retreats.html
What do I (Sandra) have to offer?
I offer the ability to fill you with cosmic love and acceptance and your
own spirit, so that everything you do, is an extension of your
spirit. Together we can heal you and melt the
restrictions that have held you back for so long.
I offer the ability to acknowledge you, love you, and accept you on a
spiritual level so that you to are able to accept and love yourself on
the cellular and cosmic level.
I offer you the chance to be completely free to manifest life in a
beautiful way which is fully nourishing to your spirit, soul and
physical body.
I also offer a state of being in which you fully express your spirit.
It is in this regard that I am able to say to you: Namaste. The divine
in me recognizes and accepts fully, the divine in you. Sandy
My hopes, goals and expectations.
I find that I am able to treat others with respect, dignity, kindness
and thoughtfulness when I implement better and regular sleeping, eating
and exercising schedules so that I do not over act or over think.
My
goal in life is to create a fulfilling, rich and beautiful life for
myself and others around me, while caring for the environment in this
goal statement.
Whether you are coming to me to be healed or learn how to heal or be
a Shaman, I welcome you.
I wish you the very best in the new year and many years to come,
Sandy
Waking up the West Coast Healers and
Visionaries
I am very honoured to be selected by Jaime to be featured with
an entire page in her much anticipated book. Waking Up The West Coast is
graced by some very powerful people who seek to raise the energy level
of the planet with the work that they do. Thank you Jaime for the
beautiful work and inspiration.
Waking Up the West Coast has Won a Bronze Medal in the Independent
Publishers Awards 2007 in the Inspirational/Spiritual category! This is
a highly respected global competition with over 18 countries and 2100
entries received.
http://www.independentpublisher.com/
Waking Up the West Coast has also placed as a Finalist along with The
Secret in the Inspirational/Motivational category in the 2007 Nautilus
Book Awards.
http://www.marilynmcguire.com/nautilus/awards.html
This was a great accomplishment for Jaime, as she was up against some
tough competition such as "The Secret."
If you would like to purchase a book from me: each book costs $39.95 and can be perused
at my office. Please feel free to ask me about the book during your next
visit.
To view my page, please click on this link:
WakingUpTheWestCoast.html
University education
Diploma in Travel
Diploma in Arts and Science - Focus on Environmental Science and
Business
Bachelor Degree in Geography
Bachelor Degree in Liberal Arts (requirements fulfilled, no ceremony
yet)
Graduate Diploma in Business Administration
I have 10 years of post secondary education ranging in order of seriousness and importance: environmental science, physical geography, ecology, and a post graduate diploma in business, and liberal arts studies in psychology, cultural geography and more.
Healing education
Approximately 13 years experience as an Intuitive Healer & Shaman
including education.
Certified Reiki Master
Certified LaStone Massage Therapist
Professionally, I have dedicated my life to 13 years of voluntary
services in the healing arts. This includes 10 years of complete
dedication to spiritual study, ritual and voluntary healing for many
people with diverse issues.
Other facts about me (Sandra):
1) I first learned of triathlon in 2000-2001. I woke up one day and
decided that by the same time the following year I would do my first
triathlon. I forgot about that idea until almost a year to the day when
I came across a mirror that stated "what does a triathlete look like,"
and an application to do my "first triathlon". I completed “My First Triathlon” in
Harrison Hot Springs, and enjoyed my time very much.
2) Cross country: I have cycled (on a mountain bike with very heavy
panniers) from Vancouver, BC to California twice. When I was a
teenager I enjoyed cycling long miles to far off beaches.
3) Previous professions before healing: I was employed for many
years on a contract basis as executive assistant, office manager, and
environmental assistant, with an effort to focus most employment on
environmental causes.
4) Voluntary involvement is directed towards social, environmental and
wildlife causes. I also actively donate to “The Wildlife Thriftstore,”
which helps to rehabilitate wildlife in need and I volunteer for local
activities such as Lees Trail Triathlon, and Northwest Wildlife
Preservation Society. Last year I gave all of my Sport Shaman
earning to environmental causes such as "Save the Caribou Habitat".
5) I believe that a Shaman must engage in social, political, and
environmental causes for the benefit of the planet, environment, human
and other living creatures.
6) I teach college level business and psychology.
About
the Company: The Story of Sage and Cedar (long)
The beginning
I have always been a very sensitive kid, growing up. I always felt
peoples pains, and I saw them crying in my mind. I endured other
peoples’ misery as part of my own life. It wasn’t until 1995 that I
became aware of how this pain was influencing my life, and how I was
able to heal my friends, and strangers.
Complimentary healing
At first, friends would have dreams of me healing them, and I too would
have dreams of healing my friends. They would call me up and tell me
that they were finally healed of their pains, and they thought that I
had something to do with this healing, even though they hadn’t seen me
for over ten years. The fact that my friends were brave enough to tell
me that this was happening, and I was having similar dreams about
healing them, helped me to make the connection and understand that there
is more going on then I had ever thought possible.
Healing and understanding how we/I can heal, became a quest for me, as
did understanding how to relieve the pain that people felt, and remove
the misery that I sometimes went through because of our interconnection.
I had always thought that a positive spirit was important to healing,
but I had no idea how strong positive thinking could be in healing.
My
story: 3 years ago - opening my very own clinic
Even though t had been working as an intuitive healer for many years
since, I was still very shy and sensitive until 3 years ago. Until this
time, I had healed mostly in secrecy. Until this time, I had worked very
hard day and night almost every day for 10 years, and all of the healing
were done for free.
About 3 years ago, I found myself with a new found confidence and I
was ready to show myself to the world and share my healings. My
heart was telling me I needed to do more and expand my horizons and heal
more people, and accept who I was and be very open about myself, my
skills, and what I could do for others. With this new found confidence
and the want to share my healings to the public at a much larger scale I
opened my very first clinic.
My goal 3 years ago
My quest was to open a healing place for many healers to come together
and share our own abilities, our knowledge, and to pass this on to
others who would like to benefit from our shared experiences.
2007
Out of my love to be active and outdoors and share my love of nature
with others, I started offering nature walks and outdoor ceremonies for Mother Earth.
Present 2008
January 1, 2008. I have my new business license to be Mobile and
outdoors. I look forward to these new opportunities with gusto. My
new space is growing with me, and I am very happy to invite those of you
who will be benefitted by my presence and services.
Where does the name Sage and Cedar come from and what does it mean?
On my sacred healing journey, my very first mentor taught me the value
of cleansing my sacred space. She taught me how to smudge* with Sage and
Cedar and how to work with Sweet Grass and Tobacco. My friend also
stressed how important it was to always be thankful as I use each of
these herbs, and to always work with these herbs in an honourable way,
and handle them with respect. I really liked this ritual and
continue this practice 10 years later. I liked the feeling created by
smudging Sage and Cedar so much that it has become a part of who I am,
and what I have to offer.
Participants of my healings and workshops have enjoyed the sages ability
to release stress and negativity and the lovely light-hearted sweetness
that the Cedar leaves. I add rose to my mixture to signify love, and the
essence of Neroli to help heal the spirit and let love shine.
*Smudging: By burning sage, cedar, bark, sweet grass and resins to
create a smoke (or by using essential oils in water) you can create a
sacred space around you, and cleanse your aura, energy, person and
personal space.
Sage
Is used to produce a nice strong smell with thick smoke. Sage is
good for smudging ones aura and room – to banish negativity and evil
spirits. Sage is very medicinal and you can immediately feel
light-hearted as soon as you have cleansed (or start to cleanse with
Sage).
Cedar (leaves)
A clean sweet smell is created when cedar leaves are burned. Cedar is
used to make a pleasant environment for your helping spirits and clean
the air while bringing in sweetness to your everyday life. The pleasant
crackling of cedar helps draw attention to Spirit and spirits that an
offering, healing and ceremony is going on.
Sweet Grass
A strand of sweet grass is taken from a braid of sweet grass. The sweet
grass is used for calling and welcoming your ancestors and guides. Sweet
Grass is said to be the hair of Mother Earth, its gentle flow reminds us
of the gentleness of our Mother.
Tobacco
Is used to thank the spirits for attending, and for any help they may
give you. Take a little pinch in your hand and crumble it in the
location of each of the four corners. Then throw a bit of the Tobacco up
in the sky for Great Spirit, and crumble a bit where you stand for
Mother Earth.
Lavendar
Opens your energy lines and clears them immediately, sending intense
pulses through to your heart and the hearts of your loved ones and to
Spirit.
Time
I believe that time is not linear, and thoughts are powerful and that it
is important to always be thankful and thank Spirit and the spirits before, during,
and after a ceremony, for what you have been given and what you will
receive.
Ceremony and asking for help
A ceremonial act puts energy into action that may effect your present,
future and your past. Spirit and love have already provided for
you, before you start your ceremony. This is so, because you have been
brought to a place and time where you were ready to ask for help on this
issue. Now that you have asked for help, help can be provided. As above,
so below, manifest this way.
About the Company: The Story of Sport Shaman (long)
How was Sport
Shamanism developed?
I was already practicing Shamanic Healing, and my clients where
experiencing increased productivity at work and in sport, when I had a dream that included the symbolism of Turtle, the Black Jaguar, and
a hockey player. I was named “Sport Shaman”, in this dream, and
promptly began learning how I could incorporate treatments to aid
athletes in improving their training and race or game performance.
At first the Sport Shaman theme was new to me and the reasons that
clients came to me were very different than what I had grown
accustomed to.
Previous to this dream, my clients usually came to me because they
wanted to improve in life on an emotional or spiritual level. My
clients usually had a basic understanding of their energy systems and
could feel my work and identify their improved state of being. My
clients usually understood the root of their problems, or at least had
some understanding that it was spiritual or emotional. My clients
knew that they could count on me to help them immensely in
overcoming their limits and they knew that they would experience
improved self worth and a sense of belonging, and that they would
experience healing of the mental, emotional, and physical body.
My new clients many not have necessarily worked with energy before
and at first they reported a strong sensation in their bodies. They were
usually unsure what this feeling meant and what to do with this new
awareness. This was something that left me with a sense of needing to
return to my studies and experiments in order to understand how I could
actually help my new customers with my new found gifts.
Through dream work and practice this information soon came to me, and
my clients started to take on this awareness as well. I soon found out
that many of my athletes now had an understanding of their energy.
This sort of idea was starting to become main stream culture and the
basic level of understanding has improved dramatically. The bar for
improvement has also been raised dramatically with these discoveries.
Yes, there were a few practitioners and some athletes who had previously
incorporated this work into their routines. However, the level of
awareness and practice now is becoming widely accepted and the field of
awareness and abilities are growing.
With the teachings from this dream, Turtle, and the Black Jaguar, I am able to incorporate these new ideas with great benefit to
my
clients. I was always able to help athletes heal physically but now
I am able to help them to even more dramatically improve their
performance because of this mind, body, soul, spirit and emotional link.
Later, I discovered that the healing abilities I had
fostered and my sensitivity that I had grown up with, would soon
develop into a very powerful opportunity of understanding, improvement,
and increased enjoyment for everyone involved, in a very powerful way
About the background
picture
Most of my artwork comes from dreams and visions. I never really had a
way to express these dreams and visions until I started working with
webpage's. They allow me updates almost instantly, and afford me a
little bit of artistic outlet. I was never trained to draw or paint and
I really wish that I had developed this sense of ability. I learned
other arts instead.
The background that I am writing on, is a picture of pink sage
flowers representing beautiful soft tender healing and the ability to be
fresh and a new. The larger leaf above is also sage, and allows me a
sense of opening my hand up to the world and universe and a spreading of
my wings.
Other company names I am known by
My long term name: Sage and Cedar Intuitive Healing and Shamanic
Workshops has had variations depending on my location, spiritual growth,
and who I am affiliated with.
Sage and Cedar Center for Intuitive Healing and Shamanic Workshops
and simply: Sage and Cedar Center for Healing
As well as:
The Sport Shaman Center for Excellence
Sport Shaman Center for Athletic Development. etc ... many
other names have been out there.
All of these names represented the stage of development of my
own personality and self and spirit.
