Hello
I'm Joanne Helena, a mother, daughter, sister, Shamanka and keeper of Divine Feminine Wisdom and Mysteries. If you were to look at the tapestry of my life, the richest and most beautiful threads are actually the ones which hold the stories of loss, grief, betrayal and heartache. Through lived experience and wisdom earned, I've learnt that there is treasure to be found within the shadows, but most people are too scared to look there. If one can find the courage to journey through the shadow, challenging events and the accompanying roller coaster of emotions, one can transmute the fear and pain into wisdom and strength - and these become the golden threads of your tapestry which shine light unto the world and will also help, encourage and inspire others to see their way out of the dark.
As a heart based shamanic somatic therapist I offer a safe space and hold a light for you to mindfully, with a sense of curiosity, gently pull apart and examine the threads of your own tapestry, your story, so you can alchemise it and re-weave it back into the magical story and divine creation that you are!
My Story
As a first generation Australian, my family arrived post WW2 from eastern Europe carrying with them the wisdom of earth medicine, ritual and tradition, and a strong connection to spirit. Certainly things were challenging growing up within a migrant family, yet one family trait was resilience through adverse situations. Highly intuitive and empathic as a young girl, my maternal grandmother passed on her wisdoms to me - her only granddaughter. Reflecting back on my entire life, I see the overall pattern of life events where I was unconsciously healing ancestral lineage and archetypes, journeying through countless initiations and cycles of death & rebirth as I was working my way up the spiral of life.
Always a truth seeker, and firm believer in holistic health I have now spent the past 19 years consciously on this journey in energy healing and somatic psychotherapy which has assisted me in unlocking my own innate power, wisdoms and ability to heal and
“When we heal ourselves, we heal our ancestors from wounds that run deep in our family. When we heal our ancestors, we heal the world from wounds that run deep in humanity.”
— Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann AM, Aboriginal Elder, activist, educator, artist and 2021 Senior Australian of the year
"For a seed to achieve it's greatest expression, it must come completely undone.
The shell cracks, it's insides come out and everything changes.
To someone who doesn't understand growth, it would look like complete destruction"
- Cynthia Occe
restore myself and remember who I truly am and why I came here to be.
The best teachers and mentors were the ones who held a mirror up to me, so I could see the truth and the light within myself! Having had much experience in living through challenging events and trauma, I wish to be of service to hold space for others on their journey - to hold up the mirror to them so they may see the magnificence of their very being, their essence and soul!
In my practice I incorporate Shamanism with Somatic Psychotherapy which recognises the interconnectedness of emotional energy held within the physical body and within the subtle energy fields of the body. Our emotions are more than just feelings. Our emotions are energies that can bring us messages of wisdom and power if we learn to unlock the teachings of these emotional energies. They say everything begins in the emotional body and this is then reflected outwardly in your physical body - which is always speaking to you! Over many generations, most people have lost their ability to hear this inner wisdom, a gentle voice that requires stillness to be able to hear it. Unfortunately todays modern world drowns out our inner voice and intuition with stress, busyness, doing, distraction and noise, however we can re-establish this connection to self. There is an art of "deep listening" to the intelligence of our bodies which can not only provide the environment for healing physical conditions but mental and emotional as well. Using the principles of mindfulness we set an intention to cultivate our internal observer (and listener), studying our experience with a sense of curiosity as it unfolds, we stregthen focus and self-regulation by observing our breath. Here in this state of mindfulness and higher consciousness we can be aware of what emerges on its own from the embodied depths of our being, connecting physical sensations to psychological events, trusting the organicity of our embodied consciousness, creative intelligence and inner authority to slowly re-connect to the wisdoms and power of transformational healing within. Tapping in to our souls essence.... our "seed" which contains our blueprint for growth and wellbeing.
Once an unearthing and re-connection to our "seed" is made a wonderful unfolding and blossoming occurs - of our true self, the Organic Self.... once you look within the dark you'll realise this magic has been in you all along! For seeds need to be buried in dirt and darkness to grow! Just as an acorn knows how to become an oak tree, we also have this innate intelligence within.... and so here is part of the story behind the name "Seeker and the Seed" - to seek within and not without, to access our seed of internal knowledge which will ultimately lead us to the discovery of self-love, sovereignty and the integration of our divinity with our physical self.
Joanne Helena, Seeker and the Seed
Shamanic Practitioner
Magdalene High Priestess of the Rose
Student of Hakomi Somatic Psychotherapy
Crystal Healing Practitioner
Reiki Practitioner
Australian Bush Flower Essence Practitioner
"The Seed"by Polish artist Paweł Jońca
Let's connect....
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Tel: 0452 272 775