The Healer’s Process is for those who feel a deep inner calling that cannot be ignored. It is a clarion call to unapologetically embrace your magic and step into the role of healer with integrity and purpose. The path of the healer requires deep self-healing, development of effective skills and tools, and mastery of one’s unique codes. One must understand the realms of energy, spirit, and the healing process so they may be a qualified guide for others. Healers require specific practices to maintain and build their energetic capacity, resiliency, and intuitive sensitivity. All too often, those called to the healing arts are left piecing together their path without proper mentorship and guidance. A jumble of certifications and experiences leaves them unable to fully hold their role with confidence and clarity. In The Healer’s Process, Katherine Bird illuminates the path to authentic healing and service and opens the portal to deeper communion with your innate abilities and gifts.
You will discover who you are as a healer, develop the tools and practices you need to thrive and reach a new level of self-understanding and proficiency.
The Healer’s Process uniquely guides you not only through energetic and shamanic practices but also into the most authentic expression of yourself as one in relationship with these systems of healing.
You will not just understand healing protocols but how to be a healer.
In The Healer’s Process, you will:
Table des matières
CONTENTS
My Calling xi
About the Author xii
Prologue xv
Welcome To The Healer’s Process xvii
What Is A Healer? xix
Heal Yourself to Know Healing xxv
CHAPTER 1: I AM
1. Activating Your ‘I AM’ 5
2. Comfortable with the Uncomfortable 13
3. You Are a Unique Healer 19
4. Imposter Syndrome 24
5. Healer Archetypes 28
6. Soul Contracts 46
7. Irrational Fears 52
8. The Healer’s Path 56
9. Daily Practices 59
10. The Authentic Healer 67
11. Gratitude 74
12. Your Core Why-Intention, Commitment, and Devotion 80
13. Your Story Matters 87
CHAPTER 2: BUILDING THE FIELD
1. Fortifying Your Energy Bodies 97
2. Sourcing: The Below 104
3. Overcoming Shame and Childhood Issues 114
4. Sourcing: The Above 120
5. The Auric Field and Energy Centers 126
6. Boundaries 132
7. Shielding 142
8. Repressed Emotions and Catharsis 145
CHAPTER 3: CLEANSING AND PURIFICATION
1. Protecting Your Energy 155
2. Emptying and Refilling 162
3. Tools for Cleansing 170
4. Purification Practices 176
5. Caring for Your Healing Space 183
CHAPTER 4: THE SACRED CONTAINER
1. Energetic Bookends 196
2. Setting Your Compass 201
3. Invocation 204
4. The Directions 207
5. Animal Guides 209
6. Animal, Plant, Mineral 214
7. Mountain Shaman, River Shaman, and Your Power Stones 226
8. Dating Your Energetics 228
9. Closing the Sacred Container 230
CHAPTER 5: THE WORK
1. Shine Your Light 237
2. Holding Space 240
3. Ethics in Practice 243
4. Helping Them Help Themselves 251
5. Today Isn’t a Good Day to Be a Shaman 255
6. Unlocking Mediumship 257
7. Being the Channel 263
8. Working the Psychic Centers 269
9. Confusing Aspects of Working with Guides and Spirits 271
10. Discernment 286
11. Safety and Protection 292
12. You Are a Unique Channel 298
13. Precision and Surrender 300
14. Regulating the Channel 303
15. The Unaware Medium, the Accidental Channel 312
16. Speaking in Tongues and Other Weird Stuff 316
17. Cord Cutting 323
CHAPTER 6: INTEGRATION
1. Awareness and Receptivity 333
2. After a Session 338
3. After Deep Clearings and Extractions 341
4. Supporting Your Clients 344
5. Mentor and Teacher 347
6. Avoiding Dogmatism 352
Epilogue: Trust Yourself 355
A propos de l’auteur
Katherine Bird is a Shamanic and Energetic Medicine Practitioner with international recognition for her work mentoring and training healers, coaches, and therapeutic and spiritual practitioners. With extensive experience in Eastern and Western alchemical, somatic, and shamanic modalities, she guides people through awakening, healing themselves, and bringing their magic forward. As a dedicated teacher, Katherine offers training in healing skill development, channeling and mediumship, Qi Gong, internal energy work, meditation, and other transformative practices. A passionate ritualist, ceremonialist, artist, and Earth lover, she infuses deep reverence into her service to her community and the world.Katherine experienced an intense mystical awakening in her 20s that opened her to channeling spirits, receiving visions, and a journey of deep personal healing. She devoted herself to study and practice to stabilize her awakening and follow the guidance, ‘you are a healer.’ She understands the often confusing and confronting path of the healer, gathering the tools, strategies, and practices that support those who feel a calling to help others and the Earth.