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Hollow & Hearth

Shamanic Healer | Ceremonialist | Soul Alignment Coach | Psychic

Welcome to Light Your Path- your source for healing, growth, transformation, and spiritual guidance! Here, you will discover a range of services to empower yourself, including Empowerment Soul Coaching, Reiki Energy Healing, and Psychic Medium Energy Readings. Working as an Empowerment Soul Coach, Sydney uses a variety of coaching techniques, specializing in holistic, spiritual and metaphysical practices to help you on your journey into happiness and confidence. She is here to walk with you along your spiritual path and help you shine the light of your inner wisdom!

10/23/2026

✨ Introduction to Shamanic Practice ✨

You don’t have to travel halfway around the world to explore shamanism. Sometimes all it takes is curiosity and a willingness to try something new 🌿

After sharing a little of my journey to Scotland this week, I’m excited to open that door a little closer to home! 🥰

Join me for an intimate, four-hour workshop exploring shamanic practice through conversation, foundational teachings, and guided experiences 🕯️

Ever wondered what a shamanic practitioner actually does? What happens during a journey, or how we connect with Spirit and nature? ✨

We’ll explore animism, ritual and ceremony, nature connection, and shamanic journeying- including the chance to experience an introductory drum journey for yourself! 🪶

Whether you’ve received shamanic healings before, work in wellness or energy healing, or are simply curious, you’re welcome here. No previous experience or particular spiritual beliefs needed ❤️

This isn’t a certification or intensive training. Just a welcoming space to ask questions, experience something new, and discover what resonates. 🌙

Event details:
🗓️ Saturday, November 14
🕐 1–5 PM
📍 KW Spa | Pelham, Ontario
👥 Limited spaces
🫖 Light refreshments & take-home resources

🎟️ Early Bird: $99 | ends Sunday, Oct 25
🎟️ General Admission: $111 | begins Oct 26

Shamanism is a way of life for me, but it doesn’t need to become yours. Sometimes, curiosity is reason enough to open a door 🍂

Registration is open! Visit the link in my bio or www.hollowandhearth.ca/events to reserve your place. I can’t wait to welcome you! 🌿

10/22/2026

✨ A Homecoming to Shamanism ✨

Some days, my shamanic practice looks like a drum, a journey, or a ceremony. Other days, it looks like slowing down on a walk with my dog, noticing what’s growing beside the path, or sitting by a river long enough to really listen 🌿

It’s in the way I share a meal, tend to plants, and show up for my husband, family, and friends. Sure, not every ordinary moment is a grand spiritual event, but those moments are relationships too 🕯️

I’ve loved nature for as long as I can remember. Shamanism didn’t give me that connection; it taught me to tend it differently. To see trees, rivers, and seasons not only as things I admire, but as relationships deserving attention, gratitude, care, and reciprocity 🌲

I don’t always get it right- I get distracted, I’m impatient, I forget to slow down. But then I practice coming back. Back to the present moment, to the life in front of me. To the world I’m part of, rather than separate from 🍂

Scotland felt like my soul home long before I ever set foot there. What I hadn’t understood was that the teachings I found on that land wouldn’t stay among its hills and rivers. I’d carry them into my own kitchen, my relationships, my walks, and my everyday life back in Canada 🍁

And that, to me, is the homecoming. Not simply arriving somewhere I felt I belonged, but discovering a way to belong more fully in the life I already had 🏡

Shamanism is home to me. It’s not something I clock into when a client arrives and leave behind when they go. It’s a way of listening, relating, and continuing to learn- and it’s still unfolding 🪶

But it doesn’t have to be that for everyone. Sometimes a spiritual practice becomes part of your whole life. Sometimes it’s something you’re simply curious to understand. Both are reasons to explore ✨

That’s why I’m offering Introduction to Shamanic Practice this November: a beginner-friendly afternoon to ask questions, explore the foundations, and experience a little of the work for yourself- with no pressure to make it your path. Simply a doorway for you to walk through 🥰

Details to follow tomorrow 👀

10/21/2026

✨ The Transformation Through Shamanism ✨

A letter to the woman who boarded the plane ✈️

Dear Sydney,

Look at you. Sitting in that airport, about to fly halfway around the world to study something you barely understand, with people you haven’t even met. You’re excited, terrified, and I hope you know how extraordinary it is that you’re here at all ❤️

There was a time when speaking up in class could make you feel like you might pass out. Anxiety made you skip classes, run and hide, and endure panic attacks that lasted for hours. That version of you couldn’t have imagined choosing to board this plane 🌧️

I hope you recognize how much she went through to get you here. The years of growth, the little victories, the moments you pushed beyond what once felt impossible. You’ve already transformed in ways you never thought you could 🌿

And still, your heart is racing. Courage hasn’t made the fear disappear- it’s simply given you the ability to choose something other than hiding 🕯️

You think you’re travelling to become a better healer-and you are- but you’re about to discover just how much of your own life this practice will ask you to meet. You’ll be stretched, challenged, and brought face-to-face with parts of yourself you’d rather avoid. There will be moments you’ll desperately want to run. Believe me, I remember 🔥

There will be laughter that takes over your whole body, tears you can’t explain, ceremonies of death and rebirth, and lessons that won’t make sense until long after you return home. Not every transformation will be graceful. Not every breakthrough will feel like one 🌙

Two years later, you’re still changing. Still unlearning old ways of protecting yourself. Still discovering new ways to relate to yourself and the world. Shamanism didn’t turn you into a finished version of yourself- it invited you to keep deepening 🍂

One day, you’ll tell the story of how Scotland changed your life, but please never forget to tell the story of the woman who changed enough to get herself there, too 🥰

With love,
Moonlight River 🌙 🌊

10/20/2026

✨ The Calling of Shamanism ✨

Two years ago today, I landed in Scotland to begin my shamanic training- but looking back, I realize the journey didn’t begin with a plane ticket. It began long before I even knew what shamanism was 🌿

Reiki had opened my world to energy healing, it taught me to trust my intuition. Over time though, my sessions began evolving beyond what I’d been taught 🌱

Then, someone entered my life who introduced me to shamanism and told me about a training program in Scotland. I was intrigued, but I had no idea just how much that conversation would set into motion ✨

One day, while visiting her, I suddenly felt this overwhelming urge to ask her again about the training. It was almost as though the question came out of my mouth before I’d even consciously decided to ask it. Something in me needed to know more 🌀

From there, one nudge seemed to lead to another. A conversation became an application. An application became an acceptance. Then suddenly, I was planning a journey across the ocean to pursue something I still didn’t fully understand ✈️

Scotland was its own calling, too. Long before I’d ever stepped foot there, I’d felt a connection to its land that I couldn’t put into words. I could have studied shamanism anywhere, but something drew me to this particular place. As if the land itself had something to teach me 🌲

And, somehow, fourteen other beautiful souls followed that calling toward that very same training. Each of us arriving by our own paths, unaware of the family we would so quickly become ❤️

There wasn’t one grand moment of certainty, just a series of conversations, intuitive nudges, unlikely connections, and choices that slowly became something much bigger than I could have ever imagined 🌙

Answering a calling isn’t always about knowing where the path will lead. Its a moment, a question, a feeling, a knowing. It’s about being willing to follow that first, soft nudge, even when you can’t yet see where it’s leading you 👣

10/12/2026

✨ Happy Message Monday ✨

This week I pulled a card from the Inner Temple Oracle deck by Rebecca Campbell. This week’s card is “Chamber of Protection.” 🐝

The energy this week feels like a call to come back to ourselves. There’s a strong emphasis on boundaries, personal power, and recognizing where we’ve been giving more of ourselves than we have to give 🌿

Some of us may be feeling particularly sensitive to the energy around us this week. Old obligations, unexpected demands, or certain interactions may leave us feeling more drained or frustrated than usual. Pay attention to those moments. Sometimes what feels like an external problem is revealing an internal pattern we’ve outgrown 🪞

There’s also a message here about discernment. Not everything that makes us uncomfortable is something we need protection from or to run away from. Sometimes we’re being challenged to recognize what belongs to us, what doesn’t, and where we’ve been allowing outside influences to sway our inner state 🌀

Spirit is reminding us this week that protection isn’t always about keeping things out. Sometimes it’s about strengthening what exists within. We can remain open, compassionate, and connected to others without abandoning ourselves in the process ❤️

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**disclaimer** these weekly readings are for the collective. Everyone’s interpretation will be different so take what resonates with you and leave the rest ✨

10/08/2026

✨ Tales from the Void: No-Thing, Everything ✨

What if nothingness wasn’t empty? What if it held absolutely everything? 🌑

Through shamanic journeying, I’ve repeatedly encountered a place I know as the Void. A place that continues to challenge everything I think I understand about existence, Spirit, and the nature of reality 🖤

The Void is a fascinating contradiction. I’ve experienced it so impossibly full that it feels almost claustrophobic, as though everything that has ever, and could ever, exist is occupying the same space. But then, in an instant, it expands into something seemingly infinite. No beginning. No end. No light. No dark. No boundaries. Nothing familiar to orient yourself within 🌌

Here’s what I find particularly fascinating about it all- when we encounter something we cannot recognize, define, or make sense of, our instinct is often to fear it. We associate the unknown with danger, darkness with emptiness, and the absence of something familiar with the absence of anything at all 🌀

But what if the absence of recognizable form doesn’t mean the absence of existence? What if there’s a difference between nothing and no-thing?

These are some of the questions I’ve been sitting with through my experiences in the Void, and they’re questions I invite you to explore with me- to consider what might exist beyond the limits of our understanding 🕯️

This is the topic that’s brought back Spirit Tree Podcast! In the newest episode, I’m introducing Tales from the Void, a series exploring my experiences, encounters, and teachings from this particular spiritual landscape🎙️

You can listen to Spirit Tree Podcast wherever you get your podcasts, through the link in my bio, or directly at www.hollowandhearth.ca/podcast ✨

10/05/2026

✨ Happy Message Monday! ✨

This week I pulled a card from the Starseed Oracle deck by Rebecca Campbell. This week’s card is “Lifting the Veil: Questioning everything. Anything unaligned must go.” ✨

This week there is a strong message around clarity, alignment, and seeing people or situations more clearly 👁️

Something that has felt confusing may suddenly become obvious. A conversation, behaviour, repeated pattern, or gut feeling may show you what’s actually there- not what you hoped was there, feared was there, or kept trying to explain away🪞

I keep getting the image of mirrors shattering. Old perceptions are breaking down- of ourselves, and the world around us. Pay attention to whether someone’s actions match their words, whether a relationship feels reciprocal, and whether what you’re being shown aligns with what you’ve been telling yourself ⚖️

Spirit also feels loud this week. Repeated messages, synchronicities, dreams, intuitive hits, or the same theme appearing from several directions may be worth noticing. Not everything is a sign, but when the same truth keeps presenting itself, listen 🌀

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**disclaimer** these weekly readings are for the collective. Everyone’s interpretation will be different so take what resonates with you and leave the rest ✨

10/01/2026

✨ October at the Hollow ✨

As we move deeper into autumn and toward Samhain, there are a few opportunities to gather at the Hearth this month:

Held at the Hearth
📍 KW Spa, Pelham
🗓️ Saturday, October 10 | 11am-12pm
OR
🗓️ Wednesday, October 14 | 6:30pm–7:30pm
💰 $77

Held at the Hearth is an intimate group healing experience- a space to step away from the noise of everyday life and intentionally tend to yourself 🌿

Each gathering is guided by what the group needs that day and may weave together shamanic practices, guided journeying, energy healing, reflection, and connection. You don’t need any previous experience or spiritual practice to attend. Simply come as you are and allow yourself to receive 🥰

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The Turning of the Wheel: Samhain
📍 KW Spa, Pelham
🗓️ Sunday, October 25
⏰ 1:00-3:00pm
💰 $77

Samhain marks a threshold into the darker half of the year- a time traditionally associated with endings, death and rebirth, our ancestors, and the thinning of the veil between worlds 🌀

We’ll gather in ceremony to intentionally mark this transition, honour the season, and explore our relationship with the unseen through ritual, reflection, and shamanic practice 🪶

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Space for all gatherings is limited to keep them small and intentional 🌿

🔗 Booking is now through the link in my bio or at www.hollowandhearth.ca/events

Come sit at the Hearth this October 🕯️

09/29/2026

✨ Moonlight River, Wayfinder of the Deep ✨

At the beginning of my Shamanic Practitioner training in Scotland in 2024, a woman I had barely known for just 24 hours journeyed on my behalf to retrieve a spirit name for me, and brought back the name Queen of the Moonlight River 🌙

Something about it landed immediately. Maybe it was the image of moonlight moving across water. Maybe it was the strangely specific details in her journey. Maybe it was simply the feeling of being seen in such a beautiful, mysterious way 🌀

Over the course of my training, other spirit names came through at different moments, each carrying something important, but Moonlight River stayed close. By my final round of training this past March, I could feel that name surfacing again- yet I felt the name was ready to change 🕯️

Then training ended, and the deeper integration began. My journeys since then kept moving into darker, more unfamiliar places- the Underworld, rivers, threads, a ferryman, a woman holding a bloody heart. Different images, but a familiar pull toward what sits beneath the surface 🌑

And eventually, the name returned:
Moonlight River, Wayfinder of the Deep

For a while, I guess I had decided that Moonlight River belonged to the student version of me- to Scotland, to training, to who I was when I first received it… but she hadn’t stayed there. She grew with me 🌿

This name is who I am. It carries all the versions of me that have lived, died, and transformed on this path 🦋

I can still picture the river Sara described almost two years ago retrieving my name- the full moon overhead, light moving across the water. The river is still there, I just understand its depth differently now 🌊

- Moonlight River, Wayfinder of the Deep 🌙

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