I never thought I would try plant medicine but one day I meet The Journeymen Collective and it was on that day I realized after years of healing, yoga, workshops, rebirthing, psycho- spiritual counselling and you name it that perhaps I was due for something different from what I was used to.

Being an aboriginal woman and curious of what Rob & Gary had to offer as Shaman’s I decided to go meet with them. The first one on one I had with them was very healing for me, I knew they had something to offer and I wanted to commit and see where the next 90 days would take me. I felt afraid and excited at the same time. Each week as I meet with Rob and Gary for the preparation and intention setting before the actual journey I noticed how good I would feel just sitting with them and always wanted more, I looked forward to coming back the next week. One week before I was getting ready to leave and go on the actual journey to Salt Spring Island everything intensified and became very busy in my life causing me a pattern of over commitment and stress. Many deep feelings of fear, sadness, and excitement surfaced more than ever as well. This was all stuff that came up that I needed to see and feel before leaving.

I decided to arrive by float plane, after a quick 25 min flight landing on Salt Spring tears came to my eyes as I realized the gift that I had been given not only to go on a deep Shamanic journey with two of the most committed, loving people I have gotten to know but also my uncle Joe who was a very powerful wise high ranking elder for his years of service had just passed away the day before so the tears were my heart feeling realization of what was to perhaps come in my journey over the next two days.

Once I arrived at the beautiful location so perfected selected by Rob and Gary I realized how wound up I was from all the over business and commitments from the week before. Gary helped me to see this plus many, many, many more other unseen things.

My biggest take away was once I let go and allowed the healing of the plant medicine to come in to heal me It was such a huge release in my body of tension and helped me to feel so free, creative and complete love like I have never felt before. The light and love that came through me to heal me along with many other spirit animals and ascended masters and very vivid past life memories that were totally empowering and utterly deeply healing to this day helped me to know and remember we are so much more then we see and feel day to day. My journey was everything you could imagine or dreamed of and more I was being shown the great unveiled infinite wisdom of pure love through the light, color and sound and I allowed it to move through me. The next few days was so full of love and pure bliss for me my chest actually physically ached as if It was so full of energy if was going to burst open. I was able to take this energy and love home with me and share it with my loved ones which also helped heal them as they felt my strong love, softness and light.

The other things I want to share with all of you is my uncle Joe who had passed away a day before my journey did show up and I saw him so clearly and he told me things I needed to know plus he said he will be my protector in a very big way. This was a key piece as one of the things I was being asked to heal and being shown was the dear medicine which is a symbol of gentleness. An actual live deer came in the front yard close to where I was doing my journey on both days. It was a beautiful reminder that I needed to see as my essence is pure love and gentleness and I was going about life pushing and slightly aggressive. Deer medicine was a key piece.

I feel another big take away is how much we are all connected and our wise spirits can and will sense and know everything we are connected to if we just get give ourselves a chance to go there. I do feel the deep preparation and love that the Journeymen as Shaman’s gave to me helped create this deep healing and total life changing experience. I feel they have a gift to really love and care deeply and know how to work with people on all levels. I am speechless on all level at the gifts and skills Rob and Gary have shared with me and would say to anyone considering a journey you are in the best hands to go deep and feel loved and heal deeply so know this!

I felt safe, I felt loved, and I would highly recommend to anyone who is drawn to plant medicine to go with Shaman’s that can give you the one on one care if need be, and time you need to go deep and then to be able to integrate after as well was made me feel so safe which helps the deeper healing.

One month after the journey and during the integration time I can say I was so grateful for this time, to be able to see Rob and Gary and feel the deep connection in myself that was created as well as with them. It was truly a once in a life time deep remembering of my soul and today very still very empowering and healing for me.