April's healing journey began when she sought out a shamanic reiki practitioner to teach her how to do reiki so she could help her bunny Raymond who had a chronic sniffle-nose. This turned into a personal healing journey to re-connect with her soul and the earth as well as spirit guides she didn't know she had. She experienced many profound healings with spirit guides and the earth and was able to begin healing her heart. Her traumas from childhood began to reveal themselves to be seen and healed, and gradually she was able to lift out of a lifelong depression she had been in.

 

April studied the Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki tradition, levels I-III and became a Reiki Master in 2008. As part of her studies with teacher Shekhina M. von Recklinghausen, she joined a women's shamanic empowerment group and learned many shamanic practices such as shamanic journeys, power retrievals, soul retrievals, rituals, healing stories, and drumming. She developed an interest in working with crystals and flower essences along the way.

 

She participated in several experiential trainings with Andrej Loncar, who works directly with the spirit of the Earth, to deepen her personal connection with the spirit of the Earth and learn how to work with the Earth's guidance for her own personal development. She travelled all over the San Francisco Bay Area during these intensive trainings, discovering how the Earth expresses its life energy in different landscapes and how to work with this energy for personal healing and growth. She completed an apprenticeship with Andrej as part of her training.​

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In 2015, she co-founded a nonprofit organization, Avenya, whose mission is to guide people in experiencing their connection with the Earth and the spiritual world within and around us. She is the treasurer of the board for Avenya. She writes articles for the online publication, Living Earth Magazine, and is part of the team who is working on a documentary film about our re-connection with the spirit of the Earth. 

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Following her love of flower essences, she trained as a Flower Essence Practitioner/Counselor at the Woman Rising Mystery School in 2021. She has also studied flower essences with David Dalton, founder of Delta Gardens, and taken his Partnership Energy Transmission (PET) training.

 

She is passionate about working with plants, the Earth, and energy healing to awaken a remembrance of spiritual connection and wellbeing within her clients. In 2020, she completed an online mentorship with Pam Montgomery in Co-Creating With Nature where she learned how to deepen her communication with nature and plant spirits. Her relationships with the spirits of the Earth, plants, trees, animals, and crystals continues to expand, guiding her in her work with clients. In 2024, she completed a course in Plant Spirit Healing with Emma Fitchett.

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April feels it is a necessity to be in (and honor) a sacred relationship with the spirit of the earth and all beings, seen and unseen. This is a way of living that recognizes all forms of life and all beings are important in the web of life. This important aspect of life has been forgotten by many people and it is part of her path to facilitate this re-connection between humanity and the Earth, as well as help us to remember and include the spiritual aspect of ourselves in daily life.

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