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My name is Cinzia and I teach shamanism online and in person internationally. 

I was born in Sardinia, moved to England in 1995 and since then I have trained in the UK, Canada, Mexico and Guatemala.  I've been an activist and social justice advocate since I was in high school and over the years I've trained in the fields of permaculture, teaching and community building.  Alongside my passion for social and environmental restoration, I cultivated a strong connection to Spirit. My shamanic practice evolved over the course of many years mostly from direct experience with indigenous teachers but also through more formal training with western teachers, as well as through my night dreams which never fail to guide me on this path. 

 

A a child I used to have prophetic dreams and see the spirit of the departed but as it happens to many highly sensitive people, growing up I tried to suppress my gifts and suffered from depression, until in the year 2000 I had a sudden and unexpected spiritual awakening which changed the course of my life. That same year I decided to study massage and aromatherapy, started practicing Reiki and in 2001 I travelled to Mexico where I began an intense training with the Toltec teachers. I learned then that my experiences with the spirit world were not fruit of my imagination. My abilities had names and there were people teaching how to use them for the benefit of others. I then started channelling information from Star Beings that years later I found out were related to  teachings in Mayan cosmology. My path seemed to unfold naturally at that point, teachers and spiritual experiences fell on my lap as if by magic, guided by an invisible hand that gently pushed me deeper and deeper into the healing arts.  

But being on a spiritual path isn't always easy, it took me years to overcome doubt, to unschool myself from the belief system I was born into, which many times led me to question whether I was going mad. 

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In 2009 I fell ill with an invisible disease and had to step back from my work and the shamanic training.

By then I was a mother of two, going through a financial crisis and it felt like the world was closing in.  I felt weaker and weaker everyday as if I were fading away. My spiritual tools and prayers didn't seem to work anymore and I was losing hope, until a friend recommended a seer who practiced shamanic healing in London. The man identified straight away that the nature of my illness had roots in the remote past, beyond this lifetime so I embarked on a cycle of intense ancestral healing and after a year I was back on my feet, with more shamanic experience under my belt and having finally accepted my psychic abilities, healing gifts and ultimately my path in this lifetime...

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Ixchel Healing Arts was born in the Yucatan, inspired by Ixchel, the mayan Goddess of healing, when I worked with mayan communities in the most remote areas of the region. The experience was life changing and it helped me to merge my work for the Earth with my spiritual practice, or as the Mayans say, to bring together the heart or the sky and the heart of the earth. Some time later I was called to Guatemala to be initiated as a time keeper and fire priestess of the Mayan tradition.  In 2014 I opened a healing centre & permaculture hub in Tulum where I offered my services to locals  and travellers alike. I continued working with the Mayan communities and was involved in the creation of the Consorcio Ecoturistico de la Zona Maya, as well as educational programs for children, small scale fair trade schemes, traditional Mayan clinics, empowering programs for women, land sovereignty campaigns and more.  In 2014 I also travelled to Canada for the first time, invited by two extraordinary shamans met in the Mexican desert. With them I learned more about dreamwork, communicating with the spirit of the land and the art of ceremony.

I return to Canada regularly where I am honoured to work alongside many gifted friends.

 Upon completion of the apprenticeship with the Mayan teachers, I was encouraged to return to my native island of Sardinia and connect to my roots. It wasn't an easy decision to make because I never felt like I belonged where I was born, in fact I had  left young and never looked back. But when I did go back, it felt like the land was welcoming me home and I felt nurtured on many levels. I spent a year on the island and dived deep into the mythology and spiritual tradition of my ancestors which has become an integral part of my shamanic practice. 

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Nowadays I teach shamanic courses in English, Italian and Spanish, online and in person in different countries.

I also lead retreats around the world and offer private consultations to facilitate healing, provide guidance and help people create personalised practices for a deep connection to spirit, to nature and to their unique medicine path. I love supporting people to feel empowered to make positive changes in their life and in the world. 

My latest community project is Children of the Sun, an educational program for the children of a mayan village. 

 

In my shamanic practice I specialise in:

Dreamwork

Ceremony

Storytelling

Curanderismo

Mayan cosmology

Toltec practices

Shamanic healing

Mayan Star medicine 

Establishing boundaries 

Soul retrieval

Psychopomp

Spiritual mentorship 

Lifestyle changes 

Rites of passage

Transitions 

Psychic readings

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I hope you enjoyed reading about my journey and I look forward to hearing your story !

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Many blessings on your path

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Cinzia