About Heather Walize
I received my Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Kentucky (2005), a Bachelor’s in Divinity from Universal Brotherhood Movement, INC. Florida, Graduate Certification in Gender and Women’s Studies from the University of Louisville (2008), and a Master's Degree at the California Institute of Integral Studies with a concentration in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness (2022).
While attending college in 2005, I met Grandmother Medicine Song, a Hopi Elder and retired Jungian Psychologist. I began my studies of indigenous medicine work (primarily Hopi), Jungian analysis, and Steiner’s esoteric practices. I served a seven-year apprenticeship with her (finished in 2015), learning everything I could about the native way of spiritual practice. In 2021 Grandmother Medicine Song retired from our local community in Kentucky, making me a Ceremonial Leader. I am also a spiritual teacher in the community and teach through storytelling, healing, and indigenous minds. I offer wisdom circles (group meetings) online and in person that teach the Hopi philosophy, indigenous practices, and holistic healing. Being a licensed Minister since 2009, I provide Spiritual Counseling, Shamanic Therapy, guided meditation, Family Constellation Healing, and Archetypal Astrology Sessions.
I am working on a Ph.D. at the California Institute of Integral Studies, concentrating on East-West Psychology.
My Journey with Grandmother Medicine Song
In 2005, in the last semester of my undergraduate program, I took a Women's and Spirituality class, where our professor invited local female spiritual speakers to share their practices and beliefs. One of the guests was Grandmother Medicine Song, who shared her journey of walking between two paths: the Western world and the Indigenous world. She explained that she had woven Hopi practices and Jungian philosophy into her spiritual work. Her grandmother was a Hopi and had a considerable influence on her life. When she talked with our class, she spoke about Justice Keeper, one of the Thirteen Grandmothers, which comes from the teachings of the Thirteen Grandmothers. This teaching and meeting Grandmother Medicine Song forever changed my life as I knew it. Her teaching and work were the spiritual teachings I had sought since I was twelve.
In 2006, I began my spiritual journey with Grandmother Medicine Song. I joined a women's spiritual circle, Thirteen Grandmothers, which sat for one year, once a month. In the winter of 2008, I began a seven-year apprenticeship (Black-Faced Initiations). The relationship from my training with Grandmother Medicine Song is like no other. Not only is she my spiritual teacher, but she is also like my second mother in this life. Some teachings I have learned are past life regression work, soul work, dream interpretation, shamanic journey, prayer work, mindfulness meditation, and initiation rites. These experiences fostered much of my healing. Naturally, I learned much about Native American culture, predominantly Hopi, and their way of life.
While working on my apprenticeship, I became ordained as an interfaith minister through the Universal Brotherhood Movement, Inc. I decided to become ordained to begin teaching spiritual circles, like my teacher, and be available to sit individually with people who needed spiritual counseling and spiritual healing. I offer Shamanic Therapy, journey work, dream work interpretation, guided meditation, personal ceremonial work, past-life regression work, and soul healing. I officially finished my apprenticeship in the winter of 2015. As a teacher in our community, I can accept apprentices, those women who would like to serve and deepen their spiritual understanding and later share forward, as I did. I have three apprentices, all doing seven years (Black-Faced Initiations). They will learn everything that I was taught by my teacher, Grandmother Medicine Song, and will continue the circle.
Because of my work and continued commitment to our local and online communities, I have permission from my teacher to teach and share these stories of the Hopi with those who hear the messages of peace and hope to build the right relationship for a new world to come.
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