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Energy Work & Shamanic Healing – Deep Inner Support - Harmony & Balance – Holistic Therapies with Annette Graham

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Energy Work & Shamanic Healing
Explore gentle, grounded energy therapies with me to support deep rest, emotional balance, and a greater sense of inner connection. All sessions are tailored to you and held with care, respect, and clear boundaries.
Spiritual Support for Everyday Life

Energy work and shamanic healing offer a spacious way to connect more deeply with yourself. These approaches can sit alongside conventional medical and psychological support, never in place of them.


Sessions with me are grounded, kind, and practical. You do not need any particular beliefs to benefit. Together, you will explore what feels right for you on the day, with plenty of space to ask questions and go at your own pace.

Reiki

Reiki is a gentle Japanese energy therapy that is non-invasive and experienced fully clothed, lying comfortably on a treatment couch or seated if that is easier for you. I work with light touch or with her hands just above the body, always checking in around comfort and consent.


Many people describe reiki as deeply relaxing, warm, or soothing. You may notice gentle sensations, emotions softening, or simply a sense of peace and stillness. There is no right or wrong way to experience it.


Clients often choose reiki when they are feeling stressed or overwhelmed, emotionally low, going through change or loss, or simply needing a calmer space to reconnect with themselves. It can be a supportive complement to other forms of care you may already have in place.

Shamanic Healing

Shamanic healing is an ancient, nature-based way of working with energy and awareness. In a session, I may use soft drumming, rattle, voice, or guided visualisation to help you relax and explore what is happening at a deeper level.


You remain fully clothed and are invited to rest, notice, and receive. Some people experience imagery, insights, or a feeling of being more connected to themselves or to something bigger than everyday life. Others simply feel quieter and more centred.


This work is spiritual and symbolic rather than diagnostic or medical. It is not a replacement for professional mental health or medical care, but can sit alongside them as a gentle, supportive practice.

Power Retrieval & Soul Retrieval

Over time, stress, shock, or difficult experiences can leave us feeling less present, less confident, or somehow not quite ourselves. In shamanic traditions, power retrieval and soul retrieval are ways of working symbolically with this sense of loss, inviting more of your own strength and essence back home.


During these sessions, I may journey on your behalf, using drum or rattle, and share impressions or guidance that arise. You are always invited to notice how this lands for you, to reflect, and to take only what feels helpful.


These sessions are intended to help you feel more resourced and whole. It does not replace psychotherapy or medical treatment, and I will always encourage you to seek additional professional support where needed.

Breathwork Release

Breathwork release sessions use simple, guided breathing patterns to help your body soften and let go. Working with the breath can gently ease tension, support emotional release, and bring you back into your body in a grounded, steady way.


I will explain each step clearly before you begin and will check in with you throughout. You remain in charge of the pace at all times, and you can pause or adjust the practice whenever you need to.


Breathwork can be helpful when you feel stuck, tight, or disconnected from your feelings. It is not suitable for everyone, so I will always ask about any health conditions and adapt or offer alternatives where needed.

Extraction Technique
Shamanic extraction is the removal of displaced energy, sometimes called intrusions. This is energy that does not belong in the body and may cause illness. We all are aware that emotional states can affect health. An intrusion is usually a thought form thrown at you, or self-created, gaining momentum over time and taking over, creating a negative impact on your well-being. Think of a time a teacher or guardian may have said you wasn’t good enough to pursue certain paths, that thought can stick and become much bigger than ever imagined -20 years down the line, ‘you’re not good enough’ becomes a powerful mantra that blocks your joy. Stress is acknowledged to cause backaches and ulcers. Shamans believe that your emotion takes the form of energy and can be stored throughout the body and eventually lead to illness. So, you store your stress or anger in your stomach, or you get angry and send your anger out at someone. We can see this if can remember a time when someone’s anger or sadness seemed to have an effect on a room: “her anger hit me like a blow” or “you could cut the tension with a knife.” The energy that can be stored in the body does not have to be from anger but could be from other reasons as well.

In the shamanic mind there is no distinction made based on where the energy came from. The shaman sees that the energy does not belong there and removes it. Depending on the shamanic practitioner and the nature of the displaced energy this can be a very quiet process. With some practitioners the extraction can be quite a show. The shamanic practitioner merged with a power animal may move similarly as his or her power animal. He or she may make the sounds of the power animal. For instance, if the animal is a snake the practitioner may hiss while removing the energy block. If you are interested in having an extraction, you can discuss this with your shamanic practitioner. They can perform the extraction in a way that you feel comfortable with. Sound instruments may be used, such as a rattle or a drum, to increase the power or the energy of the “magnet.” The shamanic practitioner may sing to maintain her or his shamanic state, or to increase his power during the process. The shamanic practitioner will dispose of the removed energy in various ways. They may transmute (transform) the energy into a more positive life enhancing energy. They may place it in water and have the water neutralise it.

Once the extraction is performed the shamanic practitioner will fill the void in the client’s body, that was created by the vacated energy. The practitioner may replace it with healing energy, perform a power animal retrieval, or perform a soul retrieval. For me, personally, I am guided intuitively by where the energy takes me. I will scan your energy, locate blocks, and remove anything causing a negative effect within your psyche. It’s a vigorous and physical technique unlike simpler treatments like the retrievals or reiki. Any of the healings can have a deeply profound effect.

Chumpi Healing Technique
The Chumpi stones are used for healing, cleansing, they reconnect the energy centres Ñawis (also called chakras in other countries), give protection, and grounding. They are used to open, clear, and empower the person’s energy centres. it also can give soul retrieval if is need it. I was trained with the Apaza lineage at the Inca Medicine School, then initiated to work the chumpi stones to give beautiful healings. The masters showed me how to use their tools along with prayer to see where the negative energy is and then begin cleansing and healing to bring harmony to the 3 bodies; the spiritual, the physical and the energetic bodies of the person. “Chumpi” is a Quechua word that means “belt”. Each belt is part of “The Bands of Power” that are protective rings or energy fields that surround a person. Each is linked to an energy centre and acts to seal a person’s energy field and ward off harmful energies that would normally find their way through our natural energetic defences. Sometimes these energy centres become blocked, closed, or weakened. The Chumpis can draw out dense energy and blockages and open them to balance their flow to the uju pacha.

Master Don Alejandro says, “The Chumpi Stones that I work with in my practice come from the Qero Nation in the Andean mountains of Peru. They are made of alabaster, and are hand carved by special artisans from my region. They are our main tools for healing. The ceremony is done with the person laying down. We concentrate, asking for permission from the sacred elements of nature and empower our tools to see what we have to work on for the benefit of the person when asking for healing.” – Master Paqo Qero Alejandro Apaza, My stones were birthed in the mountains of Peru by the Apaza family, before coming to me.

What to Expect & Boundaries

Your comfort, choice, and emotional safety are central to every session. Before you begin, there will be time to talk about what has brought you, what you would like support with, and which approaches feel right for you on the day.


You are always free to ask questions, change your mind, or stop a technique if it does not feel comfortable. Touch is always discussed first, and you remain fully clothed for all energy and shamanic work.


Energy work and shamanic healing can sometimes bring emotions to the surface. I will stay with you, help you ground, and offer simple aftercare suggestions. If more intense or long-term issues arise, she may gently signpost you towards additional professional support, such as your GP, a counsellor, or other appropriate services.

Book an Energy Session

If you feel drawn to reiki, shamanic healing, power or soul retrieval, or gentle breathwork, you are welcome to get in touch to explore what might suit you best. I am happy to answer questions and to discuss how this work could sit alongside any other care you are receiving.


You can book an energy session directly, or you might like to read more about other therapies first, such as massage and reflexology, to see what combination feels right for you.

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