About Me...
Hello and welcome! Thanks for finding your way here and wanting to get to know me.
I've been called light worker, shadow dancer, edgewalker, cosmic cheerleader, Earth empath, way shower, portal opener, dreamer, psychonaut, spirit mentor, alchemist, faery, starseed, channel, spiritual warrior, healer, visionary, bruja, shamana, curandera, shapeshifter, sacred activist, medicine maker, and hella funny human.
It is my belief that we are made of earth and stars and that in order to be whole, all our parts need our attention, love and acceptance. My passion lies in supporting others integrate and navigate the merging of matter and spirit. To be whole, vital, balanced and healed requires honoring these aspects. I consider myself a mediator between these realms and have a skillset born of traveling through liminal spaces and my own practice of transforming internalized duality paradigms and embracing the grey areas within. The forgiveness path and the way of compassion is one I come back to over and over again. I believe that when we heal the internal it is reflected in the creation of our external realities. Great wisdom is available when we are able to tap into the perspectives our higher self can offer.
My work is soul work and is informed by divine feminine principles and earth centered practices and fueled by my commitment to helping people heal, go deep into self-inquiry, and create a life that is balanced and aligned with one’s soul mission. I maintain that the journey of remembering our Divinity and connection to source energy is one of the most important path's we can walk. This is an essential component to awakening to a higher consciousness, which also involves living in reciprocity with one another, the Earth, the animals, nature spirits, the stone people, our ancestors and descendants.
My personal practice consists of prayer and meditation, walking labyrinths, kundalini yoga, chanting, oracular reading, earth medicine work, ritual, journaling, dream work, medicine wheels, laughter medicine, deep soulful connections with others, full moon baths, star gazing, talking to trees, journeys of pilgrimage and discovery and spending time in nature in revery. I consider this sacred self-care that is non-negotiable. It feeds, nourishes and sustains me. The toolbox I offer in working with clients consists of intuitive bodywork, shamanic practices, spiritual mentoring, visionary craniosacral therapy, astrology, and vibrational therapies such as flower/cosmic essences. I also have a massive toolbox of resources that I love to share. I believe that our physical, mental and emotional wellness is inextricably connected to our spiritual wellness.
We are all here on this earth for a reason, and we are all here in the perfect place at the perfect time. It is our choice to see our life circumstances as either holding us back, or as opportunities that can propel us forward, allowing us to grow, heal and transform ourselves and our world. We sometimes lose the trail of our life's journey so that we can find our way back home again. The liminal spaces are places where magic and transformation happen and where flow can be restored. As we move into remembering our multi dimensional natures our journey is not linear and sometimes requires us to stray from our path in order to find our way home. I would be honored to be your guide on your journey.
My (First) Initiation Journey
When I was young, my best friends were trees. I have a vivid memory of being in preschool and spending time outdoors with the honeysuckle bush that reached through the fence into the school yard. I would inhale her nectar, feeling as though honey was being poured into my heart. With her companionship, I felt comforted and protected in a world that felt very alien to me. I felt like I had dropped from the stars and landed in a place where I felt closer to animals and plants than humans. Decades later I would be introduced to flower essences, learning that, among other issues, honeysuckle addresses homesickness and nostalgia.
When I was about eight, a mighty oak tree in our neighborhood was cut down. I was filled with a deep grief that flooded my entire being. I was inconsolable. This was my first heartbreak and I felt physically sick for days. English was not my native tongue, but I could understand the language of flowers and trees. These first initiations into the natural world lead to my eventual life journey as a healer, interspecies communicator, intuitive channel, and maker of essences.
I have always been sensitive, intuitive and empathic. As a child, I couldn't understand why people couldn't see or hear what I could. I often felt as though I were living in multiple dimensional realities simultaneously. In early adulthood I reached a point in my life where it became easier to dismiss these insights in order to fit in. So dismiss my truth I did, and away from my path I strayed. But during my Saturn return, within a period of a few months, everything that defined my identity was gone.
I lost my job, my car, and my apartment. My primary relationship ended. My Grandmother passed away. Friendships were severed. I had to leave my city.
As the saying goes, breakdowns often lead to breakthroughs. In the darkness, I saw that I was at a crossroads. I chose to ask for the grace to surrender and eventually learned to rewrite my story. Through life's ebbs and flows I began the often painful process of remembering--where I came from, what my soul yearned for, who my allies were, what my authentic voice wanted to express. I began listening to my intuition and reconnecting with my true essence. I ascended and descended. I composted. And I learned (and continue to learn) that when we step into a template of empowerment and away from victim consciousness, we become the creators of our own destinies. The veils of separation part and we begin to see our wholeness and our Divinity reflected back to us. Even through the muck and the mud. Even if our spark has dulled. Even if we have abandoned ourselves over and over again . . . we can always find our way back home.
This journey has been anything but linear. But I began to understand what it meant to live in flow, ease, and grace. My energy began to transform. And I started to bring in gratitude for my gifts. My true path began to unfold in front of me and I realized that I hadn't really lost anything, but I had gained perspective.
My own spiritual journey led me to my work in the healing arts. I learned a variety of modalities, both body centered and those with a focus on energy. I apprenticed with a shamanic practitioner and participated in various Earth healing practices. As I reconnected with the natural world I spent more time in nature and began using flower essences as a personal support system. I was overjoyed when I started co-creating my own essences. At times I felt these allies from the nature kingdom literally kept me on this earth! Then came the study of visionary craniosacral therapy which has become one of my great loves. My love and study of astrology continues to grow and is a lens that informs my sessions. I continue to have the honor of studying with amazing teachers and guides in all these fields, both from the seen and unseen world. Almost twenty years later, I am still learning and growing. That will never stop! I have created AstroSoma sessions as a means to encompass all my loves and passions and offer them to my clients in support of their spiritual journey of self-knowledge.
Pay attention. Trust. Surrender. The next step is simply the next step.
I've been called light worker, shadow dancer, edgewalker, cosmic cheerleader, Earth empath, way shower, portal opener, dreamer, psychonaut, spirit mentor, alchemist, faery, starseed, channel, spiritual warrior, healer, visionary, bruja, shamana, curandera, shapeshifter, sacred activist, medicine maker, and hella funny human.
It is my belief that we are made of earth and stars and that in order to be whole, all our parts need our attention, love and acceptance. My passion lies in supporting others integrate and navigate the merging of matter and spirit. To be whole, vital, balanced and healed requires honoring these aspects. I consider myself a mediator between these realms and have a skillset born of traveling through liminal spaces and my own practice of transforming internalized duality paradigms and embracing the grey areas within. The forgiveness path and the way of compassion is one I come back to over and over again. I believe that when we heal the internal it is reflected in the creation of our external realities. Great wisdom is available when we are able to tap into the perspectives our higher self can offer.
My work is soul work and is informed by divine feminine principles and earth centered practices and fueled by my commitment to helping people heal, go deep into self-inquiry, and create a life that is balanced and aligned with one’s soul mission. I maintain that the journey of remembering our Divinity and connection to source energy is one of the most important path's we can walk. This is an essential component to awakening to a higher consciousness, which also involves living in reciprocity with one another, the Earth, the animals, nature spirits, the stone people, our ancestors and descendants.
My personal practice consists of prayer and meditation, walking labyrinths, kundalini yoga, chanting, oracular reading, earth medicine work, ritual, journaling, dream work, medicine wheels, laughter medicine, deep soulful connections with others, full moon baths, star gazing, talking to trees, journeys of pilgrimage and discovery and spending time in nature in revery. I consider this sacred self-care that is non-negotiable. It feeds, nourishes and sustains me. The toolbox I offer in working with clients consists of intuitive bodywork, shamanic practices, spiritual mentoring, visionary craniosacral therapy, astrology, and vibrational therapies such as flower/cosmic essences. I also have a massive toolbox of resources that I love to share. I believe that our physical, mental and emotional wellness is inextricably connected to our spiritual wellness.
We are all here on this earth for a reason, and we are all here in the perfect place at the perfect time. It is our choice to see our life circumstances as either holding us back, or as opportunities that can propel us forward, allowing us to grow, heal and transform ourselves and our world. We sometimes lose the trail of our life's journey so that we can find our way back home again. The liminal spaces are places where magic and transformation happen and where flow can be restored. As we move into remembering our multi dimensional natures our journey is not linear and sometimes requires us to stray from our path in order to find our way home. I would be honored to be your guide on your journey.
My (First) Initiation Journey
When I was young, my best friends were trees. I have a vivid memory of being in preschool and spending time outdoors with the honeysuckle bush that reached through the fence into the school yard. I would inhale her nectar, feeling as though honey was being poured into my heart. With her companionship, I felt comforted and protected in a world that felt very alien to me. I felt like I had dropped from the stars and landed in a place where I felt closer to animals and plants than humans. Decades later I would be introduced to flower essences, learning that, among other issues, honeysuckle addresses homesickness and nostalgia.
When I was about eight, a mighty oak tree in our neighborhood was cut down. I was filled with a deep grief that flooded my entire being. I was inconsolable. This was my first heartbreak and I felt physically sick for days. English was not my native tongue, but I could understand the language of flowers and trees. These first initiations into the natural world lead to my eventual life journey as a healer, interspecies communicator, intuitive channel, and maker of essences.
I have always been sensitive, intuitive and empathic. As a child, I couldn't understand why people couldn't see or hear what I could. I often felt as though I were living in multiple dimensional realities simultaneously. In early adulthood I reached a point in my life where it became easier to dismiss these insights in order to fit in. So dismiss my truth I did, and away from my path I strayed. But during my Saturn return, within a period of a few months, everything that defined my identity was gone.
I lost my job, my car, and my apartment. My primary relationship ended. My Grandmother passed away. Friendships were severed. I had to leave my city.
As the saying goes, breakdowns often lead to breakthroughs. In the darkness, I saw that I was at a crossroads. I chose to ask for the grace to surrender and eventually learned to rewrite my story. Through life's ebbs and flows I began the often painful process of remembering--where I came from, what my soul yearned for, who my allies were, what my authentic voice wanted to express. I began listening to my intuition and reconnecting with my true essence. I ascended and descended. I composted. And I learned (and continue to learn) that when we step into a template of empowerment and away from victim consciousness, we become the creators of our own destinies. The veils of separation part and we begin to see our wholeness and our Divinity reflected back to us. Even through the muck and the mud. Even if our spark has dulled. Even if we have abandoned ourselves over and over again . . . we can always find our way back home.
This journey has been anything but linear. But I began to understand what it meant to live in flow, ease, and grace. My energy began to transform. And I started to bring in gratitude for my gifts. My true path began to unfold in front of me and I realized that I hadn't really lost anything, but I had gained perspective.
My own spiritual journey led me to my work in the healing arts. I learned a variety of modalities, both body centered and those with a focus on energy. I apprenticed with a shamanic practitioner and participated in various Earth healing practices. As I reconnected with the natural world I spent more time in nature and began using flower essences as a personal support system. I was overjoyed when I started co-creating my own essences. At times I felt these allies from the nature kingdom literally kept me on this earth! Then came the study of visionary craniosacral therapy which has become one of my great loves. My love and study of astrology continues to grow and is a lens that informs my sessions. I continue to have the honor of studying with amazing teachers and guides in all these fields, both from the seen and unseen world. Almost twenty years later, I am still learning and growing. That will never stop! I have created AstroSoma sessions as a means to encompass all my loves and passions and offer them to my clients in support of their spiritual journey of self-knowledge.
Pay attention. Trust. Surrender. The next step is simply the next step.
Testimonials...
"Claudia is an intuitive, magical and effective healer. The spiritual, emotional and physical support she offers to her clients is astounding. She is welcoming and accepting as well as fierce and insightful. Her touch and blending of modalities is grounded in pragmatism and connected to the cosmic rhythms simultaneously. I am so grateful for the ways she reflects back to me what she observed in my body & spirit during our sessions. It's always so rich. I often leave her office in a state of pure bliss." |
"Claudia envelops a great number of unique, holistic practices within her own disciplines: cranialsacral therapy and flower essences treatment. Her approach is open, gentle, and thorough. The sessions focus on an individual’s complex cosmology, juxtaposed by her non-judgmental, compassionate methods. The point is not to answer the question, but to fully integrate the mind, body, and spirit – the spirit oftentimes the most difficult to align. I always look forward to my sessions with Claudia, our conversations, and the treatments. For me, the work is an invaluable retreat – it creates a safe environment for me to reflect and discover." |
"I have been seeing Claudia for 14 years. I actually gave up my traditional therapist because of her. She keeps me sane, balanced and energetically aligned. She is present, nonjudgemental and joyful while helping you through whatever issue or block you are up against. Claudia uses a mashup of modalities in her practice. Multiple massage techniques, [energy work] and Chakra balancing, bespoke Flower Essences, Shamanic Rituals are just some of the approaches in her magical repertoire. I always leave feeling changed for the better!" |
" I look forward to my sessions with Claudia. Her knowledge of the body and mind, while using all the modalities, helps bring me to a better understanding of what is going on in my life. Using the flower essence has helped me make shifts that I have been fighting for some time. After my sessions I feel balanced and have a clearer perspective of my well being. |