Join MysticMag and explore the spiritual tapestry woven by Sandra Nelson as she candidly reflects on the transformative moments that set her on a profound journey. From tending to a terminally unwell friend to crafting personalized ceremonies and painting spiritually infused artworks, Sandra discusses her path, blending ancient Irish practices, Reiki, and Druidic teachings in an enchanting interview.
What led you down this spiritual path in life and when did you know that it would become your profession?
This question is so big because there have been many moments. Overall, it was through my friendship with a very much loved kindly woman, a neighbour who became terminally unwell. Our lives wove together like threads of a tapestry and I tended to her as she died. After she passed she came to me in spirit and paused for a moment before crossing over. She was a lovely person and that experience motivated me to become more open and to begin to share my gifts. I opened up to working more as a healer. I had trained as a Reiki Master but I wasn’t using it. Having been a skilled Tarot reader a decade before and stepping away from reading cards, I began offering my intuitive readings.
What healing modalities do you use?
Over the past number of years, I have developed my own gifts further and so I use the skills and tools I studied and trained with alongside my own innate gifts. As a more earthy person trained within ancient Irish practices following a Druid path, I combine Life Coaching with healing prayer and long-distance energy work. Some of my energy prayer work would involve the removal of energetic binds, attachments, and ancestral patterns. From a practical life coaching perspective this means understanding energy, energetic boundaries, and how to embody new boundaries. How to stay energetically healthy.
Currently, I am following a Druid path, training with ODOD a worldwide educational pathway in Druidic teachings. Writing poetry, Storytelling, and playing harp.
What can people hope to achieve through your life coaching?
The possibilities with life coaching are endless. Learning our values and beliefs and how to establish healthy boundaries is really important. This inner work can greatly assist healing and establish a nurturing space to do deeper inner work.
You also organize Sacred Druid Wedding Ceremonies. What are those like and how does it feel to contribute to someone’s big moment in such a profound way?
The honour of being chosen to be a Celebrant for a couple, or being recommended is profound. It’s such a lovely experience, however, I take it very seriously because of the union of their hearts and the commitment they pledge through their spoken words and energy. And understanding the couple’s dream of their big day and their vision for the future is something I focus on intensely. Enquiring their day is so special is very important and that they are the centre of attention always.
Can you share a memorable experience from a wedding or an event you organized?
Recently I married a couple who have been deeply in love for almost 9 years. Their two young children were at the Wedding along with a large group of family. It was special for many reasons, but in particular, the deep love the bride had with her deceased mother was so powerful. Her mother despite being in spirit had such a strong energetic field her memory was very much felt by the family. Part of the ceremony allows for remembering our loved ones who are in spirit. It is a really lovely way to honour her gorgeous mum Angel. On the eve of the Wedding, I dreamt about her mother. It was lovely to pass on the message on the morning of her special day.
A few years earlier I had overseen the brides’ mothers Celebration of Life ceremony and felt that same deep bond during the funeral service as I did during their Wedding. It was beautiful to know that love is eternal and stretches through time and through the veil.
Is there anything else about your work that you’d like to share that we haven’t covered?
My art is a big focus for me, as I paint with acrylic, dot-style artworks that are based on dreaming and spiritually focused stories or messages. Each painting has a different energy to it and often people are guided to fall in love with each painting as it speaks to them. Also, I love painting, it is a pure joy to be able to paint to share this gift of art, Storytelling, and poetry. It’s a blessing.
To learn more about Sandra and her work, you can visit www.sandranelsonhealing.com and www.sandranelsonweddingcelebrant.com
