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Soul Retrieval
Recover Lost Parts of Yourself.
Return to Wholeness
Trauma-sensitive Shamanic Healing
for people seeking to reconnect with dimensions of themselves
that have become, inaccessible, or separated
through wounding and life experience.
What is Soul Loss?
There are experiences after which we sometimes say, “I have never been quite the same.”
Sometimes the cause is unmistakable: trauma, loss, betrayal, abandonment, violence, or another overwhelming experience.
At other times, the loss is quieter. A gift was discouraged. A part of you was unacceptable within your family or community. You learned to suppress your voice, creativity, trust, sensitivity, joy, or some other essential quality in order to belong or survive.
You continued living. You adapted.
But something in you went underground.
Within shamanic traditions, one way of understanding this experience is soul loss.
Soul Retrieval is a shamanic healing practice concerned with recovering and reintegrating what has become lost or separated from the self through wounding.
Begin with a Conversation
If you are wondering whether Soul Retrieval or Shamanic Healing is appropriate for what you are experiencing, I invite you to begin with a 30-minute Soul Discovery Call.
We can explore what is bringing you to this point, what you are seeking,
and whether my work is the right fit.
What is Soul Retrieval?
Soul loss does not mean that your soul has been destroyed or that you are somehow incomplete.
Rather, it describes a separation from some dimension of yourself—a quality, capacity, gift, sense of belonging, or way of being that has become difficult to access.
You may have learned very early, for example, that being visible was unsafe. You may have stopped creating because your gifts were dismissed. An experience of betrayal may have altered your capacity to trust. Trauma may have required adaptations that protected you at the time but continue to shape your life long after the original danger has passed.
From a shamanic perspective, Soul Retrieval works with the spiritual and energetic dimensions of these experiences.
During Soul Retrieval, I enter an altered or light trance state through shamanic journeying. The intention is to encounter the wound associated with the loss and recover the quality, capacity, or aspect of self that became separated from ordinary awareness.
What returns may be experienced symbolically as a child, animal, image, color, object, memory, sensation, or spiritual gift. At other times, what becomes available is a recognizable human quality—creativity, courage, joy, trust, voice, playfulness, sensuality, or a renewed sense of belonging.
The retrieval itself is only part of the work.
The deeper work is reintegration: learning how to live in relationship with what has returned.
When Might Soul Retrieval Be Helpful?
You do not need to diagnose yourself with “soul loss” before seeking this work.
People come to me because they recognize that something in their lives has remained unresolved despite insight, reflection, spiritual practice, therapy, or other forms of healing.
You might recognize:
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a persistent sense that some part of you is missing or inaccessible
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repeating patterns connected with earlier wounding
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disconnection from creativity, voice, joy, trust, or other qualities you once possessed
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difficulty reconnecting with yourself after trauma, loss, betrayal, or major life change
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a sense that an old experience continues to have more authority over your life than you want it to have
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a spiritual transition or awakening that is asking you to understand yourself differently
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a desire to move beyond understanding what happened and toward a deeper experience of integration
None of these experiences proves that you have experienced soul loss. They can have many causes and conditions.
Soul loss is a shamanic and spiritual framework, not a medical or psychological diagnosis.
For some people, however, it provides a meaningful way of understanding the experience of having become separated from something essential within themselves.
What Happens During a Soul Retrieval Session
Every Shamanic Healing session is different because the work responds to the individual person and what emerges.
A session generally includes:
1. Conversation and Setting Intention
We begin by talking about what is happening in your life, the patterns or experiences bringing you to the session, and what you hope to understand or heal.
2. Shamanic and Energetic Healing
Depending upon what emerges, I may work with the Light Body and other energetic dimensions of your experience, including clearing heavy or accumulated energy associated with past wounding or other influences.
3. Shamanic Journeying
I enter an altered or light trance state and journey within the spiritual and energetic dimensions of the work.
4. Wound Extraction
I journey into your subconscious and find the old personal and ancestral trauma that has created the blocks and difficulties in life. I extract them using a Vogel crystal.
5. Soul Retrieval
When Soul Retrieval is appropriate, I work to recover the quality, capacity, gift, or aspect of self that has become separated or inaccessible.
6. Integration
We explore what has emerged and what it may mean for the way you live.
If what returns is your voice, how will you begin using it?
If creativity returns, where will you give it expression?
If you reconnect with trust, what does wise trust—not indiscriminate trust—look like now?
Soul Retrieval can restore access to something. Integration is how we give what returns a life.
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Why Do I Offer Soul Retrieval?
I am a shamanic healer, spiritual teacher, and PhD with 20 years of experience working with thousands of clients worldwide.
When I was in the deepest spiral of trauma healing, soul retrieval and wound extraction was a true turning point for me.
Because of that lived experience, my work integrates trauma-informed care with deep spiritual healing, supporting you in releasing old wounds, reclaiming lost parts of yourself, and returning to a greater sense of wholeness and purpose.
This is a grounded, attuned process designed for lasting transformation—so that you can come back into yourself in a deeper, more complete way.
Soul Retrieval and Shamanic Healing can help you change your life in dramatic ways. Do you have a creative project or a new business you want to start, but keep encountering blocks to its manifestation? Are you looking for love, but aren't meeting that special person? Soul loss could be the cause.
Frequently Asked Questions about Soul Retrieval & Shamanic Healing
Q: What happens after Soul Retrieval?
Soul Retrieval is a practice within shamanic healing in which a practitioner journeys spiritually with the intention of recovering and reintegrating qualities or aspects of self that have become lost or inaccessible through trauma, wounding, loss, or other life experiences.
Q: How do I know if I need soul retrieval?
You may not know—and you do not need to decide in advance. Sometimes people simply recognize that an experience or pattern continues to shape their lives despite considerable insight or previous healing work. During a Shamanic Healing session, we can explore what is present and whether Soul Retrieval is appropriate.
Q: Is Soul Loss the Same as Dissociation?
Soul loss can be understood as a form of dissociation. In fact, many of the experiences traditionally associated with soul loss closely track what psychotherapy describes as dissociation: feeling disconnected from yourself or your body, emotionally numb, fragmented, unreal, absent from your own life, or unable to access parts of yourself following trauma, shock, loss, or overwhelming experience. The difference lies less in the experience itself than in the framework through which it is understood and addressed. Psychotherapy generally understands dissociation through psychological and nervous-system processes that help a person survive experiences that are too overwhelming to fully process at the time. From a shamanic perspective, we may describe something similar as **soul loss**: in the face of trauma or overwhelming experience, some aspect of our vital essence withdraws, becomes inaccessible, or is experienced as having separated from us. These perspectives do not have to be mutually exclusive. They can be different ways of understanding dimensions of the same human experience. In my healing practice, however, I do not assume that feeling dissociated, fragmented, numb, or disconnected automatically means that someone needs a soul retrieval. **Soul retrieval is not the first step simply because symptoms of soul loss are present.** The wound that led to the fragmentation must first be addressed. My work begins by helping to heal and transform the underlying wound and the energetic patterns associated with it. When the conditions are right, soul retrieval may then become part of the healing process. This is why I do not approach soul retrieval as a stand-alone technique or something that can simply be requested from a menu of shamanic services. The deeper question is not only, *What part of me feels missing?* but also, *What happened that made separation necessary in the first place—and what needs to heal so that greater wholeness can be restored and sustained?
Q: Is soul retrieval safe?
Yes. My work is trauma-informed and guided by your system’s readiness. Nothing is forced. The process unfolds in a way that supports stability, integration, and your overall well-being.
Q: Is soul retrieval compatible with psychotherapy?
Yes, when it is appropriate for the individual. Soul Retrieval can complement psychotherapy by working within spiritual and energetic dimensions of experience. It should not be used as a substitute for necessary psychological or psychiatric treatment.
Q: Do I need to believe in shamanism for soul retrieval to work?
No. You don’t need any particular belief system. This work meets you where you are and works with your own inner experience and readiness.
Q: How many soul retrievals will I need?
There is no predetermined number. Soul Retrieval is one practice I may use within a Shamanic Healing session. Sometimes significant material emerges in one session. At other times, healing unfolds over a longer period. We allow the work itself—not a predetermined package—to tell us what is needed.
Q: Will a soul retrieval help with healing trauma?
Soul retrieval can support trauma healing by addressing deeper layers of emotional and energetic experience. It is not a replacement for therapy, but it can be a powerful complement when you are ready for deeper integration.
Q: Can I do this Shamanic Healing session in person or remotely?
Yes. I work with clients both in-person and remotely via Zoom or phone. Distance sessions are just as effective and allow you to receive the work from the comfort of your own space.
Q: What is the best way to begin with a Soul Retrieval?
If you’re unsure, the best place to start is with a conversation. Book a complementary Soul Discovery Call and we will explore what is happening and what is the best path forward.