by isabella Stoloff | Aug 5, 2013 | Energy Healing
People come to me from all walks of life. Regardless of background or religion, we are all faced with the same types of challenges.
PTSD-Loneliness-Uncertainty-Loss-Stress-Abandonment-Depression-Anxiety-Fear, Low self-worth, not good enough, victim.
Many people have an inability to move forward or are stuck in a cycle of old patterns and addiction, desperate for change.
Many of the problems we are faced with are connected to our ancestors and our past. You will learn how we repeat the patterns of our parents and grandparents. The Spiritual Healings I give, teach you how to transform your life and unwind old patterns, pain and suffering. The stories that once held you back in the past melt away, and underneath you will find your authentic self!
Shamanic Healings assist you in connecting with your inner wisdom so you can live the life you were meant to live.
Tune in and listen to the divine essence of who you truly are.
by isabella Stoloff | May 24, 2013 | Energy Healing
by Christina Hamlett
“Healing is a matter of time,” wrote Hippocrates, “but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.”
Too often in the frenetic pace of day-to-day living, we make the mistake of believing that whatever is vexing us will eventually go away if we just ignore it long enough. Sometimes we may not even know what it is that’s off-kilter until it manifests to the point of jeopardizing our health, our relationships and our spiritual connectivity. Isabella Stoloff, Founder of the Orange County Healing Center (www.ochealingcenter.com), is a Shaman who guides her clients in the techniques of embracing a positive mindset and empowering themselves from the inside out.
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Q: What, exactly, is a Shaman and how does this ancient-sounding practice interface with all of the hurry-up demands put upon us in the 21st century?
A: Very simply put, a Shaman is a conduit between the spiritual world and physical world. Shamans traditionally were the medicine men and women of the tribe. People came to them with their troubles, and ailments, and the Shamans were able to assist them using a variety of healing techniques. They prayed to the mountains and the earth for protection and guidance. Most of all they trusted their spiritual intuition to guide them. Today we are faced with different issues, many of which stem from disempowerment. When a client comes to me with their problem I assist them in releasing the issue so they feel better and can begin to see things from a different perspective. I work at the soul level so my clients reconnect to themselves and the planet in a whole new way. I give people tangible tools for creating more peace and tranquility in their lives. One of the techniques I teach is how to release the negative mind using the 17-second rule. Everyone today is talking about meditation and positive thinking, but are so wrapped up in the day-to-day life they have no idea where to start. After just one session, my clients feel clear and empowered again. I feel honored to be able to assist others in finding their true authentic self.
Q: What attracted you to Shamanism as your life’s calling?
A: In 2006 my mother had been in a home with dementia for over a year, and I was in Idaho getting my MFA in performance. It was as if I could hear my mother calling in my mind, asking me to help her. I would hear her voice say, “Get me out of here.” At the time I, too, felt very stuck in my life. I had been with the same man for nine years and there was no ring in sight, I needed to have knee surgeries and a liver biopsy and none of these issues were being resolved. When I heard my mother calling me I thought, “How can I help you when I can’t even help myself?”
Then someone suggested I see a Peruvian Shaman. I had never heard of Shamanism except in the Native American tradition, and really had no idea what they did, and a Peruvian Shaman felt even more farfetched. But my mother raised me to be very accepting of others’ religions and quite open-minded, so even though the idea was foreign to me I went for it. Within the first month after the healing, my mother passed. Within the following six-month period I had the knee surgeries, liver biopsy, broke up with the boyfriend and moved my daughter back to California. My life changed so dramatically, and so quickly, I felt I needed to take a deeper look into Shamanism.
I began studying the work of Dr. Alberto Villoldo and the Qero Shaman. Through my studies and trips to Peru and the Amazon jungle I realized this was my life’s calling. Now I assist others in finding their authentic self. This is truly an amazing time to be alive. Many people are finally realizing that their bodies and their minds are amazing tools. That consciousness lives in every single cell and that when we learn how to retrain our thinking our whole world will change. I love this statement for I feel it is so true, “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind”, and that is what I have done. I myself have been transformed, and in return I mentor and teach others to do the same.
Q: What were you doing prior to starting your business four years ago?
A: Prior to 1991 my life was very challenging. I went through some extremely difficult times. It is those challenges that have assisted me in becoming the Shaman I am today. Here are some of the things that I did to assist me in raising three children on my own during my education: While in junior college I started a group for women to be able to talk about their problems. I also put together a Student’s 4 Kids club to raise money for the building of the new children’s center. I practiced Louise Hay’s positive affirmations daily, and trusted that I was the creator of my world.
After getting my BA I founded an at- risk teen program called “For the Love of Acting” which taught students how to write their life stories and perform the monologues. I also worked for Campfire Boy and Girls teaching empowerment classes in the school district. Things were not always easy but I stayed positive and had my eye on the goal of a Master’s degree. After that I went on to work as a gang intervention specialist. That was a tough job but I learned so much. I was finally accepted to a graduate program in Moscow, Idaho and packed up my then 10-year old daughter and moved. While in school there I taught and worked as a fundraiser for the Latah Trail foundation building a trail between the two towns.
I returned to California in 2007 and I found a job teaching Acting and Public speaking at Fullerton College. I performed in some community theatre productions and performed my one-woman show, Abreaction; a collection of women’s stories. I created that show by interviewing women and asking them, “What was the event that changed your life?” When I graduated from my Shaman training program, my daughter was about to go off to college at Parsons in NY and I was preparing for the empty nest. It was an interesting time of letting go and stepping into my new life all at the same time.
Q: How does one make a full-fledged career out of a pursuit that is so spiritual in nature?
A: That’s a great question. When I started on this path I had no intention of calling myself a Shaman or a healer because I believe we are all Shamans and healers of one kind or another; we have just forgotten how to tap into source. In 2009 I lost my job at the college right before leading a group to Peru. Rather than looking at it as negative, I saw it as a sign that spirit wanted me doing healings full time. I turned my home into the Orange County Healing Center and never looked back. At that time I knew nothing about business. I could barely turn on a computer! But I taught myself how. Every morning I would wake up and sit at the computer and tune into spirit. I would ask to be guided and I was. I truly believe I was taught by spirit and by trusting the process. In the beginning it was very hard for me to charge for my services even though I had no problem paying for my training and personal healings. I had to overcome many things, fears, insecurities, lack consciousness and most of all a negative mind. In my heart I knew that this was why I had come to the planet, this made my life up to that point make so much sense. I was not meant to teach acting; I was to teach people how to empower themselves by reconnecting them to their spirit and Mother Earth.
Q: Why do you feel spiritual healing is important?
A: We are all spiritual beings having a human experience. We have just lost our connection. Many people practice religion but still feel as if something is missing in their lives. I feel this is in part due to how disconnected we are from the Earth, our Mother, as well as the fact that we are disconnected from ourselves. I believe that everything that has ever happened to us creates a memory imprint on our energy body and that unless the imprint is healed and cleared we will continue to access from that old wound. These old imprints reactivate when we are triggered by loved ones, society, jobs, and it’s like we are stuck in time, still stuck in the issue. Talk therapy is great because at least you are finally talking about the problem, but it is not enough. We must heal the scene from our energy body if we are ever to fully move forward and no longer be triggered. The work I do clears the negative imprint so I can bring back the lost part, whole happy and healed. These spiritual healings help my clients feel empowered to move forward in their lives.
Q: If someone had never been to a Shaman before and came to you for the first time, what might they expect from their initial session?
A: It is much like going to see a therapist. People come to me and tell me their problems. While they are talking to me I can actually feel their pain and I track their energy body to find out where they feel they lost the biggest part of themselves. After talking and tracking where the biggest blocks are, we go into my healing room and I set up a sacred space. I then use a rattle and a crystal and clean and clear their energy body so they begin to feel more of their own light. I then spiritually travel to either the current day issue or past life issue and heal it. I bring back the lost part of themselves so they feel whole again. In some instances I also bring a gift or power animal. It is very beautiful. After the session we talk about different techniques I have developed for staying spiritual fit.
Q: What types of healing are your clients typically seeking?
A: Some want past life soul retrievals, or chakra balancing or they feel heavy energy. Some come because they feel blocked and unable to move forward in their life. Others come because they feel something is not quite right. I also offer house clearings and blessings so from time to time I get hired to come and clear an office building, home or land. Many people have never seen a spiritual healer and have tried many different methods to feel better and nothing has worked. I love these experiences because when these people work with me they feel so much better and can actually see a difference. It is truly amazing.
Q: It’s often said that thoughts become things and, accordingly, people should focus their energies on positive experiences and outcomes. How, though, can they accomplish this and feel personally empowered if their lives seem to be one disappointment, frustration, or setback after another?
A: This is another one of the many reasons people come to see me, the negative mind. In our society we are subjected to so many things. The commercials on TV tell us we need all these different things to make our lives better. The magazines tell us we need to look a certain way or be a certain weight. Then our minds want to fix on what’s not working in our lives. Did you know it is easier to create a negative thought then a positive one? Why is this? I have yet to figure this one out, but it is true. A few years back I began to play with my mind. Whenever I wanted to focus on what was not working or judge or be negative, I would gently redirect my mind to think of something beautiful and positive. I found it was not an easy task. It is a daily job to constantly remind oneself to think positively, but it’s well worth the effort.
Every day find something to be grateful for. Keep your thoughts and vibration positive. Bruce Lipton has a book called The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter, & Miracles. In this book he shows how positive thinking can affect us at a cellular level. When I started teaching people about how to redirect their thoughts and talked about the cells as having consciousness, I had not heard of this book. I am happy that scientists are finally seeing the power of the body, mind and spirit. In answer to your question, I have personally taken myself from the darkness into the light using positive affirmations and forward moving action. We must learn how to focus on, and be grateful for every little thing in our lives.
Q: Technology is not only making us more and more insular in our interpersonal relationships but, to a major extent, disconnecting us from Earth and nature in general. What are some ways that people can plug back into the things that are really important about the beauty of human existence?
A: Gratitude. Becoming grateful for simple things, for being able to smell, walk, or touch the earth. When we begin to look at linear time as a manmade construct and follow the cycles of the earth, we begin to drop back into a simpler time. Find some way to have a small garden and teach your children about GMO seeds and processed foods. Show them how to get their feet in the dirt and plant a seed, or eat off the trees and the interpersonal relationships will once again flourish. Community dinners and conversations about sustainable living will bring us back to the feeling of Oneness.
I also believe in fire ceremony and swimming in the ocean, or taking a salt bath. Since we are all made up of energy and sit in front of computers or on our phones, we are short-circuiting our systems. We are becoming disconnected from our inner GPS. We no longer know the names of the streets nor teach our children this important skill. Nor do we memorize phone numbers or write letters. Simple things are being lost. These simple things helped our minds to be strong and creative. Fire ceremony is a great way to reconnect. Fire is transformational and a great symbol for release. Find ways to honor the earth, the mountains, and the sea, all creatures of the world. Begin to reconnect your spirit by paying attention to the animal kingdom, the plant world, your heart, and give thanks.
Q: For you, what is the difference between being religious and being spiritual?
A: I think religions are beautiful and a nice way to meet people who believe as you do. The problem I have found is they also create separation. People fight over religion and it creates judgments. For me, not being connected to just one religion gives me the ability to help many people from many different walks of life. My religion is found in the Earth, the mountains, trees and water. God is everywhere and in everything. I feel connected to every living thing.
Q: Tell us about some of the writing you’ve done related to spiritual healing and personal empowerment.
A: I’ve been writing for Awareness and Visions Magazine since 2010. Many of my articles focus on creating a positive mindset and environment. I recently wrote about our food system and how we must all become conscious around what we eat, and shop for local organic non-GMO foods. I have also written on becoming a Shaman in your own life. Many of my articles can be found on my website, some even have meditations written into them.
Q: What would most people be surprised to learn about you?
A: That I am really very shy. I had to work hard at getting myself “Out there” and even now there is still a very shy part of me. Perhaps it is why I am still single. My youngest always says, “Mom you are not going to meet someone in the house!” Boy is she right! I do love my home.
Q: Reading the papers, watching the news and even reading Facebook posts can leave us feeling as if humanity is down sliding to doom. What are your thoughts on the topic and what is your wish for making it better?
A: Again I will say focus on what is working instead of what is not. I do not watch the news or TV or read the paper. As a matter of fact, I do not even have a television in my home. When it is important, real news I find out. I dated a newspaper man years ago and when he enlightened me on how much real news was kept out of the public, I was shocked and decided to find things out for myself rather than allowing them to feed me. On Facebook I only promote or post positive things. Now you may say, “Well she has her head in the sand.” I beg to differ. What I am actually doing is projecting out into the Universe what I wish for my world. I am creating it in every breath I take. I sign the petitions for clean water and non-GMO food or manmade salmon, things of that nature. I stay on top of subjects that are important to me. But I believe that if I can create my own reality then I can also create my own world. The media feeds us so many things that are not true. We have to use our own intuition, our inner guidance to direct our lives. Stop allowing the media or other things to poison your minds. Use the time instead to create the thoughts and vibration you want your family to be in. This is my wish, I wish for everyone to wake up and see the truth. I always say if it is negative or makes you feel bad then it is a lie. If it is positive or makes you feel good, it is the truth. If every one of us began to come together as whole people in a whole world and fight for the betterment of Mother Nature, our planet and everything in it would be different. So that is what I am doing. I am working toward the day when everyone can call each other brother and sister. A day when humanity says enough is enough and begins to focus on how we as a population can survive on this beautiful planet of ours. A day when we can look at her as the living, breathing organism that she is. Our Mother Earth is a living being. As we tap into our spiritual nature, we will see this more and more and connect deeper to the magic that lives in each and every one of us.
Q: Anything else you’d like to add?
I have wanted to write a book for some time now, every now and again I get asked to write an article or do interviews, it is then that I can see it taking shape. So, I want to thank you for this opportunity as I feel this is somehow the book, in its early stages. Also for those of you reading this, who think no one can have had it as bad as you; I am here to tell you everyday I hear stories just like my own, Stories of heartache and trauma. We all have very similar stories. It is time to bring those stories to the light. Recover from them and move on. Now is the time. Create the life you have always wanted to live. It all begins with you.
Taken from http://thefaceofbusiness.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/orange-county-healing-center/
by isabella Stoloff | Apr 14, 2013 | Energy Healing, Spiritual Tours
VM: Our theme this month is Indigenous wisdom, which I think is perfect for your Shaman work Isabella. How did you start your work? I’m sure there have been many layers but how did the beginnings of your healings, your teachings and your group work start?
IS: In 1991 I had a complete life change, a total transformation of who I once was. I began a path of trusting the Universe. I knew that your thoughts became things. I followed Louise Hay and devoured her book, “You Can Heal Your Life”. I practiced those affirmations daily. Then I discovered Doreen Virtue and her beautiful Angel cards and I really started to trust a part of me that I had never trusted before.
Prior to that time I had been stuck in victim mode for many, many years. Through this newfound trust in myself and spirit my life really began to change. I started to empower myself with my thoughts and with my vibration. At the time I didn’t believe in God the way the rest of the world does. I found God to be in the flowers, trees and animals. Years later I found Church of Religious Science and I remember thinking to myself “My goodness there’s a religion that believes like I do!” At one point they started talking about other planes of existence and I thought they were crazy, so I left. You see at that time I could not expand my consciousness to believe in something so far out. This has been my process. At first I believe in a little, then a little more. Now if you told me an alien ship was in the parking lot I’d say, “Of course there’s an alien ship in the parking lot.” I try not to go there, but I have had people come to me that needed healing from this type of thing. I have also had X military, so I know it’s true, I know it exists. I just choose not to have it be a big part of my everyday life.
VM: So what brought you to Shamanism?
IS: In 2006, my mother had been in a rest home for a year and a half due to dementia. I could hear her calling me through the ethers, “Get me out of here.” I could feel how stuck she felt. She had raised me very eclectically. My mother believed in psychics and astrology and was very spiritual and psychic herself so it did not seem odd to me to hear her speaking to me although she was not there. I remember thinking, “How can I get you out of there, when I can’t get myself out of here!” I was in Idaho getting a masters degree in performing arts, and I was very stuck in my own life. I needed to make a lot of changes and I was not moving forward. I called someone for help and they introduced me to a shaman in Chile. Again I could not wrap my head around an over the phone healing, which is funny to me now since I give them. But I felt so stuck I knew I had to do something fast. So I had the over-the-phone healing with a woman named Marcella Lobos who is now the wife of Alberto Villoldo (she wasn’t at the time). Within one month my mom transitioned, and within 6 months I had a complete transformation. A few months later I called Marcella and asked her to extract my dead husband, he had been with me for over 20 years and he needed to go. It was not a happy marriage and I was still stuck in that darn victim mode. Once she had extracted him my life really began to change. I moved back to California with my daughter and began studying with Alberto. When I started studying shamanism I was not going to call myself a shaman, and I was not going to call myself a healer. You see I believe we are all shamans and healers of one kind or another, we have just forgotten how to tap into it. I teach people how to trust themselves once again. We all have an inner guidance system. It is time to turn that part of us on again and guide our lives in such a way that we can live the life we came here to live
.VM: And what way is that?
IS: It is the way of the Indigenous peoples. A few issues ago you published an article I wrote called A Modern Day Shaman. It spoke about us being the new Indigenous peoples. If we are going to make a change on the planet we have to tune into our inner guidance and trust spirit to support us. It is time to focus on the land, organic farming and clean water. This is what it means to be connected to the land and the spirit of the land. My first real connection to this was when I went with Alberto to Peru in 2008. He works with the Qero, the medicine men and women of the Andes Mountains. The Qero blessed me on sacred Mountain tops and performed Despacho ceremonies, which are Peruvian prayer bundles honoring the earth and your prayers. I had no idea what was going on but I learned so much. I now guide small groups there and show them the wonders of this beautiful land. In 2009, I joined Marcella in the Amazon jungle and for the first time I really I saw myself. I saw the power I was still giving away. Even though I had done so much work on myself I could still see the victim. It shocked me, but I overcame it. The last traces of it were finally being removed. I walked out of the Amazon a new person and was forever grateful. In 2010 I was asked to speak in Iquitos Peru. Here I was in the Amazon again only this time speaking. The sense of pride I felt in my accomplishments was immeasurable.
VM: So you now take people to Peru and the Amazon?
IS: In 2009-2010 I heard that I needed to take my first group to Peru. My guest included Peter Sterling, Ken Parsons and Mary Hill. We went to balance the masculine and feminine energy and bring that energy back to the states. I remember they wanted me to guide them to Lake Titicaca after the Sacred Valley experience and I told them I couldn’t as I had to return in time to teach. At the time I was teaching acting and public speaking at Fullerton College, so I said no. Within a few days I got a call from the Dean of Fine Arts who said he was sorry but they were letting all the adjunct faculty go. I was so excited! I had lost my job! I called my group back and said, “Guess what! It looks like we are going to Lake Titicaca!!” I had finally stepped into my power and spirit was supporting me 110%. It was obvious to me that spirit wanted me to do this full time. So I turned my home into the Orange County Healing Center and I got to work.
I really think that is what it is all about. Take what you are given and make the best out of it. If you can take that moment and be excited for whatever it is, your life will get better. If you are experiencing challenges you have to see it as a golden nugget to do something different and then ask spirit to guide you and do something new. What stops so many people is the fear of how it’s going to turn out. It is the attachment to the outcome. Not knowing what is around the corner. Feeling out of control. But it just is the fear of moving forward that stops us. For me, I just do it anyway. I never know how things are going to turn out. But if I feel guided, I just do it. What is the worst that can happen? You fail? What is life about anyway if not to risk, take chances and grow? I could have absolutely no money in the bank, and absolutely no idea of what tomorrow’s going to bring, and I just say “OK Universe, we’re all in this together, let’s make something happen! And it always does. The one thing I know is I’m deeply rooted in the mother and that all of our seeds are planted in Pachamama, mother earth, Gaia, and that if we plant our seeds in the mother, and expect our mother to take care of us, she will. To me this is the Indigenous wisdom. The Indigenous people knew that if they took care of the mother, the mother would take care of them. And from that place of deep, deep knowing they pray to the stars. But they pray to the mother first with all their heart and soul. They then take that connection to the mother and pray to the god of their own understanding. We can all learn much from this.
VM: Can you tell us a little about your upcoming Sedona retreat April 26th-28th?
IS: I love guiding people on spiritual journeys and am so excited to have one locally. We will be staying at the Sedona Mago retreat center. They have actual Vortexes on the land and I will be connecting the participants to the energy of Peru and Sedona, as well as giving channeled meditations. During my transformational retreats people are able to release layers and lifetimes off the energy field. I will teach the participants how to cut cords and balance their Chakra’s so they can detach from the day-to-day drama and really tune into and trust their intuition. We are going to have a great time!
VM: So when you cut these cords, all the energy is released and you’re free to explore whatever passion or creativity you want to realize.
IS: Exactly! Our energy fields are blocked and we need to find the root cause and cut the cords so we can move forward in our lives. It’s about taping into the creative genius we all have, and downloading more of our own light. Whatever other people think of us is none of our business; it’s what we think of ourselves. The work that I do assist in clearing at such a level people feel lighter and are able to focus more clearly on their passion. I believe we spend too much time beating ourselves up, and we are constantly in the negative mindset. We are always thinking about what’s not working. Why? Why do we waste so much time on what is not working? I ask people to focus on what is working in their life. I tell them to say Cancel-Clear-Delete to what’s not working, to the negative mind, so they can expand their consciousness and have more space in their head to create what they want
VM: Wow, that sounds great.
IS: I started teaching people about the 17-second rule. Did you know it takes 17 seconds to release an old thought and imprint a new one? So here comes a negative thought, and rather than let it take over your energy body and imprint and cord you to that situation you catch it and let it crash it the shore of your mind. Then pinch your index finger and thumb down as hard as you can and re-imprint Love into your mind and cells. Say Love, Love, Love, Love. Love, Love…and take deep breaths in and out for 17 seconds. Hold the vibration of Love in your mind, body and soul. Do this often and watch your thoughts change. Then listen to your mind and what it is saying. Awareness is half the battle. You will begin to notice the negative thoughts are gone and you will say, “Oh my gosh, I’m not thinking. Listen, I’m not thinking, there’s no thought…Yeah! Now I have an empty board and I can dream a new world into being.” Use your mind to serve you instead of tear you down. Visualize what you want, or how you want to feel. Then here comes that negative monkey mind again, right? You may say, “ Wait, I can’t see it!” I ask, but can you feel it? Can you feel the life you want now? Continue to practice this. I promise you, it works. Another great tip is what I call, “Blow it into the stone”; this technique really helps you to release your issue into the light. Find an everyday stone to carry around and when things come up just blow it into the stone. You can clear the stone by putting in the moonlight or sunlight. Call in the Angels and blow it out off the stone into the Universe knowing all is well. Spend time everyday telling yourself, “I am divine, I was not born into sin, I was born into light, and love and laughter. And so it is.”
VM: Tell us a little bit about your Shaman work.
IS: The work that I do is much like a spiritual therapy session. People come to me from all walks of life and talk to me about their problems. I have them blow their issues into a stone they have chosen from my Mesa. Stones have been around since the beginning of time so they can carry the weight of the issue. My Mesa is my medicine bag. It is filled with stones I have worked through my own issues with. So the client blows into the stone all that no longer serves them as they are talking to me. While they are speaking I track their deepest wound. I look at places they may have had that same feeling before. I do past life soul retrievals, but have found the present day soul retrieval to be very powerful. And most past life issues are directly connected to the present time. I have been gifted by spirit with a new type of present day soul retrieval, and something called, the Crystal Star Light rites. During a session I have a way of tuning into exactly what the soul needs to move forward. I release many layers of trauma, pain and suffering off the energy field and balance the Chakra’s so my clients can live the life they came here to live. It is much like peeling back the layers of an onion. Everything that has ever happened to us, we store on our energy field, and at a cellular level. I call those memory imprints. We can still be corded to the trauma. This is why many people are easily triggered, and find it hard to have peace and calm in their life. I go in and heal the old wound at the deepest level, and bring back fragmented soul pieces. The healing is very deep. I feel that my private shaman training program is going to be good for therapist that want to learn energy medicine to incorporate into their practice. Because now you are not only taking about the issue but you are actually removing it from the energy body and out of the cellular memory. It’s brilliant. I’m so pleased that spirit has given me this information so that I can teach it to others. This technique heals at such a deep level people have profound life changes.
I am so honored to be on the planet at this time. Coming from where I came from to where I am now is nothing short of a miracle. Energy medicine really works.
