by fostering a dialogue with our interior, we have a tremendous ability to move energy. we can encourage growth, lean into physical and emotional health, stay present through difficulties and pain, stay present through joy and pleasure, connect to others with more honesty, & deepen our capacity to show up for our community & our world… the sessions I offer are one (of many) ways into this work.

(free consultations available for recurring or multiple sessions)

 

about

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about ~

  • i define ritual as a practice of listening to what is going on within, and responding with intuitive, symbolic action.

    i believe this practice speaks to a human need, and touches our non-intellectual, non-verbal ways of knowing.

    a ritual can be any action, ceremony or visualization that holds meaning, and is performed with intention and investment. it is a way of communicating with our whole self - including the unconscious.

    some principles:

    • ritual takes place - whether in this realm or the imaginal

    • ritual touches things that intellect cannot touch

    • ritual helps us practice courage, attunement, and self-trust

    • ritual reconnects us with impulse and creativity

    • ritual is a way to petition the self for change, understanding, healing, closure

    • ritual is a way to acknowledge - whether we’re acknowledging grief, celebration, change, loss, or growth.

  • i define tarot as a practice of reflection and listening, that allows us to pull information from just beyond our conscious edge. we can think of this as information from our whole self, to our conscious self - guidance that is aligned to support our growth and ready to be witnessed.

    consulting the tarot might help us…

    • witness and name what we’re feeling

    • clarify a need, desire, boundary

    • recenter our values & how we live them

    • locate agency, self-consent

    • unpack misaligned beliefs, narratives, identities

    • support parts of us that are trying to evolve

  • reiki is one form of energy healing, stewarded by Dr. Mikao Usui during the late 1800s / early 1900s, Japan.

    it can be practiced in response to any form of pain, stress, or challenge - be it physical, mental, emotional, spiritual...

    reiki uses the practice of laying/hovering hands, to draw life-force energy into the body and soul of the recipient. life force energy is intelligent and self-directed - we merely invite it in and leave the healing to your body, higher self, and the reiki.

    receiving reiki can feel like…

    • a deep, relaxing rest

    • tingling, electricity, warmth, or energy in the body

    • release of energy, gas, emotion, stagnancy, tension

    • a shift in physical symptoms

    • an influx of visuals and dreamy imagery

    • a sense of guidance, support, or presence

    • uncovering an emotion or knowing

    • being held in deep care

    • reconnecting to life, yourself, earth

    there are no limits or absolutes about what reiki will feel like. it can be subtle, intense, or somewhere in between - and it can be different each time.

  • the ethos of this work is…

    to support people who have learned not to trust themselves - but have every reason to trust themselves - reapproach spirituality & intuitive power

    to be there with the sadness, the resistance, the grief, the unexplainable, the trauma imprint, the wounds which are still weeping

    to advocate for the power & purpose of desire

    to believe in the possibility of aligning our lives with our deepest values

    to provide containers where folks can witness their own revelations & wisdom

    to show one another that magic is real and that it can re-associate things - within and around us. it can return pieces, channels, and relationships from fracture to interconnection. it can ripple out far.

    to stand by the truth that healing is deeply connected work. that we belong, and are a part of one another.

    to witness together the potency of spiritual/emotional/somatic work - it’s ability to transform us and (thus) our world.

 

FAQ

(frequently asked questions)

sliding scale and payment details

Individual sessions

full sessions (90 mins) - $75 -200

half sessions (45 mins) - $60-100

FLASH READINGs (25 mins, 1-3 cards) - $33

payable by stripe or paypal upon booking

FInding your place on the scale

i ask folks to use the green bottle graphic below, with the understanding that your financial situation is uniquely yours and may not fit neatly into a template. I trust you to choose a fair rate, that is realistic for you. 

You are welcome to pay beyond your suggested rate if you feel a desire/capacity to do so. 

green bottle graphic for sliding scale, by alexis j. cunningfolk.

The Green bottle graphic was created by Alexis j. cunningfolk

  • Full Bottle

    I am comfortably able to meet all of my basic* needs

    I may have some debt but it does not prohibit attainment of basic needs

    I own my home or property OR I rent a higher-end property

    I own or lease a car

    I am employed or do not need ot work to meet my needs

    I have regular access to health care

    I have access to financial savings

    I have an expendable** income

    I can always buy new items

    I can afford an annual vacation or take time off



    Half-Bottle

    I may stress about meeting my basic needs but till regularly achieve them

    I may have some debt but it does not prohibit attainment of basic needs

    I own or lease a car

    I am employed

    I have access to health care

    I might have access to financial savings

    I have some expendable income

    I am able to buy some new items & I thrift others

    I can take a vacation annually or every few years without financial burden

    Near-Empty Bottle

    I frequently stress about meeting basic needs & don’t always achieve them

    I have debt and it sometimes prohibits me from meeting my basic needs

    I rent lower-end properties or have unstable housing

    I do not have a car and/or have limited access to a car but am not always able to afford gas

    I am unemployed or underemployed

    I qualify for government assistance including food stamps & health care

    I have no or very limited expendable income

    I rarely buy new items because I am unable to afford them

    I cannot afford a vacation or time off without financial burden

  • In this beautiful piece about sliding scale, Alexis J. Cunningfolk shares a distinction between hardship & sacrifice that I find helpful when considering what to pay on the sliding scale:

    “Recently, someone shared with me the idea of sacrifice versus hardship when examining access. If paying for a class, product, or service would be difficult, but not detrimental, it qualifies as a sacrifice. You might have to cut back on other spending in your life (such as going out to dinner, buying coffee, or a new outfit), but this will not have a long term harmful impact on your life. It is a sacred sacrifice in order to pursue something you are called to do. If, however, paying for a class, product, or service would lead to a harmful impact on your life, such as not being able to put food on the table, pay rent, or pay for your transportation to get to work, then you are dealing with hardship. Folks coming from a space of hardship typically qualify for the lower end of the sliding scale.”

how do individual sessions work?

Sessions are…

  • remote via phone or zoom, or in person (chatham, ny)

  • can be occasional, regular, or one-time experiences

  • collaborative in nature (rather than prescriptive)

  • might include discussion, guided meditations, somatic practices, pulling cards, or energy work

full sessions are between 70 and 90 minutes ($75-200)

half sessions are between 30-45 minutes ($60-100)

sessions can utilize any / all of my modalities, reiki, tarot, ritual, somatic boundaries & consent. we work with the modalities you are interested in and comfortable with (there’s space on the booking form to let me know which!)

how do distance reiki work?

distance reiki…

  • takes place remotely (you in your space / me in mine)

  • we can meet synchronously on zoom, or meet asynchronously

  • if you desire an entirely async session, i recommend purchasing a half-session & specifying that you’d like asynchronous energy work. i will send the reiki at our scheduled time, and you can receive it whenever you’re ready. you’ll need 40 mins to lay down, and a few minutes afterward to process what you experience. includes a voice-memo/email to share any imagery or messages that came through during our session

reiki can be practiced on living things, and "non-living" things... situations, objects, physical spaces, plants, pets, people...

if you are new to reiki we'll begin our first session with a chat about what to expect / how it works, and address any questions you have.

do you do in-person sessions?

yep! I am happy to offer in-person sessions at my studio in Chatham, NY.

please email me at veils.submit@gmail.com to double check my availability before booking.

 

can i gift a session?

absolutely - giftcards for sessions are available here.

gifted sessions are redeemable within one year of purchase.

recurring sessions…

i keep 4 spots available for weekly clients, and 6 spots available for monthly clients.

currently, i have availability for both.

if that piques your interest, let’s meet for a free consultation - book here

my practice, tools and lineage…

this work is grounded in my own practice of ritual, tarot, ancestor work and witchcraft.

though i’m a huge advocate for intuitive & embodied learning (as an alternative to academic/institutional learning), working this way requires a deep commitment to honesty, and ongoing attunement to my place in all of this historic and contemporary practice. spiritual work must defer to an underlying compass of respect, responsibility, listening, adaptability and accountability… those tenants are the larger body to which every river runs.

i approached witchcraft and ritual through the initial avenue of jungian dreamwork, and artmaking - including tattoo, performance art, and textiles. i first found my footing in magic via ancestor work (communicating with / healing with ancestral spirits), and from there, found my living peers, communities and teachers. the ritual and somatic work i do also taps into to my history and training (and trauma) in dance.


my familial lineages are from the Southern side of Sicily (in part diasporic of the larger Mediterranean and S.w.a.n.a. region); from Germany, Belgium, and parts of the UK. i was born and raised on unceded territory of the Tohono O’odham Nation and Pascua Yaqui Tribe. a huge part of my practice has been locating, healing, and working with these lineages - which includes the cultural, ethnic, and magical identities therein… and the trauma patterns, violence, and colonization inflicted by & inflicted on my familial root lines. the lifelong work of tangible repair, disentanglement from harmful belief systems, and the dissolution of systems of oppression is inseparable from remembering the ceremonies and magic that are held in my body’s deep memory.

as a trans non-binary & queer person, i also see my magic as a part of queer lineage… ritual and ceremony have been enormous players in the process of coming-to, understanding my dreams within sexuality and gender, and locating my limitlessness. nearly all of the teachers and practitioners who have helped me learn are queer, and they have guided my belonging and responsibility within this enormous history (known and unknown.)


to get a sense of my education and the resources that have been instrumental in my learning, you can visit the find me page.


Some of the tools that I work with in my own practice: 

Tarot // ritual

reiki // energy healing practice, stewarded by Mikao usui, that can be done hands-on or distance

somatic boundaries and consent // tools for finding our boundaries, sharing them, understanding our internal cues, working with boundaries and cues of others, developing our yes and our no, and working with the needs of our nervous system

Ancestors, spirits & mediumship // calling in spirits as guidance, speaking with loved ones passed, reconnecting cultural roots, and ancestral lineage healing. 

Spells and Witchcraft// words, fruit, food, burying, burning or washing, symbolic objects, baths, working with herbs externally...

Movement and Artwork// drawing, dancing, singing, painting, textiles...

Visualization // these can be incredibly helpful when a ritual requires utmost privacy, or an environment that isn't physically available

Space & Environment // home space, work space, flow, stations, altars, creative choices within limits of reality 

Adornment // this feels like an especially sweet crossover between witchcraft and genderqueerness ~ adornment is a very effective and potent tool in my personal practice. 

BodyTalk Access // a basic somatic practice that can support the body in (re)harmonizing our emotional/spiritual/physical systems.

responsibility, safety and privacy…

REsponsibility

  • i use gender-expansive language - i’m genderqueer and that’s how i like my magic.

  • disability justice and racial justice are an integral values in my practice. I am committed to decentering whiteness and ableism as norms or ideals - particularly in terms of how we [collectively] define health, wellness, ‘success’ & spirituality. all justice is interconnected - but these two strands in particular, have been potent guides for how I devise & practice emotional magic with others. I understand this relationship is not a static one… but an ongoing embrace of change, intimacy, failure, honesty, self-compassion and accountability.

  • when we’re working with ritual, i will never encourage or suggest culturally appropriative practices. each person has a path to draw from. we work with ceremonies and tools that feel aligned for you and keep us both in integrity with ourselves and our world. we do this by listening deeply and honestly - to our bodies, our hearts, the materials we are engaging with, and the communities who steward them. we don’t bypass or ignore feelings of misalignment.

safety

  • In order for us both to feel supported it's important that it be a space of equal agency. I maintain the right to end the session at any moment if I feel unsafe. You maintain the right to end the session at any moment if you feel unsafe. We both maintain the right to express our needs at all times. 

  • It can be challenging and intense to journey into ourselves and draw information out/up. If you are concerned about your emotional safety, please share that with me before we meet (there is a space for this information on my booking form) and let's discuss what measures you need to take in order to enter into this practice with support close at hand. It is absolutely my priority that everyone be safe and held by appropriate structures so that this work can be grounding, rather than destabilizing.

privacy

  • the container I'm providing is completely private. I will never share your information or identity without your expressed (written) permission to do so.