Tracy James M.A., CPCC
Spiritual Herbalist,
Life Coach, Ritualist
working at the intersection of shamanism, eco-psychology, leadership, and mindful embodiment.
Some moments from my journeys…
Swimming with elephants in Nepal.
Machu Picchu, Peru
Learning to shoot a bow and arrow - Amazon Jungle, Peru.
In certain wisdom traditions, challenging times are considered initiations and invitations for emergence and transformation. Under pressure, and given certain conditions, the seeds of unexpressed potential break open, take root and flourish. While our technology and modern stressors may differ from those of the wisdom keepers of the past, the invitation to resilience and emergence remains. As a coach, I offer safe and inspiring spaces to embrace that invitation and cultivate the conditions for transformation to take place in your life.
For a good portion of my life, I had a hard time recognizing challenges as invitations to growth and transformation. Instead, there were problems. Reminders that I wasn’t good enough and needed to work harder to avoid failure and the exposure of my inadequacy.
It took the confluence of a divorce, anxiety, and migraine headaches for me to begin to wake up out of the myth that to succeed in this world, I had to abandon what is sacred, unique, intuitive, and wild in me.
Practicing self awareness and reflection allowed me to begin to embrace the challenges and face the pain I had liberally wrapped in shame and self-doubt. I started to look deeper and unpack the layers of disempowering thought patterns, racial trauma and over-identification with conditioning that distracted me from my true essence.
Driven by a deep calling to heal and live true to my Spirit, I followed my intuition toward Nature, psychology, meditation, travel, and the exploration of spiritual traditions such as Buddhism, shamanism, Christianity and Hinduism.
From plant medicine journeys in the Peruvian Amazon to Typhoid Fever in Nepal, I grew and healed through adversity and moments of pure grace. Teachers and healers shared practices for self-inquiry, ancestral healing and embracing my shadow aspects. I came to experience a deeper sense of presence and an abiding respect for heart wisdom and body intelligence.
These experiences over the last two decades inspired me to embrace the mysterious wilderness of consciousness and deeply intuitive language of the body. To trust myself and thrive unapologetically in my essence and authenticity. To understand that being with what arises in life, as it is, allows for greater opportunity to meet it with resourcefulness and creativity.
That I have been able to support others and share my tools along the way, initially, as a Mental Health Therapist, and over the last 20 years as a Shamanic Practitioner and Life Purpose Coach, has been deeply rewarding.
Over time, I have been able to translate my own nature-based emotional and energetic balancing practices into what has now emerged as the Elemental Energetics methodology.
The story doesn’t stop there though. It has occurred to me that everything I’ve experienced over these years has just been training to sustainably navigate and be a resource in these uncertain times when technology overload, political polarization, changing climate, and increased exposure of social and racial disparities are front and center.
Just as ancient wisdom keepers proactively faced and harnessed their own adversities for growth, we can too. The challenges we face today are an invitation to individually and collectively allow the pressure to break open those seeds of unexpressed potential within us. An opportunity to listen deeply for what is wanting to emerge and be expressed.
This time offers the impetus to cultivate centeredness in the midst of chaos and to be present with emotions when tempted to numb. A chance to clarify a deeper sense of purpose and calling and lead with resilience, compassion, creativity and innovation. An opportunity to come back home to nature and to the wisdom of the body and Spirit.
If you would like a partner in exploring and moving through your unique process of transformation, click here to reach out and let’s connect about it.
