About Celia Blackwood...
I am a shamanic practitioner, spiritual teacher, sacred guide, and ceremonialist based in Tucson, Arizona.
For decades, I have been walking a path of healing, spiritual practice, and deep listening… listening to the soul, to the body, to the land, to the unseen world, and to the quiet but persistent ways life calls us toward wholeness.
My work lives at the meeting place of shamanic healing, energy medicine, animist spirituality, ritual and ceremony, ancestral awareness, nervous system sensitivity, and a grounded relationship with Spirit. I offer private healing sessions, spiritual mentorship, ceremonial teachings, and community spaces for those who are seeking healing, meaning, belonging, and a more conscious relationship with the living world.
This path has unfolded over decades through direct experience, devotion, formal training, ceremonial practice, devoted study with many teachers, and ongoing reciprocal relationship with the traditions and spiritual lineages that have shaped my life and work.
For decades, I have been walking a path of healing, spiritual practice, and deep listening… listening to the soul, to the body, to the land, to the unseen world, and to the quiet but persistent ways life calls us toward wholeness.
My work lives at the meeting place of shamanic healing, energy medicine, animist spirituality, ritual and ceremony, ancestral awareness, nervous system sensitivity, and a grounded relationship with Spirit. I offer private healing sessions, spiritual mentorship, ceremonial teachings, and community spaces for those who are seeking healing, meaning, belonging, and a more conscious relationship with the living world.
This path has unfolded over decades through direct experience, devotion, formal training, ceremonial practice, devoted study with many teachers, and ongoing reciprocal relationship with the traditions and spiritual lineages that have shaped my life and work.
My Path...
My initial interest in shamanism began in 1992 while I was studying anthropology at Appalachian State University in Western North Carolina. From there, I began a long and ongoing journey of learning, practice, healing, and spiritual formation. My early foundations were shaped through core neo-shamanic training and study with teachers such as Michael Harner, Sandra Ingerman, and Hank Wesselman.
In 2008, that foundation deepened in an important way through initiation into the ancient Paqokuna lineage of Earthkeepers and Lightbody healers, directly transmitted through Q’ero shamans from the high Andes of Peru. Since then, the Andean cosmovision path has become a living and central stream in my spiritual life and practice. My work has been shaped by ongoing study and direct experience with teachers including Alberto Villoldo, Jose Luis Herrera, Denis Alejo, Joan Parisi Wilcox, Juan and Ivan Nuñez del Prado, Don Adolfo Tito Condori, and Q’ero Paqos with whom I have become spiritually aligned. I have been welcomed as a member of several Q'ero families and have three Godchildren in the villages of the Q'ero nation. In 2018, through our Sacred Garden community, we organized and raised funds to provide solar power for 38 families in the Q'ero community of Collpacochu. My relationship with the indigenous people of Q'eros is one of deep mutual respect, Ayni reciprocity, and genuine Munay love.
In 2008, that foundation deepened in an important way through initiation into the ancient Paqokuna lineage of Earthkeepers and Lightbody healers, directly transmitted through Q’ero shamans from the high Andes of Peru. Since then, the Andean cosmovision path has become a living and central stream in my spiritual life and practice. My work has been shaped by ongoing study and direct experience with teachers including Alberto Villoldo, Jose Luis Herrera, Denis Alejo, Joan Parisi Wilcox, Juan and Ivan Nuñez del Prado, Don Adolfo Tito Condori, and Q’ero Paqos with whom I have become spiritually aligned. I have been welcomed as a member of several Q'ero families and have three Godchildren in the villages of the Q'ero nation. In 2018, through our Sacred Garden community, we organized and raised funds to provide solar power for 38 families in the Q'ero community of Collpacochu. My relationship with the indigenous people of Q'eros is one of deep mutual respect, Ayni reciprocity, and genuine Munay love.
I travel to Peru nearly every year as a sacred pilgrimage… to learn directly from my Q’ero mentors, to deepen my relationship with the spirits of the land and mountains, and to continue listening for the teachings that can only come through direct encounter.
Over the years, this spiritual and healing path has also woven together extensive training and experience in Reiki, energy medicine, herbalism, hypnotherapy, Internal Family Systems-informed work, ancestral healing, spirit release, compassionate depossession, mindfulness in nature, polyvagal awareness, authentic relating, non-violent communication, and trauma-sensitive approaches to healing and transformation. The result is not a collection of techniques so much as a way of working that is relational, intuitive, respectful, and deeply grounded.
Over the years, this spiritual and healing path has also woven together extensive training and experience in Reiki, energy medicine, herbalism, hypnotherapy, Internal Family Systems-informed work, ancestral healing, spirit release, compassionate depossession, mindfulness in nature, polyvagal awareness, authentic relating, non-violent communication, and trauma-sensitive approaches to healing and transformation. The result is not a collection of techniques so much as a way of working that is relational, intuitive, respectful, and deeply grounded.
How I Understand Healing as Integration...
I believe that much of what we call suffering emerges when we become disconnected from the deeper sources of life within and around us… from soul, from body, from belonging, from Spirit, from the living intelligence of the world, and from our own essential nature.
Healing, then, is not only about fixing symptoms. It is also about restoring relationship.
Relationship with what is true.
Relationship with what has been forgotten.
Relationship with what has been burdened, exiled, or wounded.
Relationship with the helping spirits, the ancestors, the land, and the deeper current of life itself.
As a conduit for the Spirit World, I support people in identifying and clearing patterns, wounds, energetic burdens, and inherited or long-held imprints that may be obstructing their vitality, clarity, and connection. Depending on the need, this may involve shamanic healing methods, ceremonial approaches, parts-aware inquiry, ancestral repair, spirit release work, energy medicine, guided inner work, or simple, compassionate witnessing.
I approach healing work as a relational process… one that asks for reverence, discernment, patience, consent, and care.
I believe that much of what we call suffering emerges when we become disconnected from the deeper sources of life within and around us… from soul, from body, from belonging, from Spirit, from the living intelligence of the world, and from our own essential nature.
Healing, then, is not only about fixing symptoms. It is also about restoring relationship.
Relationship with what is true.
Relationship with what has been forgotten.
Relationship with what has been burdened, exiled, or wounded.
Relationship with the helping spirits, the ancestors, the land, and the deeper current of life itself.
As a conduit for the Spirit World, I support people in identifying and clearing patterns, wounds, energetic burdens, and inherited or long-held imprints that may be obstructing their vitality, clarity, and connection. Depending on the need, this may involve shamanic healing methods, ceremonial approaches, parts-aware inquiry, ancestral repair, spirit release work, energy medicine, guided inner work, or simple, compassionate witnessing.
I approach healing work as a relational process… one that asks for reverence, discernment, patience, consent, and care.
What Shapes My Work...
Several currents come together in the way I serve.
One is shamanic healing… the ancient and ongoing practice of relating with helping spirits, sacred powers, and unseen dimensions of life for the sake of balance, healing, guidance, and restoration. Shamanism is one of humanity’s oldest forms of spirituality, rooted in relationship with ancestors, animals, plants, elements, deities, and compassionate helping spirits. That understanding remains important in the way I teach and practice.
Another is animist spirituality… the understanding that everythin is living, responsive, relational, and full of presence. Spirit is not elsewhere. It moves through land, weather, plants, animals, places, thresholds, dreams, stories, and the everyday fabric of life.
Another is Andean ceremonial wisdom… especially the teachings, practices, and relational worldview that have come through my ongoing study with Q’ero and Andean teachers. This includes a living respect for reciprocity, sacred relationship, pilgrimage, prayer, and ceremonial engagement with the animate cosmos. The Andean path has become a significant and ongoing part of my practice through direct study and pilgrimage.
And another is a deep respect for embodiment, nervous system awareness, inner multiplicity, and trauma-sensitive care. Healing is not only visionary or spiritual. It must also become livable in the body, in relationship, in daily rhythms, in boundaries, and in the choices we make over time. My full list of trainings below include Mindful Self-Compassion, Polyvagal Theory in Therapeutic Practice, Internal Family Systems, Herbalism, Energetics & Psychedelics, and consult work related to unattached burdens, all of which support this more integrated orientation.
Several currents come together in the way I serve.
One is shamanic healing… the ancient and ongoing practice of relating with helping spirits, sacred powers, and unseen dimensions of life for the sake of balance, healing, guidance, and restoration. Shamanism is one of humanity’s oldest forms of spirituality, rooted in relationship with ancestors, animals, plants, elements, deities, and compassionate helping spirits. That understanding remains important in the way I teach and practice.
Another is animist spirituality… the understanding that everythin is living, responsive, relational, and full of presence. Spirit is not elsewhere. It moves through land, weather, plants, animals, places, thresholds, dreams, stories, and the everyday fabric of life.
Another is Andean ceremonial wisdom… especially the teachings, practices, and relational worldview that have come through my ongoing study with Q’ero and Andean teachers. This includes a living respect for reciprocity, sacred relationship, pilgrimage, prayer, and ceremonial engagement with the animate cosmos. The Andean path has become a significant and ongoing part of my practice through direct study and pilgrimage.
And another is a deep respect for embodiment, nervous system awareness, inner multiplicity, and trauma-sensitive care. Healing is not only visionary or spiritual. It must also become livable in the body, in relationship, in daily rhythms, in boundaries, and in the choices we make over time. My full list of trainings below include Mindful Self-Compassion, Polyvagal Theory in Therapeutic Practice, Internal Family Systems, Herbalism, Energetics & Psychedelics, and consult work related to unattached burdens, all of which support this more integrated orientation.
Who I Serve...
I tend to work with people who are at some kind of threshold.
Some are moving through grief, trauma, illness, spiritual crisis, or major life transition.
Some are navigating awakening, intuitive openings, ancestral healing, or a sense of spiritual disorientation.
Some are longing for deeper roots, more clarity, or a more honest relationship with their path.
Some are healers, seekers, sensitives, practitioners, and spiritually oriented people who want guidance, companionship, or support in deepening their work.
Many who find me are looking for something that is both spiritual and grounded… something that honors mystery without abandoning discernment… something spacious enough to include soul, psyche, body, relationship, land, and Spirit together.
I tend to work with people who are at some kind of threshold.
Some are moving through grief, trauma, illness, spiritual crisis, or major life transition.
Some are navigating awakening, intuitive openings, ancestral healing, or a sense of spiritual disorientation.
Some are longing for deeper roots, more clarity, or a more honest relationship with their path.
Some are healers, seekers, sensitives, practitioners, and spiritually oriented people who want guidance, companionship, or support in deepening their work.
Many who find me are looking for something that is both spiritual and grounded… something that honors mystery without abandoning discernment… something spacious enough to include soul, psyche, body, relationship, land, and Spirit together.
A Living, Evolving Path of Practice and Service...
I honor my work as a living path.
It continues to grow through ceremony, prayer, relationship, experience, study, humility, mistakes, repair, community, and devotion. It continues to be shaped by the teachers I have learned from, the places I have sat in reverence, the spirits and ancestors who have guided me, and the people who have entrusted me with their stories, pain, healing, and becoming.
In that sense, I am not simply offering services.
I am tending a field… one that includes healing, teaching, ceremony, spiritual evolution, and right relationship with the larger web of life.
I honor my work as a living path.
It continues to grow through ceremony, prayer, relationship, experience, study, humility, mistakes, repair, community, and devotion. It continues to be shaped by the teachers I have learned from, the places I have sat in reverence, the spirits and ancestors who have guided me, and the people who have entrusted me with their stories, pain, healing, and becoming.
In that sense, I am not simply offering services.
I am tending a field… one that includes healing, teaching, ceremony, spiritual evolution, and right relationship with the larger web of life.
List of Trainings Completed
Herbal Apprenticeship in NC - 1993
Doulas of North America Certification in Tucson - 1997
EFT Training in Tucson - 1996
Hypnotherapy Certification in Tucson - 1997
Past Life Regression Hypnotherapy Certification in Tucson - 1997
Reiki I & II in Tucson - Raven Mahosada - 1999
Siddha Yoga Meditation Training in Palm Springs - Gurumayi Chidvilasananda - 2000
Quantum Touch Level 1, 2, 3 - 2001
Healing Touch Level 1, 2, 3 - 2002-2004
Reiki 1, 2, 3, Master - Lucia Maya - 2005-2007
Way Of The Shaman Training - Michael Harner - 2007
Journeying With Nature Spirits & Soul Retrieval - Sandra Ingerman - 2007
The Four Winds Healing The Light Body - Alberto Villoldo, Linda Fitch - 2008-2011
Essential Oils Training - David Medicine Crow - 2010
Munay-Ki Teacher Training - Joshua Tree CA - 2011
Advanced Divination - Linda Fitch - 2011
Advanced Soul & Destiny Retrieval - Linda Fitch - 2011
Advanced Mesa Training - Jose Luis Herrera - 2012
Ancestral Healing - Christina Pratt - 2013
Compassionate Depossession - Betsy Bergstrom - 2013
Spirit Release - Lynn Namka - 2013
Curanderismo - Charles Garcia - 2013
Tracking & Divination - Jose Luis Herrera - 2013
Serena Anchanchu Paqo School - Denis Alejo - Peru - 2014
Ancestral Medicine Training - Daniel Foor - 2014
Curse Unraveling - Betsy Bergstrom - 2014
Andean Cosmovision - Jose Luis Herrera - 2012-2015
Andean Paqo Training - Joan Wilcox - Tucson 2014-2015
Foundations of Ritual - Daniel Foor - 2016
Advanced Mesa Training - Adolfo Tito Condori & Rodolfo Tito Condori - Santa Fe - 2016
Andean Paqo Training - Juan & Ivan Nunez del Prado - 2018-2019
Animist Psychology - Daniel Foor - 2018
Spirit Release Therapy - David Furlong - 2019
Awake In The Wild Mindfulness in Nature Teacher Training - Mark Coleman - 2019-2020
Mindful Self-Compassion Teacher Training - Christopher Germer - 2020
Inka Medicine School Module 1,2,3 - Maestro Alejandro Apaza - 2020-2022
Internal Family Systems Training - Circle Program, Coaching Program, Group Program - 2020-2024
Shamans Visionary Circle - Hank Wesselman - 2020-2021
Herbal Medicine Apprenticeship - Ashley Ellenbass - 2021
Polyvagal Theory in Therapeutic Practice - Deb Dana - 2021-2022
Advanced Curse Unraveling - Betsy Bergstrom - 2022
Advanced Compassionate Depossession - Betsy Bergstrom - 2022
IFS & Psychedelics Training - Heather Smith - 2022-2023
Spirit Mediumship & Mediumship With The Gatekeeper - Betsy Bergstrom - 2023
The Body is a Doorway - Sophie Strand - 2023
Journeying With Nature Spirits - Sandra Ingerman - 2023
Prayer, Curses & Ritual Power - Daniel Foor - 2023
Herbs For The Otherworld - Asia Suler - 2023
IFS & Unattached Burdens Consult Group - Robert Falconer - 2024
Community Storytelling Training & Certification - The Hearth - 2024
The Art of Attunement & Spiritual Healing - Thomas Hubl - 2024
Writing With Ancestors - Daniel Foor & Rachel Webster - 2024
Ancient Rhythms - Pat McCabe & Francis Weller - 2024
Spiritual and Energetic IFS - Kay Gardner - 2024
Awesomism Integration Series - Suzy Miller - 2025
IFS Parts of a Whole - Daniel Foor - 2025
Authentic Relating in Community - Marc Beneteau - 2025
The Connection Institute: Relational Leadership Training - Damian Gallagher - 2025
Authentic Relating: Designing For Connection - Niku Dhillon - 2025
The Art of Attunement - Thomas Hubl - 2025
Circling Institute: Sovereign Workshop - Guy Sengstock & Jon Cotton - 2026
Circling Institute: Explorer Workshop - Guy Sengstock & Jon Cotton - 2026
Authentic Relating: The Art of Difficult Conversations - Sara Ness - 2026
Non-Violent Communication Fundamentals I - Karen Starz - 2026
Herbal Medicine & The Energetics of Psilocybin - Sam Perry - 2026
Non-Violent Communication Fundamentals II - Karen Starz - 2026
Transformational Connection & Surrendered Leadership - Ellen Waenink - 2026
Herbal Apprenticeship in NC - 1993
Doulas of North America Certification in Tucson - 1997
EFT Training in Tucson - 1996
Hypnotherapy Certification in Tucson - 1997
Past Life Regression Hypnotherapy Certification in Tucson - 1997
Reiki I & II in Tucson - Raven Mahosada - 1999
Siddha Yoga Meditation Training in Palm Springs - Gurumayi Chidvilasananda - 2000
Quantum Touch Level 1, 2, 3 - 2001
Healing Touch Level 1, 2, 3 - 2002-2004
Reiki 1, 2, 3, Master - Lucia Maya - 2005-2007
Way Of The Shaman Training - Michael Harner - 2007
Journeying With Nature Spirits & Soul Retrieval - Sandra Ingerman - 2007
The Four Winds Healing The Light Body - Alberto Villoldo, Linda Fitch - 2008-2011
Essential Oils Training - David Medicine Crow - 2010
Munay-Ki Teacher Training - Joshua Tree CA - 2011
Advanced Divination - Linda Fitch - 2011
Advanced Soul & Destiny Retrieval - Linda Fitch - 2011
Advanced Mesa Training - Jose Luis Herrera - 2012
Ancestral Healing - Christina Pratt - 2013
Compassionate Depossession - Betsy Bergstrom - 2013
Spirit Release - Lynn Namka - 2013
Curanderismo - Charles Garcia - 2013
Tracking & Divination - Jose Luis Herrera - 2013
Serena Anchanchu Paqo School - Denis Alejo - Peru - 2014
Ancestral Medicine Training - Daniel Foor - 2014
Curse Unraveling - Betsy Bergstrom - 2014
Andean Cosmovision - Jose Luis Herrera - 2012-2015
Andean Paqo Training - Joan Wilcox - Tucson 2014-2015
Foundations of Ritual - Daniel Foor - 2016
Advanced Mesa Training - Adolfo Tito Condori & Rodolfo Tito Condori - Santa Fe - 2016
Andean Paqo Training - Juan & Ivan Nunez del Prado - 2018-2019
Animist Psychology - Daniel Foor - 2018
Spirit Release Therapy - David Furlong - 2019
Awake In The Wild Mindfulness in Nature Teacher Training - Mark Coleman - 2019-2020
Mindful Self-Compassion Teacher Training - Christopher Germer - 2020
Inka Medicine School Module 1,2,3 - Maestro Alejandro Apaza - 2020-2022
Internal Family Systems Training - Circle Program, Coaching Program, Group Program - 2020-2024
Shamans Visionary Circle - Hank Wesselman - 2020-2021
Herbal Medicine Apprenticeship - Ashley Ellenbass - 2021
Polyvagal Theory in Therapeutic Practice - Deb Dana - 2021-2022
Advanced Curse Unraveling - Betsy Bergstrom - 2022
Advanced Compassionate Depossession - Betsy Bergstrom - 2022
IFS & Psychedelics Training - Heather Smith - 2022-2023
Spirit Mediumship & Mediumship With The Gatekeeper - Betsy Bergstrom - 2023
The Body is a Doorway - Sophie Strand - 2023
Journeying With Nature Spirits - Sandra Ingerman - 2023
Prayer, Curses & Ritual Power - Daniel Foor - 2023
Herbs For The Otherworld - Asia Suler - 2023
IFS & Unattached Burdens Consult Group - Robert Falconer - 2024
Community Storytelling Training & Certification - The Hearth - 2024
The Art of Attunement & Spiritual Healing - Thomas Hubl - 2024
Writing With Ancestors - Daniel Foor & Rachel Webster - 2024
Ancient Rhythms - Pat McCabe & Francis Weller - 2024
Spiritual and Energetic IFS - Kay Gardner - 2024
Awesomism Integration Series - Suzy Miller - 2025
IFS Parts of a Whole - Daniel Foor - 2025
Authentic Relating in Community - Marc Beneteau - 2025
The Connection Institute: Relational Leadership Training - Damian Gallagher - 2025
Authentic Relating: Designing For Connection - Niku Dhillon - 2025
The Art of Attunement - Thomas Hubl - 2025
Circling Institute: Sovereign Workshop - Guy Sengstock & Jon Cotton - 2026
Circling Institute: Explorer Workshop - Guy Sengstock & Jon Cotton - 2026
Authentic Relating: The Art of Difficult Conversations - Sara Ness - 2026
Non-Violent Communication Fundamentals I - Karen Starz - 2026
Herbal Medicine & The Energetics of Psilocybin - Sam Perry - 2026
Non-Violent Communication Fundamentals II - Karen Starz - 2026
Transformational Connection & Surrendered Leadership - Ellen Waenink - 2026