HOLISTIC COUNSELLING · CEREMONY · RITUAL · IMMERSIONS
Life has a way of bringing us to moments that change everything
The birth of a child. The end of a relationship. A career change. Illness. Grief. Midlife. A spiritual awakening. Or sometimes, the knowing that the life you have been living no longer feels like it fits.
I call these moments Sacred Thresholds.
They are the in-between places. The spaces where something familiar has shifted, but what comes next may not yet be clear. Some thresholds feel chosen.
Others arrive unexpectedly. Some feel beautiful, some feel devastating, and some simply ask us to pause long enough to listen to what is changing.
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As a qualified and registered holistic counsellor, PSYCH-K® Practitioner, shamanic therapist, bodyworker, yoga teacher, matrescence mentor, authorised marriage celebrant and facilitator of retreats and sacred ceremony, I bring together evidence-informed counselling, embodied practices, subconscious change work and meaningful ritual.
The way we work is always guided by your needs, your boundaries and your consent. Ritual, ceremony and deeper transformational practices are never assumed. They are offered with care, discussed clearly, and shaped around what feels meaningful and supportive for you.
Whether you are navigating motherhood, grief, identity shifts, relationship changes, menopause, burnout, birth, loss, or a sense that life is calling you in a new direction, my work offers a grounded and compassionate space to Remember, Release, Reclaim and Rebirth.
I don’t believe healing is about fixing what is broken.
I believe it is about making space for what has been carried, honouring what has changed, and reconnecting with the wisdom, strength and wholeness that have always been within you.
The teachings and learnings that I have experienced and drawn upon through life and in my work are too numerous to mention. Anything, or anyone, that I have ever had contact with throughout my life, will have its own thread in what I offer and it is not always possible to single out ideas, thoughts, practices and teachings and credit them to any one person or group. However, where this is possible, I will do so, to the best of my ability.
Here are just some of the teachings I have been exposed to in my adult life:
Experience
Qualifications
2026 |
COPE (Perinatal Mental Health Training) |
2025 |
Diploma of Counselling with the Institute of Applied Psychology |
2023 |
PSYCH-K® Facilitator Training |
2021 |
Death Doula Certification |
2020 |
Level 3 Shamans Path Masterclass |
2019 |
Level 1 & 2 Shamanic Energy and Journey Work Certificate IV in Marriage Celebrancy (including Funeral and Memorial Services) Certificate IV in Marriage Celebrancy (including Funeral and Memorial Services) |
2017 |
Journey of Young Women Mentoring Certification |
2013 |
Certified Childbirth Mentor |
2012 |
Specialised Facilitator & Leadership Training Post Natal Yoga Teacher Training Pre Natal Yoga Teacher Training |
2011 |
Yoga Teacher Training |
2009 |
Hot Stone Massage Certification |
2008 |
Certificate IV in Massage Therapies (includes: Deep Tissue, Aromatherapy, Relaxation, Reflexology, Anatomy and Physiology) |
2007 |
Reiki Practitioner |
2006 |
Hawaiian Temple Style Bodywork Level 4 {Lomi Lomi/Ka Huna} (includes: Pregnancy Massage specifically, Deep Abdominal Massage, Deep & Soft Tissue Massage and Polynesian Floorwork) Huna Philosophy and Polynesian Healing Systems |
Volunteer Work
- Women’s Electoral Lobby Convenor
- WomenSpeak Representative
- Women’s Electoral Lobby (Brisbane) Convenor
- Journey of Young Women Support
- Youth and Wellbeing Project for Girls and Young Women
- Matrescence Birth Centre
Teachers, Teachings & Life Experience
Native American Teachings & Ceremonies
- Chuluaqui Quodoushka Sacred Sexuality Workshops level 1, 2 & 3
- Shamanic Dearmouring
- Healing ceremonies in varying roles including drum chief
- Ceremonial journeys and deep nature teachings
- Sweat lodges (Purification Lodge)
- Rites of Passage and Initiation Ceremonies
- Dance Chief for Sweat Lodge (personal)
- Level 1, 2 & 3 of the Shamans Path with Kendal Williams
Yogic Teachings & Traditions
- Tigress yoga workshops with Devashi Shakti
- Yoga teacher training with My Health Yoga
- Pregnancy and Post Natal Yoga teacher training with Samadhi Family Yoga
Hawaiian Shamanism & Philosophies
- Rites of Passage in Hawaiian Shamanism
- Leadership & Facilitators Training at High Spirits
- Hawaiian shamanism & philosophy through Mette’s Institute
- Numerous books by Serge Kahlil and Dan Millman on Ancient Kahuna Wisdom and Teachings
Feminine/Masculine dynamics & Principles
- Womb of Power with Kristen Viken
- Jade Moon/White Tigress Taoist workshop with Amara Charles
- Women’s workshops & circles with various facilitators
- Women’s Mysteries rites of Passage
- Relationship workshops with various facilitators
- David Dieda Teachings
- Alison Armstrong’s “Understanding Women”
- Jade egg workshop, book and teachings
- Inanna online Sadhana with the Awakening Women Institute
- So many books on Tantra, intimacy, solitude, orgasm, relationships, men, women and more
- Co-ordinator for the Women’s Electoral Lobby in Qld
- Support worker for the ‘Women’s Legal Service’ in Brisbane
Childbirth
- Birthing from Within (BFW) introductory workshop
- BFW Childbirth Mentoring program & certification
- BFW advanced retreat with Virginia Bobro
- The Birthing from Within book and the Labyrinth of Birth book by Pam England.
- Numerous books by Sheila Kitzinger, Sarah Buckley, Ina May Gaskin and many others
- Maha Al Musa’s “Dance of the Womb” workshop, book and DVD.
- Pregnancy and Postnatal Yoga Teacher Training with Samadhi Family Yoga
Children
- Journey of Young Women (JOYW) Mentorship Program/Course
- FB Page facilitation, including writing articles, for JOYW
- Empowering Youth in Sexualised Culture Workshop with the Youth Well-being Project
- Volunteer for Youth Well-being Project
- 19+ years of personal single parenting experience
- Bluecard Holder
Massage & Bodywork
- Certificate IV in Deep Tissue, Relaxation, Aromatherapy and Reflexology Bodywork with Massage Schools of Qld
- Kahuna / Lomi Lomi Massage and Polynesian floor work, Levels 1 – 4, including pregnancy massage, with Mette’s Institute.
- Hot Stone Massage Certification with Holistic Massage Therapies
- Reiki Level 2
Miscellaneous
- South American Based Shamanic teachings and ceremonies with Dan I el Cloud
- Taoist Teachings by various facilitators
- Death Doula Certification with Denise Love
- Marriage and Funeral Celebrancy
- PSYCH-K® Facilitator Training
Affiliations
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Hello, I’m Shekinah
My work brings together holistic counselling, matrescence mentoring, shamanic therapies, Psych-K® and personalised ceremony. A meeting of practical support, deeper self-understanding and the wisdom of the body, spirit and the natural world.
I believe there is something powerful about being truly witnessed. Not fixed, managed or told who you should become. Simply met as you are, with all the complexity of your experience.
My role is to offer a compassionate, grounded space where you can explore what’s happening beneath the surface, make sense of what you’re moving through, and begin to hear your own inner wisdom again.
You don’t have to arrive with everything figured out.
You can come exactly as you are.
We’ll start there.
