Further proof we're all connected

Or "It all comes back to you"

A couple of years ago I was doing a group reading at Sasha Graham’s Spirited Away event. A young woman joined the reading and asked afterward if I taught or mentored. I said that I did and told her to contact me through my website.

She reached out and Sana and I started working together on her intuition. She took my classes. Had other readings. Started her mentorship. She has become someone I look forward to seeing when I see she’s on my schedule.

The majority of her family in Nigeria, Sana lived in Brooklyn. Her mother and other sibling in Massachusettes.

In another group reading a few months ago Sana showed up again. This time a familiar face and a big hug came first. As the reading went on and I got to her, I said that a spiritual teacher was coming into her life. Someone in Nigeria. I saw his face so clearly. Closely cut hair. A wise face. His stature, nothing outstanding. I don’t remember the bulk of any reading. It comes to me and once it’s out of my mouth it floats into the ether. Occasionally I remember. I can recall what seems like a lot to some people but considering the amount of readings I do, I really don’t.

This man, this spiritual person, his image stuck with me. This is not a huge statement about him or me. I just did. I will admit I was curious about it. About how this worked into the reading. That’s where trust in all this comes in. You begin to know it will come back to you to let you know your work is valid. Your work resonates.

Funny thing about the image of him that I saw, I was “implied about his face” and his body wasn’t facing me. I saw a lot of water. And a feeling I didn’t feel comfortable with. When I feel that sort of thing during a reading I will say “I don’t like this”. Doesn’t mean I don’t like the person. It means the situation doesn’t completely sit well for the person I’m reading for. Reading people is automatically being their advocate. This man was to be an integral part of her spiritual story. I didn’t feel trouble, just hesitation. Dynamics like this can be someone with older values or a religious belief the other person doesn’t have or even a disposition that won’t sit will with the person I’m reading.

So when Sana reached out again in an email—and I have her permission to tell this story—- she wrote this:

Hi Heather!

A very happy new year to you:

Coming to you live from Onitsha, Nigeria where the sun doesn’t stop,

Reaching out with a question and update:

QUESTION
Was it the animal sacrifices?
Haha during your spirited away event in September, you told me that a spiritual healer in Nigeria would be helpful but there’s something about him you don’t like. I’ve met him and today I think I figured it out . . . Lots of animal sacrifices . . . Lots. . . And lots . . . And lots. . . . It’s a big part of the practice, I’m vehemently against it. . . let the hijinks ensue!
I don’t expect you to remember that reading lol but wanted to just say what you told me then is spot on now.