A company born from the desire to be in service...
Igniting Spirit is part of a community of Reiki Masters, Shamanic Practitioners, Teachers, and Healers who strive to provide loving healing and support to all who seek restoration, information, and community.
Please take a look at the list of services. The offerings are diverse, they are unique, personal, and the intentions behind each one are sincere.
Each person on this planet is a perfect being, a bright, shining light, a beautiful soul wrapped in human form. Our experiences in this life can be challenging, rewarding, and empowering when approached from a place of love and balance. Igniting Spirit strives to offer assistance in finding that balance. Each encounter, every healing, and all of our products are as distinct and extraordinary as the individuals involved.
Shamanism as a Way of Life
The practice of Shamanism dates back tens of thousands of years. It is a practice based on the belief that all things are comprised of energy, and that all healing is done through the soul. Shamanic practitioners utilize ancient techniques to achieve and maintain balance and healing for themselves and their communities.
The practice of Shamanism can be found in many cultures under similar or different names. The term Shamanism refers to a wide range of beliefs and practices involved with connecting and aligning the world of human beings with the Spirit world. The definition of a shaman is commonly understood to mean one who sees with closed eyes. In many Native American cultures, it is a practiced based on healing, and acting as a mediator between the tribal community and the Spirit world. Animals play an important role, acting as guides and protectors.
One of the most important tool for the Shamanic practitioner is their drum. The use of the drum for ritual and ceremony also dates back to ancient times. The beat is likened to the beat of our mother’s heart while in the womb, and the rhythm of the earth. Drumming is currently being used to effectively treat conditions such as cancer, manic depression, autism, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and many more.
The Shamanic journey is the primary means for accessing information, guidance, and healing for the Shamanic practitioner. All healing and learning is accessed via the journey, and it is one of the most effective ways to make contact with the Spirit realms. Learning to journey takes preparation, respect, and practice.
Shamanism has seen resurgence in recent years as many seek to form personal, spiritual identities and connections beyond the tenets that traditional, organized religions have offered. On an individual level, these practices can be easily integrated into daily life for improved health, emotional balance, and a stronger connection to Spirit. On a community level, these practices promote building relationships and joining together in ritual and ceremony. This type of healing and strengthening can change the world’s culture by reshaping our collective spiritual identities to include a common understanding of the natural and spiritual worlds.
Here's what others are saying:
Karen Hefner is a gifted leader and facilitator of meditation and ritual. She has a deep sense of when to listen and when to talk, gained from her shamanic training and experiences. She is able to state deep truths in a patient and comforting way. She walks the talk on her path, unafraid to share when she has stumbled and not judgmental when those in her care stumble.
The meditations she lead while we were in class together helped me to find new understanding from the confusion in my life. She also taught our class how to set up ritual, how to think about sacred space, and how to bring who we were into circle. Anyone who has a chance to work with Karen should go for it, 100%. I am proud to have worked with her.
Charlotte Babb
Spartanburg, South Carolina
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Karen has the wisdom of an editor and a heart of the shaman. She rationally and intuitively puts words and ideas in an order that catches attention. I trust her explicitly and have been able to literally hand over material that she has magically sculpted.
She sits on the advisory counsel of the school I founded and contributes viable and creative ideas. She is organized, and efficient. Her willingness to take charge and participate is infectious as she motivates others with her genuine spirit.
I highly recommend Karen in anything that she is involved with. She will take it to the top and put her whole self into a project.
In admiration,
Jan Engels-Smith
LightSong School of Shamanic Studies
Portland, Oregon
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The founder of Igniting Spirit, Karen Hefner, sincerely strives to facilitate and guide each client's healing and learning in a gentle and loving way.
Karen Hefner, MA, MS, ShD, Reiki Master
After studying, experiencing, and practicing alternative modes of healing and shamanism for over a decade, Karen has dedicated herself full-time to being in service as a catalyst for personal growth, expansion and healing. She is an Associate Teacher of the LightSong School of Shamanic Studies, a Usui/Tibetan and Karuna Reiki Master, holds Master’s degrees in Science and the Arts, a Doctoral degree in Shamanism, and is a certified F.I.R.E instructor. Karen has a strong teaching background that dates back to the mid 1980s. She is also a minister, cancer survivor, mother, and grandmother.
Deeply invested in the areas of healing and personal growth, Karen gently guides people toward their own innate health and happiness through education, ceremony, soul retrieval, extraction work, and Reiki. Karen’s intention is to assist clients and students in finding their soul’s path, their true self, their source of power and freedom. She offers this with deep gratitude to her teachers, spirit guides, and the native healers and communities who have been so generous with their teaching, healing, and ceremonies.