A little bit about me...

I have an uncommon knack for supporting people to dive right into their darkness  and meet the grief or trauma that has felt impossible to heal.  I notice that once fear is addressed    and  pain is felt,    we go a little deeper. Something essential happens:  the dark becomes the birthplace of our magnificence.  My gifts    then,   offer   the guidance necessary for the initiation to unfold. For this is what our suffering is--an initiation into   the    greatest teachings    of our lives. 

I do this through private sessions, trainings, and  retreats focused on trauma,  ritual and healing.
  
I was catapulted onto this path unexpectedly when a stranger murdered my mother in the winter of 1995. My deep desire for freedom led me to venture inwards and outwards to   reconcile with my loss and eventually   forgive her perpetrator.  Through listening deeply   to  Spirit,   I found the tools I needed. 
  
For over 25 years,  I have studied spiritual healing and personal growth   in   the context of animistic traditions such as paganism and shamanism,    as well as energy healing and restorative justice.   My path  led me to the Andes of Peru to work with Indigenous healers,   to   the Amazon to work with Ayahuasca, into the prairies for ceremony and teachings with the Cree First Nation,   to   the hills of southern Oregon to study   alchemical   healing,  and even to   Washington,   D.C.,  to study strategies   for trauma awareness and resilience. From 2007-2019, I taught a variety of healing workshops, trainings,  and retreats in Alberta & B.C.- anywhere from a one day event to a two year program -  ran my own healing centre,   took   groups to Peru to work with Indigenous healers,  and held a private practice.  
 
I am an apprentice to Spirit. Though I have been trained in numerous traditions, what I teach is not founded in the context of lineage or tradition. It is my guidance that to be in right relationship with the issues of   cultural   misappropriation, it is important for people to learn to have their own self-revelatory experiences and create their own ceremonies from their inner guidance. The ancestors and helping spirits always show us the way.    

My main focus is transforming trauma into medicine and exploring radical reconciliation.   In the past 10 years, I have shared my personal healing story at the Edmonton Women’s Prison, Knowing   Our Spirits Conference, multiple First Nations Bands and Friendship Centres, Victim Services,   churches,   women’s circles and conferences. The latter is a real-life conversation with Marilyn   Brighteyes, whose brother killed my mother,    where we both share our stories of loss and transformation and pose suggestions for embodied reconciliation. 
  
At present,  I live with my husband and our last child at home, nestled in   the   Okanagan in the city of Kelowna.  
  
I would love to support you on your journey. Check out the   private sessions page. Add me on Facebook or   Whatsapp, and   click here    to get on my mailing list.    
  
Blessings, 
Sarah Salter Kelly 
White Raven Woman

 email - sarahsalterkelly@gmail.com 
Text -  1-780-314-9150

Training

Shamanism
2006-2011 - Inca Medicine Wheel  training beginner, advanced and apprenticeship
2007-2009 - Reiki  Master Teacher training
2007, 2010 - Alchemical Healing Training with  Nicki  Scully, beginner and advanced
2008-2015 - Eight trips to Peru to work with Indigenous healers in the Sacred valley as well as in the Amazon to work with Ayahuasca

Restorative Justice
2010 - Peace Circle Facilitation with Kay Pranis
2014 - Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience - S.T.A.R level one - United States Institute for Peace

Body focused  Healing
2020 - Yin Yoga teacher training with Bernie Clarke

Holistic Healing
2004 -  Aromatherapy - Northern Star College of Mystical Studies
2011 - Holistic Anatomy - Northern Star College of Mystical Studies
2008 - Crystal healing, Laying of hands with stones
1990 - present - Kitchen Witch and wild crafter of herbs and mushrooms, making most of my own herbal medicine

Paganism
1993 - 2006 - numerous workshops, trainings, public ceremonies and women's circles as participant and facilitator, primarily in the Reclaiming Tradition.

Personal growth
1990 - 1995 - workshops focused on personal growth and life skills including creative visualization with the late and great Shakti Gawain