Join MysticMag and step into the mystical realm with Sha Blackburn as she unveils her journey into psychic gifts and holistic healing. From childhood encounters with fortune-telling cards to creating enchanted community rituals, Sha shares her insights, practices, and the enchanting world of the Enchanted Forest.
How and when did you discover your psychic gifts and how did your life change after that?
I first discovered my psychic ability as a young child. I’m not sure that it really counts because I was very young at the time. So, if we fast forward to me around 12 years old or so, I was given a deck of fortune-telling cards by a neighbor. She said she thought I would enjoy them, and I did! I immediately began giving readings to other neighbors and just continued doing readings from that point on.
I am not sure that it changed my life, again because I was so young. My parents always just let me be myself, as long as I was staying out of trouble and getting good grades, they were content with my ability to keep myself busy. They often told people that I “marched to the beat of a different drummer”, and thankfully they did not try to change me into anyone different.
Can you walk me through a psychic reading?
When you come in for a psychic reading, I don’t want to know anything about you. I would only know your first name. I may ask if you have specific questions you would like answered, but typically I prefer to tell you a bit about what I “see” or “feel” is going on in your life. I typically use the tarot as my “medium” for doing readings. The reason for using “tools” like the tarot, is that it gives us both something to focus on. Even if you are getting a phone reading, when you hear me shuffling the cards, I know that your attention is going to be focused on the conversation between you and I.
I typically will talk about what’s going on “right now” in a general sense, some things I may feel you are worried about, or things that you are happy about. I would then talk about what I “see or feel” about your career, work, and relationships, and what are the most important things to know right now.
Once we get through that “general” part of the session, I will give you the opportunity to ask some questions. Sometimes questions come up during the session. Other times people don’t have any questions because they are all answered during the course of the reading.
People often ask me how accurate I am. I tell them that I am between 85 – 95% accurate. I say this because I have clients that I have worked with for years, they come back again and again because of my accuracy and guidance.
What holistic healing modalities do you use?
My primary holistic healing modalities are shamanic healing techniques like soul retrievals, energy transference, power animal retrieval, reiki, neuro linguistic programming, sound healing, and spiritual guidance. I have certifications in shamanic healing, reflexology, acupressure, neuro linguistic programming, reiki, and QHHT (Quantum Hypnosis Healing Technique). But I don’t use all of them. Some of them I learned in order to better understand myself or to broaden my own experience.
What is the Enchanted Forest?
AH! The Enchanted Forest is what I called my office. It started back when I was renting a space in the basement of an old bank. For clients to find me, they had to walk through a maze of hallways. I had a large waiting room that I shared with several small offices, and I decorated it to look like a bit of a fairy forest. When I would give directions, I told them once they arrived at the Enchanted Forest, it just seemed to stick. So my office became known as “The Enchanted Forest” even after I left that location.
What can people expect from your Community Rituals and how often do you organize them?
Community rituals are held to honor full moons, new moons, or holidays in the pagan calendar to celebrate seasonal changes. I organize them at least once a month. Each is a little different. When you attend a community ritual, I request people be involved. It’s not like going to church where you could sit in a pew and listen to a lecture or story. Rituals are interactive with movement, song, meditation, dance, creating a craft, and or giving and receiving healing. I always take time before the ritual to let people know what we will be doing. If there is a dance or song, I teach it beforehand so that no one feels unprepared. I typically will have others who have knowledge of the activity that are also available to help support those who are new to the ritual. This is a sacred time to find some peace within yourself, let go of stress from the day, and really get closer to the natural world, and create a positive change in your life.
Is there anything else about your work that you’d like to share that we haven’t covered?
I would like to add that I love my life and my work. I feel that being able to help people to understand and fulfill their dreams by understanding more about themselves is so powerful. I love to teach workshops about finding magic in everyday items, understanding how to find your own power, and how to enhance your medical healing with holistic techniques.
To learn more about Sha and her work, you can visit www.loonwitch.com and www.enchantedforestswc.com
