" I first learned about the Earthkeepers from the forest. It was a spring day and I was walking through the lush forest away from the urban sprawl from where I lived. The quiet immediately struck me with all its splendor, as though a spell cast upon me from the moment I passed through the threshold from car to tree. This enchantment of quiet was rich with the hum of insects and birdsong, the rustle of leaves and drips of water.  There was a presence of something more that weaved through and permeated the very essence of this forest. I could feel it deep in my soul.

I reached out and placed my hand on the trunk of a tree that was blanketed in a soft pad of green moss. I have always loved moss, its vibrant green and soft tender touch. It was in this precise moment that the forest spoke to me. It was brief, and it was subtle, but in that moment the forest spoke. It told me that there are reasons we are drawn to certain elements of nature and that these reasons stem back many lifetimes ago when we initiated our deep and profound reciprocal relationship together. The forest told me that there are many of us waking up at this time to these relationships with deep remembrance and an understanding of how we are called now at this time to bring those relationships and Earth medicine back into the collective consciousness as keepers of the earth. “Earthkeepers,” I whispered the word to myself. It resonated so deeply with my heart and soul, I knew that I was touching upon a profound truth that I was just beginning to understand.

It was only weeks and months later that I learned the profundity of that word, discovering that it is a term honored and held sacred by many indigenous tribes and traditions throughout the world. I was astounded when I discovered this. While I may just be waking up and remembering who I am as an Earthkeeper, the indigenous peoples have always remembered and kept their relationship alive with Mother Earth. They have kept alive the medicines of the Earth, the powerful practices and methods of healing that originate with this deep and sacred relationship. And it is from these practices and methods from which I have trained and bring as an offering to all of you.  

Earthkeeper Healing is an offering of spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical healing rooted in Shamanic Energy practices and the teachings of the Q'ero Indigenous peoples of the Andes Mountains. This specific lineage of teaching stems back to the last living Incan medicine men and women who fled the conquistadors centuries ago, seeking refuge in the mountains where they could keep the sacred secrets and medicine of the Earth protected until they could safely be shared again without persecution. I bring this to you in blend with other healing modalities including but not excluded to teachings from The Four Winds Society, Mayan Wisdom, Buddhism, Mindfulness, Reiki Energy Healing, and Forest Bathing or Shinrin-Yoku. My offerings of healing are rooted in reciprocal relationship with Mother Earth, as we bring back more light into ourselves we also bring more light and healing back into the Earth. As we heal, so does Mother Earth. As our Mother Earth heals, so do we. " 

  -- Emily Britton