Kathy Slamen is a bilingual intuitive personal and business advisor, a Usui Holy Fire Reiki Master, an Access Bars therapy facilitator, Meditation Coach, clairvoyant, spiritual channel and Shamanic Practitioner with experience spanning over 20 years. I am a double graduate of Concordia University (BA in Creative Writing/Comparative Religion Minor, and BFA in Cinema/ Film Production Specialization) I am also a graduate of The Landmark Forum, Dawson College AEC in Profesional photography, several years of study at Montreal Improv, in Clown (Pachinko and Bouffon), Meisner, Action Theater, Seven Viewpoints, and have graced the stages of Montreal and New York City as an actor and standup comedian; but my love for theatre and spirituality runs deep in my veins. As a child, I was inexplicably drawn to crystals and the realm of parapsychology, and remember asking my mother after watching an episode of “In Search Of -” with Leonard Nimoy: “Those people who look for ghosts want to know about UFOs and life after death. I’m sure she already knew before it became apparent to me that I was “different”, and that my life path would be an interesting one…
During my late teens, I began to experience many vivid altered states of altered consciousness and embodied what I believed were pious divine connections, kaleidoscopic hallucinations, and out-of-body experiences I had only read about in books by Carlos Castaneda, Joseph Campbell, Herman Hesse, Rumi, the Bhagavad Gita, and the Gnostic Gospels to name a few. During my moments of lucidity, I tried to find answers and explanations for the unexplainable. The consensus from the psychics and shamans who entered my life was that I was an empath, clairvoyant and a psychic medium; but this knowledge only added to my confusion, mounting anxiety, and quiet desperation. These “episodes” continued for several years until my complete psychotic break at the age of 19. I was hospitalized and heavily medicated. My experience of “communing with the Divine” came to an abrupt end, but the questions continued on their independent trajectory. Reiki found me through a beautiful soul and fellow actor, who eventually became my mentor and teacher. This healing modality spoke to me in the softness and gentleness of the treatments, and the possibility that I would become a catalyst to any individual’s divine energies for wellness and balance. After many years of study, I became a Reiki Master, which has truly been a blessing in my life in so many magical ways. In 2018, I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. It was the phone call that forever changed my life. In March 2019, two weeks before my 50th birthday, I finished my chemo and decided I had spent enough time “browsing and sampling” almost everything I could in the Costco of my life, and it was time to narrow my focus, funnel my years of education and experience into a laser beam of wisdom and sharing. That’s when the modality of Access Consciousness found me. Once again, my life was transformed while embarking on this system of tools and philosophy which fundamentally seeks to alter what is not working for your “highest good” via an energy map of the brain. A near-fatal car accident, a concussion and the start of Covid are what brought me to study Shamanism. I truly believe that when the student is ready, the teacher appears. And they did in multiples. I became a member of the Foundation For Shamanic Studies, and through my mentors, my journeys to the upper and lower worlds, communing with the spirits of nature and those from beyond, did I realize that my connections to the Source had always been a part of me - but I never possessed had the full vocabulary to understand the stories that were being shared with me until my midlife. After 54 years around the sun, I truly feel aligned, able to share my legacy while helping to facilitate the path of others who are embarking on their mystical journey. A beautiful friend and wise medicine woman once told me: “you were not having a nervous breakdown; you were having a spiritual awakening.” So fully awake, and eyes wide open, I invite you to explore your mystical discoveries with me as your guide.
