Bio

Carla is the founder of Blu Spiral Healing and the HEART healing method, a shamanic practice devoted to helping people reconnect with their own wholeness. Her path into this work was forged through decades of lived experience — nearly thirty years alongside her late partner, Gail, and the deep inner work that followed Gail's passing. That journey became the ground from which her healing practice grew.

Carla completed an 18-month Shadow Coach Training program through the Shadow Work Institute. Through this training Carla worked through her own shadows, going into the depths of trauma, betrayal, and grief. It is through this process that she is able to assist in shining the light in the darkness.

Carla is a trained shamanic practitioner, shaped by a multi-stage Shamanic Healing Track and hands-on ceremonial training. She works closely with a spirit team — including guide spirits she calls on for wisdom, protection, and clarity — and moves fluidly between upper and lower world journeys, ancestral healing, and goddess archetype work. Water is her elemental anchor, and she returns to it often, both literally and as a metaphor for the surrender and flow at the heart of her practice.

Through Blu Spiral Healing, Carla offers:

• Shamanic Journeys — guided non-ordinary state experiences for insight, healing, and connection

• Soul Retrieval and Extraction — restoring lost parts of self and releasing what no longer belongs

• Ancestral and Spirit Guidance — working with lineage and spirit allies for direction and healing

• Creative Expressions — using art and ritual as pathways into the psyche

Carla also facilitates workshops for women, including shadow work and golden shadow work, helping participants meet the parts of themselves they've hidden — both the wounded and the luminous.

Blu Spiral Healing was born on the Summer Solstice, an intentional choice marking a threshold of light and new beginnings. The name itself came through an intuitive process, with "Blu" honoring one of Carla's primary spirit guides. The practice's visual identity — a raven, a dreamcatcher, a shamanic drum marked with a spiral, and a water backdrop — reflects the symbols most alive in Carla's own spiritual journey.

Carla believes healing isn't about fixing what's broken, but about remembering what was whole all along.