Illuminations

The word ‘illuminate’ means to lighten up, or enlighten spiritually or intellectually.

The luminous energy field organises not only the physical body, but our external reality as well. It informs and predisposes us to certain kinds of relationships, certain kinds of illnesses; to meeting certain kinds of people, to being in the automobile that had the accident or, alternatively, the one that just missed it! When we’re able to clear the imprints of the luminous energy field – we are able to experience freedom. We don’t do this through intellectual understanding. We do it through a direct engagement with the energy.

Our physical body is surrounded by a luminous energy field (like an aura) which is an invisible matrix that holds the imprint of all our karmic, personal and ancestral memories, traumas and wounds. These imprints can become activated to mirror a personal history that repeats itself by compelling us towards behaviours, relationships, accidents or illnesses that replicate the original trauma. An Illumination is the shamanic clearing of the negative imprints in our luminous energy field; it is an ancient energy healing technique that comes from the Q’ero shamans of Peru, the descendants of the Inka.

An Illumination is helpful when

  • You feel stuck in a behavioural pattern which continues to repeat itself
  • You are struggling to heal from traits (health or emotional) that are part of your ancestry
  • Emotional traumas of your past continue to haunt you and do not respond well to other healing modalities


In the Inka tradition of Illumination, the imprints to the luminous energy field appear as sluggish energy around the chakras. During the healing, the heavy emotional energy of the imprint is drained through the chakra, and then the imprint itself is erased through the use of focused intention and breath. When the imprint is erased, we are no longer informed by the wounds of our past or ancestry.