ABOUT ME
About Narel’s journey of awakening to her natural gifts of energy healing and animal communication, and how life’s challenges led her to become a bridge between worlds and species — helping others reconnect with their animals, their surroundings, and the deeper magic that lives within and around us.
WELCOME!
Hello and welcome to my space, I am so pleased you have stopped by.
If you are looking for someone to help you to connect with your animal friends, your surroundings and yourself then I would love to be a part of that and bring to you a long background of experience delivered with compassion.
My name is Narel and I Iive with my family on a horse farm on the South Coast of NSW. When I am not with my horses, in my spare time I am generally in the ocean all year round where I feel the most at home, ocean swimming, relaxing and learning to surf.
My Background
My career background is varied, and ranges from both Government and private sector public relations and marketing, event management, business and hospital administration, community services, and also to 21 years as a makeup artist.
However life took some unexpected turns and as a result I have also studied extensively in the realms of energetic techniques, interspecies communication, and many aspects of being with and working with horses.
Early Gifts and Awakening
But to begin with, as a very young child I could see energy clearly in various ways and around my body and hands, and was able to connect with animals clearly. As I grew to become an adult, these skills faded away, only to re-open through a series of challenges which were tumultuous to say the least as I raised 4 young children during this time while negotiating a whole other "unseen" world that had become very real for me.
The Turning Point
Things got interesting in January 2006, when after being a horse rider for most of my life, a riding accident left me with a (then missed) fractured spine and in chronic pain for the next two years or so. This was one of the biggest gifts from the Universe to me as it set my life on course for who I was to become, who I was to meet and fast tracked my need to understand horses to a whole new level. I could no longer function as a traditional horsewoman and a nagging at my soul had always known there was another way to be that was more authentic and considerate.
I did not find it during my stint at natural horsemanship, though this was an improvement, but my horse showed it was still not the way, so I backed off from all I knew about horses. I felt like I was beginning all over again. I did not know what way to go next for fear of stuffing things up. That was when life intervened even further.
The Gateway Opens
In 2007 a severe virus where I was bedridden for a week finally completely opened the gateway to a whole new life and world. I began to clearly see spirits around me, could not sleep at night and my nervous system was fried. With a young family to look after during this potent turning point, a job to hold down, as well as trying to understand my own self, I was on a quest to find out what was happening to me, and my path took me to various spiritual groups, both public and underground, to try and work it all out.
I eventually discovered shamanism in 2010 and underwent a soul retrieval which turned my life around with my pain healing, and being able to finally sleep for the first time in years. I immediately began to study and practice the principles of this modality alongside a mentor who had crossed my path at this time.
First Connection with the Horses
In 2012 I began to hear the horses and then I realised they could hear me too (in fact they hear us all). I was at a Jenny Pearce horsemanship clinic with my horse in Victoria, and was outside enjoying the early morning when I heard behind me "can you check my bucket"? I turned around and a horse stood behind me, puzzled I went to his water bucket which was empty, I filled it and sat crouched watching as he drank deeply, "thanks" he said, "and tell (owner's name) I am her guardian and will not hurt her"...
After this I went inside to find that horse's person at the table crying as she was scared of her horse. I gave her the message despite feeling very vulnerable to be doing so, and it really seemed to help her. However after that initial encounter their voices seemed to fade and I realised the extremely relaxed open state I had been in at that clinic had been what allowed this spontaneous encounter. I soon found ways to work with myself though to achieve that state and make communication possible by distance and in person. It all became about connection to self before connection to others.
Continued Growth Through Challenges
Over the years to follow I was further challenged both mentally and emotionally with a series of events while I worked to remain grounded and still at the same time connected with this newly formed world and reality I found myself living in. Those challenges included a series of unrelated and unprovoked assaults, an electrical house fire, later a bushfire, negotiating PTSD and more… yet each felt like an opportunity to grow and rise further above and inevitably to always find a treasure in each so called "negative" event.
My Purpose Today
My journey has a long way to go, however so far has put me on the ever evolving path to being healed mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually. I now practice the ancient art of shamanism alongside energy healing and communicating with horses to bring about healing, peace and harmony for humans and horses alike.
From these experiences I have gratitude as along the way, I met teachers and people who would become firm friends and show me in big and little ways what the next steps or learnings would be.
It is important to me to operate in all I do from a space of compassion, kindness and looking at the big picture. My aim is to help others to connect to themselves first and foremost, because from there the magic can happen. And at the same time to be the bridge between worlds and species, and to help others find that ability within themselves too, in order to bring about peace and happiness for all that I work with and meet along the way.
Thank you for choosing to visit.
About My Learnings
Qualifications, teachers I have learned from, and mentors
I credit many who have helped me along the way in some form or another. The list below are the main people I have trained with or learned from, some in huge ways and some smaller, but all have left a lasting impression and I thank each of you!
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Reiki 1, 2 and 3 (Masters) with Deniz Akan, Dimensional Healing
Equine Reiki 1 and 2 with Julie Abrahams, Four Winds Reiki
Holy Fire Reiki 1 and 2 with Pam Allen Le-Blanc, Hidden Brook Farm
Animal Reiki 1 and 2, with Pam Allen-Le Blanc, Hidden Brook Farm
Gateway to You, with Kathy Price, Point of Balance
Shamanic Energy Medicine with Alberto Villoldo, The Four Winds
Shamanic Journeying with Sandra Ingerman
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Jennifer Pearce – my biggest mentor to whom I am forever grateful
Deniz Akan - Reiki
Pam Allen-LeBlanc - Reiki and Animal Communication training
Julie Abrahams - Reiki
Alberto Villoldo - Shamanism
Gina Chick
Sandra Ingerman - Shamanism
Kathy Price - Energy training
Dr Jennifer Oikle - Energy training
Anna Twinney - Animal Communication training
Asia Voight - Animal Communication training
Nedda Wittels - Animal Communication training
Teresa Wagner - Animal Communication training
Julie Becchu
Cheryl Cruttenden
Kerri Lake
Jane Pike
Anna Marciniak
Lucie Klaassen
Carolyn Resnick
Camille Dareau
Thirza Hendricks
Noora Enqvist
Ribbleton Attunement
Sivia Gold
Robyn Larson-Shelton
Professional Membership:
Member of the Equine Therapies Association Australia