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About Nathalie: Your Guide to Deep Transformation
Welcome! At Ark Healing, Nathalie’s journey combines a unique blend of professional expertise and profound spiritual development, all dedicated to guiding you towards a life of greater well-being and purpose.
Nathalie’s background reflects a lifelong commitment to understanding intricate systems—from the physical body to the subtle energy field—and a passion for facilitating deep, lasting change and transformation.
A Foundation in Science & Business for Holistic Guidance
Nathalie’s professional path began in Belgium, where I graduated from Ghent University (DVM) as a Veterinary Surgeon in 1992 and moved to the UK, establishing her veterinary career. This foundational experience honed analytical skills, understanding of complex biological systems, and a compassionate approach to care, elements that now inform her holistic healing practice.
Driven by a longstanding desire to own and nurture a business, Nathalie pursued a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from The Open University while practicing veterinary medicine full-time.
https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/business-management
This challenging period culminated in 2001 with the successful, 100% bank-financed purchase of a veterinary practice. This entrepreneurial venture taught invaluable lessons in leadership, strategic planning, ethical management, and fostering a thriving environment – skills that are surprisingly transferable to supporting personal growth and transformative journeys. It was through this demanding yet rewarding experience that Nathalie cultivated resilience and a deep appreciation for holistic organizational well-being, principles now integral to Ark Healing.
Unlocking the Energy Field: A Deeper Calling
Despite professional success, recurring patterns of unresolved personal pain led to seek deeper understanding. In 2008, Nathalie’s intuition, which had always hinted at something beyond purely scientific models (especially after exploring the scientific reduction of veterinary acupuncture), guided her to the Barbara Brennan School of Healing (BBSH).
Here, Nathalie immersed herself in the study of the human energy field and profound energy work. This rigorous program provided powerful tools for healing and self-discovery, opening her eyes to the subtle dimensions that influence our holistic well-being. Nathalie’s expertise in energy healing techniques blossomed here.
It was during Nathalie’s final year at BBSH that she encountered Hawaiian Shamanism, which ignited an undeniable shift within. The profound impact this initial shamanic experience had on personal dynamics and understanding was too significant to ignore. It affirmed an intuitive knowing that her healing journey was destined to integrate ancient wisdom with modern approaches.
After graduating from BBSH, Ark Healing was founded, rooted in Nathalie’s dedication to spiritual healing and holistic transformation.
Embracing the Shamanic Path: A Journey of Soul Discovery
Following powerful workshops with Patricia White Buffalo, a distinguished graduate and teacher from the Barbara Brennan School, Nathalie committed to her intensive “Walking the Shaman’s Path” — a transformative three-year program. Patricia, honoring her Native American Ancestors, provided a deeply empathetic and insightful space for shamanic healing.
This profound immersion taught Nathalie the necessity of patience, tenacity, and self-compassion on the path of inner discovery. It illuminated the true meaning of exploring the Soul and accessing our innate spiritual guidance. This extensive shamanic experience has equipped Nathalie with powerful techniques to support clients in navigating their own transformative sessions, helping them to release old patterns, reclaim their energy, and connect with their authentic selves. Nathalie’s commitment through Ark Healing is to guide you with the same deep presence, compassion, and insight that has illuminated her own extraordinary path.
Post-Shamanic Path & Profound Transformation
Nathalie’s dedication to understanding deep-seated patterns and facilitating profound change continued beyond the formal shamanic training. This commitment led her to some of the most impactful experiences of her life, further refining her ability to guide others on their healing journey.
Vision Quest: An Unfolding Insight
Towards the culmination of the shamanic training, Nathalie embarked on a powerful Vision Quest in the Californian desert, an opportunity offered to dedicated students by Patricia White Buffalo. This immersive experience was profoundly transformative, yielding insights that continue to unfold and deepen her understanding of the interconnectedness of life and the subtle dimensions of spiritual guidance. This journey truly set the stage for further inner discovery and her work in holistic healing.
Unraveling the ‘Untouchable’ Patterns: The PKYC Journey
Despite years of dedicated energy work and shamanic healing, a persistent sense remained that certain deeply ingrained, seemingly “unfathomable” patterns in Nathalie’s life were still unresolved—like ‘untouchables.’ These patterns, though clearer than before, continued to present significant challenges to personal growth.
A pivotal moment occurred during a Shamanic Journey in the first year of ‘Walking the Shaman’s Path.’ While she anticipated encountering archetypal power animals, Nathalie instead met Ganesha, the revered Hindu God of Obstacles, during a Soul Retrieval. This unexpected encounter profoundly shifted her perspective. The vividness and unexpected nature of this vision, so unlike what she had anticipated in a lucid, dream-like state, took considerable time to fully comprehend, ultimately revealing a deeper layer of spiritual awakening and a path to deep healing.
Later, in the second year of the Shaman’s Path, Nathalie experienced a dramatic energetic shift—an undeniable ‘explosion in my chest.’ This powerful sensation left her in a state of profound peace and deep physical relaxation, incapable of thought or focus for the remainder of the day, followed by 12 hours of restorative sleep. This pivotal event was a clear indicator of a significant energetic release, preparing her for the next crucial phase of deep transformation and her continued healing journey.
In September 2016, her detailed, 20-page account of personal spiritual experiences and insights led to an initial conversation with Joan Harrigan of Patanjali Kundalini Yoga Care (PKYC).
Though Nathalie had read extensively on Kundalini Yoga, a complete understanding had eluded her. Joan’s profound insight revealed she was experiencing a ‘deflected’ Kundalini process and affirmed that PKYC’s unique lineage could provide the necessary guidance. The ‘explosion’ she had experienced was recognized as the opening of a ‘chest knot,’ signalling her readiness for a Kundalini intervention.
PKYC’s lineage, a revered 500-year-old Indian tradition aligned with the teachings of sage Agastya, holds rare and intimate knowledge of the six possible paths Kundalini, or the Divine Feminine, can take—four of which fall within the commonly discussed Sushumna channel. My personal process lay outside the Sushumna, a less common yet equally significant pathway. This lineage is uniquely equipped with the spiritual knowledge and methodologies to address the specific challenges that arise when a Kundalini process is ‘deflected‘ or deviates from the ‘regular’ Sushumna experience.
The experience of having Kundalini gently and profoundly redirected into the Sushumna channel was an incredibly subtle, yet deeply transformative one. It was marked by quiet introspection, leading to significant and lasting shifts in my holistic well-being and life direction, solidifying her path towards deeper spiritual understanding and healing.
The Path Post-PKYC: A New Chapter of Purpose
The profound impact of a PKYC intensive retreat is often described as completely transforming the lives of its participants within a single year. This proved to be unequivocally true in Nathalie’s case. Within a year of my Kundalini re-alignment, she successfully sold her veterinary business and began the process of fully transitioning away from the veterinary profession, dedicating herself fully to deep rest and Ark Healing.
Nathalie’s life post-PKYC is now centered on quiet contemplation, profound rest, and spiritual restoration. It is dedicated to continued scripture and Sanskrit study and the exploration of ancient knowledge. Most importantly, it is dedicated to working deeply and compassionately with a few clients, guiding them on their own unique paths of self-discovery and inner development towards comprehensive healing.
Nathalie’s personal journey has equipped her with unparalleled insight into the complexities of deep transformation, allowing her to offer truly informed and empathetic spiritual guidance and holistic healing through Ark Healing.
