“If there is a more potent medicine upon this Earth, I, for my part, have yet to encounter it!”
–Scott H., Silver City NM
If you’ve ever gotten the feeling that what you’re carrying is wayyyyy bigger than you, you’re probably right. You’ve likely inherited a pile of burdens from your ancestors.
Ancestral grief is REAL. And it is a BIG DEAL.
My grief is completely overwhelming. I will drown if I let it in.
My family is so toxic, there’s no way I can connect with them.
I’m rootless, floating through space with nothing to hold onto.
I don’t know who I am or where I come from.
I’m “White,” so I’m severed from my ancestors.
How would it feel to feel proud of who you come from? What would it be like if grieving actually felt connective? What if it felt ecstatic? Erotic?
I help people dissatisfied with the spiritual traditions they grew up ( or lack thereof ) develop rich and authentic ritual practices that restore relationship with their own ancestors and the more-than-human world.
For folks who feel culturally bereft, or spiritually homeless, we reclaim our devotion to this beautiful, living, Earth and our birthright of belonging to our lineages.
This is a deeply somatic and often ecstatic journey of learning to ride the waves of our grief onto the shores of pleasure and union.
image credit: Infinite Body Studio
Virtual or in-person at the
The Well Earthen Sanctuary
Marrowstone Island, WA
MONTHLY MENTORSHIP
- Two sessions per month (90 min each) OR
- One extended session per month (3 hours)
- Schedule a FREE MEET & GREET to discuss
SIX SESSION PACKAGE
- Initial Session (2-3 hours)
- Five Follow-Up Sessions (90 minutes each)
- Schedule a FREE MEET & GREET to discuss
DEEP DIVE INTRO SESSION
- For those who want to get a sense of ancestral healing, this two hour “get to know you” session gives us ample time to assess the state of your primary lineages, connect with your ancestor, plus answer your questions.
- Please allow spaciousness after your session to move out of ritual time and allow learnings to sift and settle.
PUTTERING SESSIONS
- Ask me anything, while I putter around my garden. An accessible option for those who want to deepen your understanding about ancestral healing and griefwork.
- Just an hour of good old fashioned chatting and getting on the same wavelength.
- **normally $100**
RITUAL IMMERSION
- Longing to get intimate with the elements? Join me on our lush island homestead, for a ritual, ecosomatic immersion into sand and sea, cedar and soil.
- Includes: Ancestral Healing Sessions, Forest and Beach Journeys, Sauna and Saltwater Plunges + optional private photo documentation
- Schedule a FREE MEET & GREET to discuss
ANCESTOR CIRCLES
- For those already working with ancestors, these circles offer an affordable & consistent way to feed your practice in a supportive group format.
- NOTE: this option is for clients who have completed at least one DEEP DIVE SESSION
- **CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE**
CUSTOM IN-PERSON IMMERSIONS AVAILABLE
Returning Clients $150 – $350 hourly range
- Personalized Ritual Journeys
- Building Relationship with Ancestral Guides
- Ongoing Support for Grief Practice
- Take – Home Ritual Exercises
- Life Path Strategic Guidance
- Extensive Handwritten Mindmap/Notes
- Sea, Salt and Soil: Custom Beach Immersions
“My three-day healing-immersion with Nala Walla was one of those unique and precious passages in life that I can already tell will stay with me, yielding unanticipated fruits, for many years to come. Nala brought so much to the occasion: impeccable professionalism, deep compassion, great skill, and the kind of feet-on-the-ground wisdom that comes only from hard-won experience. She also exemplifies a profound reverence for Mother Earth and a sincere respect for the land’s ancestral (or indigenous) peoples. All of these traits and capacities helped me relax into the healing process without restraint. Perhaps what moved me the most is how fully Nala invested herself into our work together. At no time did I feel I was being “treated” by a “caregiver”. Instead, what I encountered in Nala was a genuinely caring, delightfully authentic, and uncannily perceptive human being. If there is a more potent medicine upon this Earth I, for my part, have yet to encounter it!”
—Scott Hennes., Silver City NM
WE COULD BE A GOOD FIT, IF…..
You consider yourself “spiritual but not religious.”
You relate to an animist ethic :: everything is ALIVE :: and want to show respect and love for the Land.
Your religious upbringing felt dissatisfying, hollow.
You often feel like a cultural orphan or shipwreck.
You’ve done lots of talk therapy, but it’s not scratching the itch.
You know your trauma is not just yours; that it has something to do with your ancestors; that this is intergenerational work.
You know it’s time to actually feel all this grief, but you are afraid you will be overwhelmed.
You suspect you come from a lineage of magicians, poets, medicine makers, and holy people (spoiler: you do!)
You already have a prayer practice, and want to invite your ancestors to animate it.
Your altar already blends up many different ancestral traditions into a syncretic hodgepodge of photos, stones and statues.
You like a practical and common sense approach.
You are drawn to teachers like Bayo Akomolafe, Joshua Schrei (The Emerald Podcast,) Martin Prechtel, Stephen Jenkinson, Martin Shaw, Joanna Macy, Daniel Foor, Charles Eisenstein, Francis Weller, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Tyson Yunkaporta.
This is NOT for you if…
You believe you can achieve “self-improvement” simply by talking your way through your trauma.
You believe that feeling the stronger emotions is impolite, unladylike, or “too negative.”
You believe grief is merely an affliction, something to tolerate or suppress and are unwilling to understand grief as a practice, something to get skilled with.
You want to focus only upon your own life, rather than considering the larger timeline, and greater powers.
You are averse to moving into states of trance and ecstasic union, preferring to stay in psychological analysis.
You believe that communication “beyond the veil” is impossible, immature, or unwise.
You’re a determined atheist and will not consider prayer.
You are seeking ONE specific lineage or tradition of practice (as opposed to a syncretic mashup of ancestral traditions.)
I am proud of who I come from.
My grief makes me feel ALIVE!
I now know how to turn the tap of my grief on and off
I forgive my ancestors and family past.
I am surrounded by wisdom and support.
I’m learning the language/songs/stories of my ancestors
COMPENSATION POLICY
Wealth Redistribution Philosophy: BWell values making this work accessible to folks with limited resources, including communities which have been systemically disadvantaged. The package amounts listed are a baseline figure. People who can afford to pay more are encouraged to do so, to help offset work for low income clients. If the minimum suggested contribution rates above are beyond your reach, please contact Nala to discuss a discounted package. Space available as funding allows.
CANCELLATION POLICY
If you cannot make a scheduled session, it is ideal that you reschedule one week in advance–two days minimum notice is required. Cancellations made within 48 hours of scheduled appointment will be responsible for the compensation amounts previously arranged.
On the rare occasion that Nala Walla needs to cancel a session within 48 hours, the session will be rescheduled, and you will be offered one gratis session as gratitude for your flexibility.
My clients are truly extraordinary folks:
Healers & change-makers, teachers & seekers, weepers & wailers of the most impressive kind. People who FEEL oh so deeply, even to the very edges of our sanity. People who understand we do this work primarily for our ancestors, our descendants, and our animal-vegetal-mycelial kin, rather than for “self-improvement.” People who are willing to venture into deep waters, knowing this is a requirement for learning to swim.
People who are ready to get real about what we are facing in these mythic times – nothing less than the transformation of humanity.
I have profound respect, love and gratitude for each and every person that I work with.
—>>> Nala Walla
If the above describes you, let’s schedule a meet -n- greet to see if we are a “fit” for working together.