Alyona is a holistic psychotherapist, mentor, ceremonialist, and group facilitator devoted to living a life that blooms with radiant compassion and service to the sacred. 

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Her calling towards exploring the mystical realms and embodying a vocation within the healing arts was precipitated by personal suffering and familial hardship in her formative years. As an immigrant child, leaving her homeland of Ukraine and moving to the west coast of Canada at the age of seven, she was confronted with having to inhabit a tender and unfamiliar space of liminality. This life-altering event and the symbolic essence of living on the edge, prophesised a way of being that would be nourished by traveling through the inner wild landscapes of consciousness and the outer terrains of this wondrous earth. Required by the powers of Destiny to recognize home and belonging not as a geographical place, but rather, as a way of living on the edges of convention, Alyona now senses her rootedness within the unfolding and ever-evolving path of her heart. 

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In her professional life, Alyona has embodied the role of the wounded healer for over 15+ years, working as a dementia support aid, a social worker in prisons and with the homeless, a career counselor and life coach, and in the past five years as the co-founder of A Healing Bridge with her beloved husband, Alexandre.  

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Through A Healing Bridge, Alyona offers soul-nourishing support and empowerment for seekers (individuals, couples & groups) on the psycho-spiritual journey, and is passionate about exploring the areas of sexuality and spirituality; intimacy, love and relationships; grief and death; power, shadow and conflict; and transformation through the intentional use of psychedelics and plant medicines. Her style and approach is best suited to individuals who are engaging in self-inquiry, are seeking greater authenticity in their relationships, have a calling to deepen in ceremonial/spiritual/ancestral practice, and feel inspired to commit to the life-long quest of healing, becoming, and thriving.

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Her most notable trainings include a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work with a Child Welfare Specialization from the University of Victoria; 2-year post-graduate specialist training in Holistic Counselling & Psychotherapy through the Metavision Institute where she was awarded High Achievement; 4+ years of training with Grof Holotropic Breathwork & Transpersonal Psychology; 3-year apprenticeship and training in Psychedelic Therapy Training (now called Ecstatic Mysticism) through the AWE Foundation; and over 12+ years of in-depth work (ceremonies, dietas, and initiations) with various healers and medicine-carriers specializing in healing methods with master plants and shamanic technologies in Australia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Gabon. 

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In addition to her work with A Healing Bridge, Alyona serves as the Visionary Program Director for Ecstatic Mysticism, a project from the AWE Foundation since 2023. She lives in the Sacred Valley of Peru with her life-partner, Alexandre, dog-soulmate, Nala, and trickster cat, Hampi where she offers online sessions and workshops, and in-person ceremonies and retreats to individuals from all around the world.

 

To learn more about Alyona’s approach to healing and soul-work, please visit the Holistic Psychotherapy page or the Psychedelic & Plant Medicine Integration page.