"Ramanja is just amazing. So approachable and makes an instant connection. She definitely has magic.”

I am a healer, a medicine woman and a witch. I am here to activate Queen/King energy and support you in your sovereign process.

My name is Ramanja but it used to be Jacs. I was a costume designer and stylist in Hackney with my own club night on the side. Not the most traditional route to shamanism…

I was a wild party girl with several addictions and low self esteem but everything looked shiny and successful on the outside. I managed to live like that for a long time until I went through a bereavement 13 years ago and fell into a clinical depression. I tried lots of holistic therapies but it didn't work and I ended up on SSRI medication which also didn’t work - my mental health declined further. I began self harming, the meds went up until I reached an emergency point. My doctor said the next step would be for me to be admitted to hospital, he asked me to have a really good think about everything and come back to talk in a week.

That day changed me, it was as if a light turned on and I realised the mess I was in. I began to kick, to fight for my life, something very old and strong started to whisper to me, a strength came from deep inside and I listened. I had followed all the holistic advice, been through various counselling methods and eventually followed my doctor’s advice for medication. I had done everything I was supposed to and now my mental health was in a far worse state than at the beginning of treatment.

I received a strong message that day - to find shamans and plant medicine. I had no idea how or who to go to but I trusted this deep knowing so much I came off all my medication. (Not easy but SSRI’s are lethal with some plants so that was a great incentive!) After much research I found the right shamans for me, went to the Sacred Valley and drank plant medicine for 10 days.

That was the end of my depression.

Since then I have been on a mega journey - it was never my intention to work as a healer or medicine woman, infact it was the last thing I ever wanted to do. I was frightened of the responsibility and I also knew that shaman training was pretty relentless with long periods of isolation in the jungle - absolutely no way, not for me, no thank you basically.

And yet here I am, first I had to go through my own gruelling healing process (or the first few layers) and then I began to train in energy healing, still I saw this as personal development and nothing to do with others. I carried on drinking medicine to deal with my own problems and gradually people started to ask me for healings. Then they began to ask me for moon ceremonies and at full moon I would often have a friend or two at my house with their friend from work who is ‘like you’. And so it grew and grew - an old fashion friend from Hackney contacted me offering an amazing venue for free to hold moon ceremonies - she said “I know what you are doing, I have been watching you on social media - can I help?” I remember how much this touched me, I was very nervous but we arranged the first full moon ceremony and 40 women came. I was shaking with nerves at the start yet soon relaxed and found I was in my element.

My styling and costume work became so boring to me it was almost painful. I would sit in production meetings with my spirit guides by my side telling me to work as a healer - it became unbearable. I was so scared to leave the career I had worked so hard for and which had once delighted me - but I knew I was going to do it and leave behind my successful studio, team, luxe lifestyle and all the stress and glamour.

I had drunk medicine for years with several shamans in Peru and had my first trip to the jungle under my belt, but this was different. I am very grateful for these early experiences but none were a student/teacher fit. Much to the shock and dismay of my family and some colleagues I sold all my possessions, packed a big rucksack and headed to the Amazon. One friend asked what on earth was I doing and how would I find my teacher in the jungle. I just smiled and reassured her the message was so strong I trusted it completely and would find them.

I found my teachers 12 days after I arrived in Peru. I have spent many winters in the jungle with them, a shipibo tribe who took my training and understanding to a whole new level. I am very grateful to the family for this time and these experiences. These teachers weaved the bridge for me to my specialist plant Bobinsana and the connection was made to my soul plant. My other specialists are Mapacho, Guayusa, Blue Lotus, Rose and the Butterfly Pea.

I became nomadic for 3 years with no permanent house - I would move around energetic centres from the Amazon to the Andes to Joshua Tree and Glastonbury. Sometimes I would call my best friend from the jungle and tell her I was running out of money - she would soon rustle up a month of sewing or filming work for me and I would pop back to London or Bristol to get funds. There are many friends and family members who made this nomadic time possible, without their kindness and hospitality I would never have been able to study and train.

I have now settled in the Alpujarra mountains of Andalucia after 4 years in Ibiza - what a ride! My time in Ibiza was a huge transformation - the island holds the most exquisite magnetic transformative portal. During my time there I connected to my Sirian family, Isis, Mary Magdelene and my ability to sing and speak codes from Lyra and Sirius. I designed and developed 3 medicines on the island and created my Queen/sovereignty work.

My work is varied - I see it in 3 areas: my 1-1 healing and clearing sessions, my shamanic dieta courses and ceremonies with the plants and my Queen/King work - teaching and supporting others in their sovereign process.

I work in Ibiza and the UK holding 5-6 retreats a year, teaching courses online, holding both public and private medicine ceremonies and sharing my story of transformation to help others. I love to collaborate - I often work with Rebecca, a psychedelic integration therapist, and Faye an incredible medicine woman.

I feel blessed to be walking this path. I don’t think I am a regular healer (I still have the occasional margarita) - I do not teach love and light for the shadow must be integrated, accepted and loved to proceed. I think my clients like my straight talking, jargon-free approach and they like my ‘normalness’ and playful/don’t take yourself so seriously mindset.

I think my absolute favourite these days is my Queen/King work and to sing - I pretty much sing everyday whether in ceremony or in my garden! My other love is to introduce those who are new to healing and the plants, to be a bridge and to take great care of them. Healing is for everybody and I am here to help you help yourself.

Love from Ramanja