Daniel Leonard
“In the early light of morning, quietly say to your life what you long for, allowing the energy of your dreams, your soul’s wishes to shine through. What did you always want to do? Affirm it as you see it. Your life is your poetry”
Daniel Leonard
Storyteller, Practitioner & Teacher in Reiki and Shamanism
Daniel is a Reiki & shamanic practitioner and teacher with over twenty five years of practice and is the owner of The Medicine Circle - a school offering training in Reiki and shamanic practice. Daniel speaks English, French and Spanish.
He has extensive experience in one on one treatments and group work. Since 1996, he has helped hundreds of people heal and recover from traumas and other ailments through his work with Reiki, Soul Retrieval and other shamanic healing. Daniel is also a mentor and teacher to many shamanic apprentices.
Daniel has had ongoing weekly training over the last twenty years with four Toronto Usui Shiki Ryoho Masters (Bernard Morin, Sheryl Kerman, Karen Hill) and was initiated as a Reiki Master by Anita Levin in June of 2016.
Daniel trained in Soul Retrieval with Sandra Ingerman, the author of Soul Retrieval in 1999 and he is also listed as a practitioner and certified teacher on Sandra Ingerman's website shamanicteachers.com
Daniel also trained with the Foundation for Shamanic Studies in Mill Valley, California. Since 1996 he has built a set of healing skills in Extraction, Divination, Psychopomp, and general shamanic practice.
Daniel teaches Reiki Workshops, a One Year Initiation in Shamanic Healing and provides a continued long term apprenticeship program (Two Year Advanced Shamanism Apprenticeship) in shamanism for the graduates of the One Year Initiation. Daniel lives on Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada and teaches and practices in Salt Spring and Toronto.
Daniel has been practicing Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism since 1999. For many years he has been alcohol & drug-free. Through his practice, he studied in himself and through his work with others the effects of trauma and the links between trauma, soul loss and addictions. Using Reiki, Shamanic Healing and Buddhism Daniel overcame lifelong depression, bullying and abuse traumas and wounds and he continues to work through the many layers of addictive behaviours. Shamanic Healing and Reiki have also helped him greatly by inspiring many of his creative endeavors and projects.
About shamanism:
A shamanic practitioner treats the spiritual aspect of illness helping clients return to a state of wholeness and balance while developing positive, healthy, supportive patterns. This type of healing is particularly helpful for the treatment of traumas such as sexual, physical & emotional abuse, accidents, loss, long term depression and grief. Shamanic healing can also be helpful to clear unwanted energy in a home and to provide healing for land and places.
Experience
Training in shamanism - since 1996
Daniel trained with Sandra Ingerman the author of Soul Retrieval, Mending the Fragmented Self Sandra Ingerman is a world renowned shaman, author and shamanic teacher.
Daniel is a graduate of Sandra Ingerman's 2 Year Teacher Training and he is listed as a teacher on Sandra Ingerman's teacher website and The 1 Year Program in Shamanic Healing is also listed on Shamanic Teachers.com
Daniel also trained with the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, Mill Valley, California, courses and initiations by Michael Harner, PhD, Alicia Gates and Sharon Van Raalte Ma. Michael Harner is one of the foremost authorities in the world on shamanism and has authored the book The way of the shaman and numerous papers on shamanism and modern life.
A shamanic practitioner is also trained by his own spirit helpers. Since the beginning of his practice, Daniel's helping spirits have provided him with many compassionate healings, initiations & challenges, insights and healing visions for himself and others. They, in effect, have trained him on an on-going basis over the years. The spirit helpers are always the ones who do the healing, Daniel is merely the hollow bone and the messenger.
Traditional training in Reiki in the Usui Healing System since 1994
Daniel has trained with 4 different Toronto Reiki Master since 1994 and was initiated in first and second degree in 1996 by Bernie Morin and Cheryl Kerman. After twenty years of Reiki practice, Daniel was initiated as a Reiki Master in June of 2016. Since 1996, Reiki has been a personal healing path for Daniel. Daniel teaches traditional lineage Reiki (USUI SHIKI RYOHO www.thereikialliance.com ) training classes and offers private Reiki sessions.
