Dani Doucette
Certified Professional Coach
Neo-Shamanic Astrologer
Cancer Crescent Moon, Taurus Rising, Gemini Sun
My Road to Astrology
& Neo-Shamanism
My experience with the esoteric arts began, like many Westerners, in yoga class. I was a 20-something professional in New York City in the late 90’s looking for a social and healthy activity. I recall now how my first yoga instructor cracked open a doorway of inner exploration that I would wait more than a decade to nudge open.
Fast forward to my early 40’s when I first read the Tao Te Ching and attended an intensive buddhist meditation retreat. That same year I traveled to the Peruvian Amazon and visited a curandero who performed a profound psychic healing. At that point I took one step through that doorway, establishing a twice-daily meditation practice.
Now I’d found my appetite!. In a short period of a few years I became an avid spiritual tourist jumping from workshop to workshop. The beauty of this time was my wonderfully open Beginner’s Mind. I learned and practiced reiki, core shamanism, the akashic records, and the tarot. All beautiful in their own way!
Then my Beginner’s Mind calcified and I quit being a spiritual tourist.
During the Great Pandemic, I hosted semi-monthly guided meditation video events to support others in that time of fear and isolation. This organic experience served as the basis of my Healeology practice today which is fundamentally and necessarily experiential. At this same time, I first began to self-study in astrology.
My Gemini Sun mind is capable of absorbing large amounts of disparate information and discovering patterns and connections. I surveyed the many different schools of astrology and drew upon my core shamanism training to connect with Spirit and discern my own distinctive practice. This is how “Healeology” and its “MoonHeart cycle” were born.
Today I move through the world seeking opportunity to shine my Light, serving humbly as a link in the chain of Humankind’s growth, and offering my neo-shamanic astrology readings and rituals to those who wish to join and experience.
NEO-SHAMANISM: a modern, eclectic practice whereby non-indigenous Westerners adapt ancient techniques of connecting with spirit in support of personal growth and healing while carefully avoiding cultural appropriation
My journey into astrology as a practice of self-mastery and the path to encounter our soul’s purpose has been guided primarily by intuitive wisdom and the raw, beautiful truths found within the landscape of consciousness.
Like a wolf, I thrive in guiding others through their unique terrain, offering direct, insightful support to help you navigate challenges and discover your inherent power and path.
Typical of my lone wolf nature, I have primarily self-studied in astrology, combing carefully through many classic texts, observing the works of reputable experts, and experimenting on a daily basis with the charts. My approach is informed by stoicism, daoism, hermeticism, qabalah, and the esoteric, evolutionary, and shamanic branches of astrology.
My approach is both co-creative and practical, and in this sense transforms into a neo-shamanic practice. I utilize a theta drum beat to surrender back into a light trance, access inner consciousness, and connect with the cosmic essences swirling around us and through us, including energies emitted by our local planetary allies.
I invite you to explore your unique journey through the MoonHeart Cycles. Cut through the noise, offering clear, honest guidance, protecting the sacred space of your exploration.
Evidence-Based Coaching
Professionally trained and certified in leadership and life coaching in accordance with the standards of the International Coaching Federation.
Master-level Holy Fire Reiki
Trained in reiki energy healing, and verified to teach, having completed master-level Holy Fire Reiki™ conceived by William Rand.
Core Shamanism Practice
Completed “Way of the Shaman,” “Shamanic Extraction Healing Training,” and “Shamanism, Dying, & Beyond,” conceived by Michael Harner.
Tarot
Self-studied the tarot for long years and practice daily with Radiant Wise Spirit™ and Quantum Tarot 2.0™.
Astrology
Self-studied astrology and apply to daily meditations, cultivating special affinity for Moon and Uranus energies.
Medicine Wheel
Adapted concepts of the medicine wheel taught by Sun Bear to create a modern tool to guide spirit journeys.
my Reawakening story
My reawakening story begins in a similar way as with other skeptical westerners. In 2009 I traveled to the Peruvian Amazon where I visited an indigenous healer. He performed a simple ceremony, no psychedelics involved, and I experienced a relevatory moment. A few months later, I attended my first weekend meditation workshop, based on buddhist practices as translated for contemporary westerners. From that time, I maintained a meditation practice over the course of ten years. Little by little I learned different techniques, and allowed myself to be playful and experiment.
My early experience with meditation proved healing and empowering. It helped me awaken my own inner Healer. I came to understand that am a Highly Sensitive Person, an empath, clairsentient, divine gender-queer, and, importantly, wolf-spirited. My healing journey has been exceedingly beautiful, carrying me through the study and practice of yoga, mindfulness, visualization, reiki, animism, neo-shamanism, the tarot, the akashic records, and astrology. All of these influences show up in my work today as a psycho-spiritual astrologer.
Explore Your Inner Landscape
you are not alone on this passage along life’s journey