Rachelle Cornelius

“Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion.” ~Bell Hooks, Social Justice Educator and Writer Mission My mission is to guide people on a journey of rediscovery, inspiration, and communion with their most authentic, essential selves or Spirit—grounded in love, play, humility, diversity, compassion, creativity, deep connection with the Earth, conscious community, and vital inner wisdom of our lost parts. As a part of this, we acknowledge our interdependence with the ecosystem of the Earth or cosmos and that we flourish when all parts of the whole also thrive. In this way, we acknowledge that transformation, healing, and evolution are not outcomes or destinations of our own human making but rather a lifelong sacred journey that we must hold tenderly and fiercely in our hearts each moment of our lives and humble ourselves with the benevolent forces around us. “When we heal the Earth, we heal ourselves.” ~David Orr, Environmental Justice Educator and Writer Who I Work With Often, I find that humans have accumulated a myriad of wounds from various sources and in various stages of healing which seem to occlude access to our essential Self. Each wound and the history of a person necessitates nuanced, personalized approaches to healing that must primarily be oriented by the inner healer or essential Self. Many people I work with have been in counseling and are already relatively rooted and resourced on their healing journey but are now seeking deeper integration, expression, and expansion of their life purpose. I am called to work with people who are ready to journey beyond what is familiar and seek an extraordinary life by unlocking the creative potential of their essential Self and have a burning passion to manifest their gifts in this world as acts of service. I am often honored to guide people who identify as talented and gifted in unusual and creative ways, neurodivergent, queer, healers, visionaries, dancers, artists, and psychedelic and spiritual explorers. My Approach Through a unique and potent blend of ancient perennial wisdom and modern healing practices, my work encourages both personal and collective transformation, healing, and evolution. I have had a multi-faceted career history in health and wellness as a personal trainer, wellness and life coach, emergency medicine, wilderness guide/teacher, therapist/counselor, business owner. Simultaneously, I have been on my own labyrinthine journey of transformation, healing, and evolution with a paradox between my earlier work and my health serving as the crucible which has informed and transformed my offerings into the 5 Pillars that CSC is operating with today. During my work of over 15 years as a professional psychotherapist while simultaneously tending to my own healing, I have witnessed firsthand, in myself and my clients, the limitations and sometimes even harmfulness of conventional approaches of western psychotherapy and medicine. I have also personally experienced and witnessed the transformative power of integrating alternative modalities that nurture a reconnection to and reawakening of our essential Self. On my journey, I have played with a variety of somatic paths, feeling how they each have distinct expressions in my body, including assorted forms of dance and yoga to some of my favorite somatic practices such as Continuum and BodyMind Centering. The heart of my healing is further woven into my connection with the Earth through ecotherapy and nature based meditation, art, ritual, and wilderness solos. I have studied Yoga philosophy for over 25 years and it is a life long practice for me. CSC mission, vision, and operations has been created based on Yoga philosophy and I strive to find the elements and wisdom of Yoga in each moment of all that I do. Dance is also a life long exploration for me and is the primary modality of my expressive arts practices but in practice I also love seeing beauty and art everywhere and seeing how the practice and symbolism can reflect insight back to me. More recently, in the last several years, I have been exploring the value of interconnectivity in community human, nature, and others types as well as animist, archetypal, alchemical, and energetic healing as well as environmental and social justice practices in the world. “Enchantment is the oldest form of medicine.” ~Carl Jung, Archetypal Psychologist My Journey My life and healing journey has taken many twists and turns, but the golden thread of healing for me has been a rediscovery of the glimmers of my essential Self. From my early connections with the Earth, animals, and dance to my exploration of an eclectic blend of approaches to healing throughout my life. My own healing journey started at a young age has continued throughout my life as I work to understand, integrate and ultimately transmute the impact of multiple traumas, both as a child and adult, invisible chronic pain and illness, neurodivergence, and emerging queer identity to awaken the gifts buried within my wounds. My healing journey today focuses on healing my dissociation with the Divine Feminine and associated practices such as intuition and energy healing. I have also been exploring how the deep historical shadow of my culture is impacting my health and wellbeing through spiritual estrangement from the land, plants, animals and cosmos, the wounds of privilege and soul suppression associated with my ancestral lineage connection to dissociation, violence, oppression, extraction, colonization, patriarchy, genocide, and slavery. I acknowledge the disproportionate and deep impact of these forces on People of the Global Majority and my intention is that my offerings will humbly contribute to a larger transformative, healing, and ultimately global evolution. At this time in the western psyche, the re-emergence of our cultural, ancestral, environmental, and spiritual healing is becoming an undeniable essential part of our personal and collective healing journey. I have a deep and ancient love for the intersection between the Earth, Cosmos, and Spirit and am a lifetime lover of esoteric learning, visionary entrepreneur, writer, novice musician, dancer, and Yogi. As I venture to combine my healing path with my work, I now envision my role primarily as a guide/coach and steward of healing, transformation, and evolution. Essentially, I serve to support someone along their journey to cultivate more deeply interconnected wise relationships between humans, the Earth, plants, animals, elements, cosmos, and the indwelling Spirit and inner healer within us all as well as wise relationships with the lost, dark, shadowy, creative, light, and inspirational parts of ourselves. Honoring interconnectivity of these wise relationships provides the potential for ALL to experience radical liberation of our unique inherent gifts and sparks of our Spirit. If you're ready to explore the depths of your inner landscape and bring your unique medicine into the world, I’d be honored to walk alongside you. “In many shamanic societies, if you came to a medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask one of four questions: "When did you stop dancing? When did you stop singing? When did you stop being enchanted by stories? When did you stop being comforted by the sweet territory of silence?” ~Gabrielle Roth, Dancer, Musician, and Creator of 5 Rhythms