Soul Mapping, Moon Cycles, and Astro Reiki with Vanja Banks

04/26/24 • 63 min

I have a fabulous guest on today’s episode. I connected with Vanja Banks through my karmic astrology mentor and past guest on the podcast, Vika Bradford. As Vanja says, she’s a healer who brings the cosmos down to Earth. (Be sure to read to the bottom because Vanja is offering my listeners some very generous discounts on her products and services 💖)

I had a very unique astrology reading with Vanja that we talk about on the episode. It was so insightful that I knew I wanted to share her and her gifts with all of you. Vanja is a beautiful example of looking at what we loved In childhood or our early years and finding our purpose and passion so we can live them throughout our lives. In this episode we covered a variety of topics, including:
✨ Bridging physical and emotional healing
✨ Where she looked for connection and spirituality in her early life
✨ What led to her love of plants and astrology (you’ll love this combination and what she’s created from it!)
✨ How she connected with her inner child and did the healing work she didn’t know she needed
✨ How learning to live by the Moon helped her heal imbalances in her life
✨ What a progressed Moon is and how it affects us
✨ What our Moon sign represents and how we can use that information on our healing journey
✨ Using herbal tea as a self-care and healing tool - even in a bath!
✨ Where to look to create rituals to help you heal
✨ Using the four elements for healing (my workshop, Illuminate Your Healing Codes will show you which elements you’re designed to work with)
✨ Examples of rituals you can easily incorporate into your life to help you heal
✨ Using the phases of the Moon on your healing journey (there are apps you can use to track this so you don’t need to know how to look it up!)
✨ How Vanja creates Astro Reiki experiences specific to each client - this is fascinating and very unique!
✨ The insights I had in the Soul Map reading I had with Vanja
✨ Why we are not victims of life and life’s circumstances and how astrology can help empower us to make more informed choices

Vanja is a Trauma-Informed Spiritual Astrologer, Reiki (Level 2) Practitioner, 200hr Yoga Teacher, and Herbalist, operating on the belief that everything is energy.

She applies her learned experience & wisdom to restore energetic harmony and promote holistic healing by helping others cultivate a deep connection to their authentic Self.

Having grown up in war-torn Yugoslavia and immigrating to Canada at the age of 10, Vanja's path has been one of unlearning & healing trauma to find her way back to her authenticity, power, and passions.

As a generational cycle breaker, healer and teacher, she works intimately with clients & shares her wisdom through courses to help them reclaim lost parts of themselves, step into their power, and follow their own path, free of societal conditioning and familial patterns.
Connect with Vanja on her website or on Instagram
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Vanja is a Trauma-Informed Spiritual Astrologer, Reiki (Level 2) Practitioner, 200hr Yoga Teacher, and Herbalist, operating on the belief that everything is energy.

She applies her learned experience & wisdom to restore energetic harmony and promote holistic healing by helping others cultivate a deep connection to their authentic Self.

Previous Episode

The Cosmic Connection: A Journey Through the Cosmic Houses

If you've ever looked at your birth chart, it can be overwhelming with all the symbols, colors, and lines! And yet, everything on it has deep significance for us, including when we're on a healing journey.
I've talked in many episodes about the Full Moons and New Moons in various signs. I've talked about the planets in various signs. But there's another layer that's specific to each person, and that's the areas of life represented by the astrological Houses.
As always, I make this understandable and relatable for you. Each House represents a different area of life, and each one tells us something about ourselves based on the sign that's in the House, as well as the planets and other placements in each House, if any.
If you'd like to schedule your Karmic Soul Reading, you can click here.

Next Episode

Ending Always Bring New Beginnings

This episode has been brewing inside of me for several months, and it's finally time to release it.
They say the only thing constant in life is change, and that's certainly been my experience. In this episode, I share the journey of the Grief With Grace Podcast, and why it's time to bring it to completion.
Did I just say that? Yes, I did. It's very tender and bittersweet, and yet to ignore the guidance of my Soul would be in direct opposition to what I believe and know, and the messages I've shared over the past 4 years.
However, that does not mean this is the end of the podcast! Not at all. It means that it's time for it to grow and evolve, just like we do. Our creations are living, breathing energies - just like we are.
In this episode I share why the podcast is changing, why it can be so difficult to complete something like this, as well as what's next.
On the eve of the New Moon in Taurus, I invite you to look at what's ready to come to completion in your life, and then set intentions on the New Moon for things you'd like to create and manifest in your life around all the Taurus themes like beauty, material comfort, being more grounded, and sensuality.
If you'd like to schedule a Karmic Soul Profile reading with me, click here. I have a few spots open for May and June.
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While ending Grief With Grace is truly bittersweet, I'm so excited to birth the new podcast and share it with you! Stay tuned ✨