Selome Araya

“I completely transformed internally during the time I worked with Selome! Working with her was the best decision I ever made! The Healing at the Root program changed my life. I came into it storing a lot of pain, trauma, and anxiety. Through this program though, I watched as things that I thought would never change about me be released and transmuted into healing, wholeness, love, compassion, gratitude, joy, and peace. 

Prior to meeting Selome, I was already working towards healing; however, there were certain mental traps I couldn’t free myself from. I initially signed up for a one time Reiki Healing + Holistic Counseling session and that was such a transformative and eye opening experience. There was a shift in my spirit after that day and I finally understood how much pain and trauma I was holding on to, mine and those from my lineage. I knew I had more work to do after that session. A couple of months later I felt called to pursue the Healing at the Root program. I knew before even starting that this would be the most important investment I would ever make, investing in my inner work. 

When we started, Selome helped me set clear intentions. This included everything from my emotional health, to familial/ancestral health, to diet/wellness, spiritual and mental health, habits, practices and more. Sitting down and writing up all the things that I wanted to transmute felt exciting. Yet at the same time, it was a bit overwhelming because I thought there was no way I could change so many aspects about myself in such a short amount of time. Selome kept reminding me that all of it was possible and to trust myself and the process. I leaned into that and allowed myself to surrender.

The program was incredible but I will say that it was far from easy. There were so many moments where I felt drained, defeated, sad, tired, and at times in more pain than I ever felt before. I needed to get to the root of where all this pain was stored in order to free myself from it, which I was able to tangibly experience in many of the healing sessions. I had to go deep and extract memories that hurt. I came face to face with abandonment, anxiety, attachment, fear, and my people-pleasing tendencies. And also got to really see where I was also carrying some pain traumas from my parents and lineage. I felt like everywhere I turned I was being tested. What I realized though is in order for things to be released and transmuted, they must be experienced and felt. Yet through all of it, I never was or felt alone because Selome was there to support me every step of the way! 

In this process, I also connected with my spirit guides (my ancestors) through Reiki and this healing work. I connected with my grandparents and great grandmother. I never met them in the physical world, I actually didn’t know anything about them until I opened up to Reiki and continued to tap into my ability to connect. They shared their stories with me and they would continue to remind me that I’m protected, safe, and loved. When the healing journey got difficult, they would remind me of my power and that I have the strength to keep going and supported me through those moments. And I continue to connect with them through my meditation practice. Forming relationships with my ancestors has been the deepest form of love I have ever experienced. 

There came a point where I noticed that I was letting go of things that used to torment me. I felt free from those mental traps. My anxiety, which used to be debilitating at times, no longer was present. When Selome and I did our review at the end of the program, I was amazed at how every intention I set came true and that everything that I wanted to release and transmute happened for me. I realized how powerful and magical this work is. When things come up now, which they do (though very infrequently now), I have the tools to deal with them from a place of presence and love, and practices and new habits that help keep me feeling balanced. Working with Selome changed the course of my whole life. She guided me towards sovereignty and peace and I am so deeply grateful for her.” ”

“After engaging in talk therapy to treat depression and anxiety years ago, I was seeking support in healing with a more holistic and spiritual approach and came across Selome’s Healing at the Root program. I started the program wanting to release self-limiting beliefs and unhealthy fears, develop healthier lifestyle patterns, shift unhealthy relationship patterns, and heal lingering symptoms of depression and anxiety. “Healing at the Root” is absolutely the perfect name for this program— I have healed things on the deepest levels and gained tools that now make me feel empowered as life continues. It’s really hard to put into words how the program transformed me, but my journey through Selome’s Healing at the Root program has truly been life-changing. Selome’s loving and intuitive guidance has helped me to make the biggest personal transformation I’ve ever experienced. I also opened up to a deep and powerful connection with my ancestors and spirit guides that was transformative and helped me to make decisions for myself that are aligned with my inner guidance rather than external considerations.. Selome helped me to be clear about my goals and helped me to be accountable to myself and celebrate all of my victories along the way. Selome was always there to help me think of shifts in behaviors, thinking and practices that felt manageable to me, was never judgmental, and celebrated every victory along the way (even those that I didn’t realize were victories at the time). Through our weekly sessions, I began to understand myself in new and deeper ways. I truly don’t have adequate words to explain all of the ways in which Selome’s guidance transformed my life, but I am so grateful that our paths crossed in this way”

““My energy healing session with Selome felt like an exorcism! I felt some kneading and pulling. I felt a knot rolling around in my womb. It felt heavy. Then I became overwhelmed with grief and sorrow. I was trying to fight it because it wasn’t comfortable. I didn’t want to let go of whatever was moving inside of me. I was fighting back tears and I started trembling. I couldn’t believe how all of a sudden I was feeling so heavy with pain. I knew what was coming up was old pain I was carrying from childhood, but I intuitively knew it wasn’t all mine, I could feel that it was my parents and ancestors pain that I had been holding too. I focused on my breathing, exhaled slowly and more tears came. It was intense but I knew I had to let go of what I had been holding. I felt an ancestor (my mom’s spirit) come in and support me through it. I felt hot all over my body. Then I felt something being pulled out of me. I could feel it was deep buried old pain and trauma coming out. And then I felt relief. I felt high, tired and drained but I felt a lightness in my womb. I never knew I could feel so light and open! “My energy healing session with Selome felt like an exorcism! I felt some kneading and pulling. I felt a knot rolling around in my womb and sacral chakra. It felt heavy. Then I became overwhelmed with grief and sorrow. I was trying to fight it because it wasn’t comfortable. I didn’t want to let go of whatever was moving inside of me. I was fighting back tears and I started trembling. I couldn’t believe how all of a sudden I was feeling so heavy with pain. I knew what was coming up was old pain I was carrying from childhood, but I intuitively knew it wasn’t all mine, I could feel that it was my parents and ancestors pain that I had been holding too. I focused on my breathing, exhaled slowly and more tears came. It was intense but I knew I had to let go of what I had been holding. I felt an ancestor (my mom’s spirit) come in and support me through it. I felt hot all over my body. Then I felt something being pulled out of me. I could feel it was deep buried old pain and trauma coming out. And then I felt relief. I felt high, tired and drained but I felt a lightness in my womb. I never knew I could feel so light and open! In the beginning I also felt on my crown chakra a very airy and euphoric feeling. It felt like a shower for my brain. This experience definitely unlocked layers of healing for me!””

““I reached out to Selome because I was feeling called to do ancestral connection and healing work, to develop connection with a spirit guide and heal the difficult connection with my father who had passed on. I knew I wanted to work with Selome because I’ve done work with her before and it just felt so magical and profound that I knew that this was the guide I wanted to work with.

When we started the spirit guide who came through in my sessions pretty quickly was my maternal grandmother. And what ended up happening was this connection to my grandmother, feeling her presence with me, hearing messages from her during sessions and afterwards, noticing her sending me signs here and there, and just feeling a connection to something higher than myself. I also see my grandmother in my dreams now, and see and feel her when I partake in my practices like yoga or meditation. I was shocked at how straightforward it was for me to develop this connection with her! I also remember asking my grandmother for another sign that she was watching over me. I started to notice that she would send me messages in the form of birds often, like anytime I felt like I was struggling, I would notice a bird that would fly into my line of vision. I felt her energy communicating, “I am watching”. And I felt suddenly just stronger, emboldened, connected.

There were times where I felt her orchestrating things too. I’ve had a challenging relationship with my mom (my grandmothers daughter). And then once I started connecting with my grandma, and working with Selome, I noticed a palpable shift in my relationship with my mom, where she would reach out to me and it would feel very different. It felt like she was genuinely trying to see me and hear me and there was a lot of healing there. And I know that this work and my grandmother had something to do with it.

And then I thought, since my grandmother had passed away and transitioned into being a spirit guide, maybe my dad would be the same for me. And in working with Selome, I realized that I don’t necessarily have to connect with the spirit of my father in the same way but that he could be a healing point, and not necessarily a spirit guide. And during our sessions I was able to let go of a lot of the resentment, anger, frustration, hatred that I felt towards him. And it felt lighter, I felt like I wasn’t energetically carrying all of those hurt feelings from childhood anymore, and was able to let him be in his own humanity as a spirit and as somebody who has transitioned. And it felt powerful to forge this kind of connection with him that was more of a connection through forgiveness.””

“My Reiki sessions with Selome have been transformative, to say the least! My first reiki experience was fascinating as it took me back to various moments in my childhood where blocked or forgotten traumatic childhood memories resurfaced and came back to me (both happy and challenging memories). It was extremely intense because there were so many memories that were buried deep in my subconscious but were coming up to be felt and released. It was physically intense and my body was shaking uncontrollably as the energy was looking for a way out. Through Selome’s facilitation, I could feel it release from me and the feeling of it being pulled out. I felt it leaving my body at almost every chakra center and I was able to release the stored trauma. As it was leaving my body, I could sense it engulf the space around us. It was such a powerful experience since I had never before felt or witnessed letting go of stored energy that created unconscious pain. During our post-Reiki conversation, Selome explained the current life regression and energetic extraction that I experienced during the session. I realized how much I was holding onto, however, not all of it was mine. I physically and emotionally felt lighter post that first experience and it set the foundation for how I could release stored energy in me. I started to understand that some traumas were passed down through my lineage, and during the session I started to connect with my spirit guides and ancestors directly for the first time in my life helping me with the healing. They have helped me to continue to heal things from our lineage and support me in my daily life!


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