The founder of Igniting Spirit, Karen Hefner, sincerely strives to facilitate and guide each client's healing and learning in a gentle and loving way.
Karen Hefner, MA, MS, ShD
“Each person on this planet is a perfect being, a bright, shining light, a beautiful soul wrapped in human form. Our experiences in this life can be challenging, rewarding, and empowering when approached from a place of love and balance. Igniting Spirit strives to offer assistance in finding that balance. Each encounter and every healing is as distinct and extraordinary as the individuals involved.”
Karen is an Usui/Tibetan, Holy Fire®, and Karuna Reiki Master, holds Master’s degrees in Science and in the Arts, a Doctoral degree in Shamanism, is certified as a Life Coach, an Angelic Guidance Counselor® and is a certified F.I.R.E.walk Facilitator. Her background also includes teaching ceremony and shamanic practices, and channeling the Mystery School teachings at LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism and Energy Medicine.
Karen is a powerful creator and facilitator of ceremony: Firewalks, house/land blessings and clearings, setting grids, wedding ceremonies, and other unique and personal ceremonies. She is also a minister, cancer survivor, mother, and grandmother.
Deeply invested in the areas of healing and personal growth, Karen gently guides people toward their own innate health and happiness through education, ceremony, soul retrieval, extraction work, and Reiki. Karen’s intention is to assist clients and students in finding their soul’s path, their true self, their source of power and freedom. She offers this with deep gratitude to her teachers, spirit guides, and the native healers and communities who have been so generous with their teaching, healing, and ceremonies.
Kind Words from Colleagues, Clients, and Students
Karen is a magnificent facilitator. She holds space in such a profound way and is able to empower each participant, while meeting them where they are at, accepting each individual as they come to the circle. She creates a safe container and brings immense knowledge and experience. I highly recommend joining her classes, circles, and ceremonies.
Blessings, Katie Jagiello, California
What incredible healing took place for me this weekend. The fear that was holding me back is gone now because today I jumped … and did I ever SOAR! Karen, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your words of encouragement. My relationship with you is so important to me. I’ll say it again from a place of profound gratitude, thank you for not quitting on me. Your work with me has changed my life. I think you know that because you’ve watched me transform. : )))
Rava, San Felipe, Mexico
I must say....you are AMAZING. Your presence is Gorgeous and Grounding and Regal. I am beyond grateful to sit at your feet and learn 🙏🏽🤍
Have a wonderful weekend! Erica Kafka, Portland, Oregon
I feel so passionate about people hearing themselves! To tap into their own light. And, truly, I have you to thank for so much of this realization. And the human that I am... I find myself trying to tap into myself as much as I can see it easily in others or spend my time helping others to find theirs. Again...and again and again...thank you.
Judith Maxey, Almus Energy Medicine, Portland, Oregon
Thank you Karen for your support and teachings. I have deep gratitude and reverence for you and how you are one of my top 3 my role models of how to show up in this world. I appreciate you!