We are all of Gaia's Guild
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
― Albert Einstein
The name Gaia's Guild is honouring the Greek Earth Goddess Gaia. In James Lovelock's Gaia Paradigm, the earth is considered to be an intelligent organism, affirming the beliefs of myriad indigenous cultures worldwide. She is self regulating and continuously creating conditions for life to emerge!
We heal & are healed by Gaia (with her many names). Our outer world is a reflection of our inner world.
We have the resilience & regenerative power within to heal ourselves.
At Gaia's Guild, we offer support on your healing path,
so that we can trust in ourselves, and in life,
so that we can love at our fullest capacity,
and create courageously.
Hi Gaia's, I'm Laura Walker, Creator of Gaia's Guild
Laura started studying Permaculture Design in 2011. As a solutions based, systems thinking approach to people & planet care, she found many ways to put her love into action.
For two years, Laura travelled and received hands on experiences of tending to the land and living in community through the World Wide Organization of Organic Farming. When she moved to the Sunshine Coast in 2014, she studied healing in the Circle of Council: Pathways to Intimacy for 2 years with grandmother Kaariina Saarinen. She continued on to become a Reiki Master through Interconnected Living and studying Life Coaching & Counselling through Rhodes Wellness College.
She has been an entrepreneur since 2015, when Gaia’s Guild was created as a Permaculture Design business. Laura has worked with non-profits offering community garden design & coordination, landscaping mentorship & event organization. Gaia's Guild has evolved to offer Life Design in addition to Land Design, as well as Sound & Medicine Ceremonies.
Laura has been playing music her whole life. She plays the Celtic harp, keyboard, frame drum and steel drum, as well as other acoustic instruments in her collection. In 2019, she began sound journeys & guardianship with Plant Spirit Medicine's Women’s Temple in Gibsons, the unceded territory of the shíshálh and Squamish Nations. The founder and facilitator, Renee Boje, is Canada’s first cannabis refugee. While fighting for her freedom, Renee opened the first Entheogen Shop in Vancouver BC called Urban Shaman Entheobotanicals.
Laura is inspired to be connecting with her ancestry, the Celtic lineage, through language, songs, mythology, stories and the earth revering spiritual traditions. She loves to play the harp and sing in Celtic languages.