Meet Jackie Gutknecht
My story,
Hello lovelies…my name is Jackie Gutknecht. In a place of vulnerability, I share with you my story. I have had many adventures in my life and at middle age, I had a spiritual awakening in 2013 that led me on my spiritual healing journey. My whole life I suffered from anxiety, depression, ADD/ADHD (undiagnosed), trauma (sexual abuse, mental, emotional and even spiritual), near death experiences and encounters with spirit that scared me and left me confused and in deep deep fear. I was emotionally shut down, overly empathic to other people’s emotions and needs, and not able to hold a boundary to save my life. All this accumulated to a lack of desire to live. All these unbalances led to dis-ease within my body where I started to develop allergies, lower back pain and subsequent operations. During peri and menopause I started developing a thyroid condition. If it wasn’t for my athletic abilities as a child, a great source of joy, I don’t how I could have survived this life. There were times that I wanted to end it all and give up on myself. If it wasn’t for my strong desire for my purpose, I would really may have not made it. And when the spiritual awakening happened, I was guided with little joyful bread crumbs to my purpose that lead to this school today which I am excited to share with those in need. For what this school and all the teachers can do for you, please explore the website.
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“The Earth Medicine School has been an accumulation of work since 2013 and has been as a result of my own healing experience. I have co-created this program to be of service to the spiritual ascension, physical, mental and emotional healing of all Sentient Beings and to ultimately connect people back to the sacredness of Mother Earth.
We approach this sacred work as the student. The cup is always half full and there is always so much to learn. As a humble servant to the Divine, I work with Mother Nature’s gifts to connect all beings back to what is truly important and that is who we are authentically. Our true nature, our soul light.”
Earth Medicine School Teachers
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Jackie Gutknecht
Princi-PAL and guide
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Bilbo Baggins
Bilbo is a Teacher and an extraordinary Healer - He is an excellent leader within the pack and is a gifted energy worker. He is strong, sensitive and the silent type. He has a depth of wisdom that comes without words. His steadiness is constant and he provides a safe space for learning. This program was developed with Bilbo and he is the reason there is a program.
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Chuck
Teacher - Chuck came to us in the winter of 2021 and has been healing since his rescue. He was a roping horse and was on the way to being euthanized due to a broken coffin bone. He is a teacher of knowing what you need and shows you what he wants so that you can work through it. He is calm, friendly and very very kind. He is very approachable and he wants to connect with people always…well accept at feeding time but he will at that time also.
Assistant Teachers
Shorty - She is been with our family for a long time. She is a Retriever cross that teaches us gentleness, giving and kindness. She is a naturally gifted and grounded K9 with the ability to calm, sooth and bring peace.
Moon - She is our determined, strong willed, independent and very sensitive Border Collie that divinely came to us and has graced us with her presence a couple of years ago. She teaches us patience, gentless and understanding that dogs are way more intelligent that humans give them credit for.