About
Victoria Lagerström
My life’s journey began in Stockholm, Sweden. I suffered two major losses as a young girl. My mother and grandmother passed away a few weeks apart due to illness. These events marked the beginning of many years of focusing outside of myself and self-destructing.
I first awoke to a more soulful existence at age 30. A near death experience became a catalyst for a powerful vision and a deepening awareness of my unique strengths. I realized that I had strayed from my joyful, creative self and so began the journey home to my authentic self.
As I heeded the call from my soul, serendipitous events started to occur. I soon met with my husband, American singer/songwriter, Dave Tate.
We got together in the red rock desert of Southern Utah to record an album, fell in love, and were married on a sage brush hill in Zion National Park.
It was on this new journey of self-discovery and transformation that I was introduced to Shamanism and the healing effects of the natural environment.
I graduated from the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition Apprenticeship Program – Peruvian Shamanic Arts For Personal And Planetary Renewal - in 2012.
This in-depth two year cross-cultural program led by respected teachers Don Oscar Miro-Quesada and Bonnie Glass-Coffin, Ph.D. emphasizes personal healing as a necessary preparation for client work.
More recent studies include “The Art And Practice of Shamanic Healing: A Three -Year Professional Training And Initiation” with renowned teacher Julie M. Kramer.
My connectedness to the earth’s healing wisdom and the divine feminine awakened me to my true path. I feel so grateful and excited whenever I have an opportunity to share these ancient medicine ways with others.
The time is now to stand for hope and positive transformation.
Soul Garden Companion
Soul Garden Companion is a holistic healing service located in beautiful Los Osos, CA. Holistic means that all of you is addressed, your physical health, your emotions, your psychology and your spirit. These elements of your life are all intertwined, each affecting the other.
I founded Soul Garden Companion in 2014 as a means to support a return to a love-based community, by reconnecting with mother Earth and all her elements; through cross-cultural healing traditions and teachings. The creative process was effortless and flowing. I was pregnant with my son at the time and I know his spirit and the deep joy of carrying him in my sacred womb space contributed to making it so.
The name Soul Garden Companion was inspired by a long standing passion to guide people to connect with their soul mission and unique strengths. We are souls having a physical experience.
“We do not begin life knowing what we want. We move toward what we think we want , what others want for us, and what makes us money. Life is the process through which our desires must mature so that we can embody our true essence.”
Los Osos
Soul Garden Companion is located in the quaint village of Questa by the Sea right at the mouth of Montaña de Oro State Park. This invigorating wild place, just minutes from the pounding waves, is the perfect place to be inspired and commune with your soul. The park’s name, “Mountain of gold”, comes from the golden wildflowers that bloom in spring.
Los Osos has been my home for the past two years and I’ve witnessed how it has already shaped my destiny in a profound way. This land and the wildlife here is a big healing force that can facilitate transformation and growth in and by itself.
One of the ways I nourish my soul and communicate with the land here is by taking photos. Captured below are a few of my favorite vistas.
growing the soul green again
Knowing yourself at the level of soul is essential to living your fullest expression in the world. The word soul refers to your deep source of aliveness, an essence unique to you.
Healing the soul means slowing down, asking important questions about the true nature of your being, and cultivating deep listening. It means becoming fluent in the languages of silence, intuition, and emotion. It means reconnecting with your joy, your creativity, your passion, your rootedness and your belonging.
Being connected to your soul teaches you to love and respect the spirit in all living things. It brings back an awareness of and respect for the deep feminine values in a world dominated by the masculine. It helps you remember your oneness with all. You will grow in your ability to conceive and create, to give birth and nourish, to be receptive and intuitive, to love deeply, to illuminate, transform, and to be magnetic.
We may loose sight of our gifts because of life's circumstances, fear, negativity, or criticism from others. Yet, the gifts you come into this world with never leave you.
It is time to discover and honor the voice of your soul and welcoming its full expression into the world. Don't delay the incredible joy that awaits you.
“Our souls are not broken that they should need repair, nor deficient that they should need anything added. Our souls need only to be uncovered and allowed to shine.”