A Case Study (Hyacinth)
Hyacinth pressed her palm against her solar plexus, feeling that familiar knot of anxiety tighten in the area just beneath her ribcage. Again. She was responding to my question of where she notices the anxiety when it shows up.
A healthcare practitioner with a bustling private practice, Hyacinth had mastered the art of caring for everyone else. As a devoted mother, wife, daughter, and loyal friend, she moved through her days managing high stress like it was just another item on her endless to-do list. Her sense of overwhelm seemed ever present.
And her body was keeping tabs.
For years, stress would literally throw her neck out of alignment—a painful reminder that she couldn’t outrun what she was feeling. We recognized that the pattern of chronic tension in her neck and shoulders that had become a well-known presence, was likely linked to the emotional load she carried.
We’d been working together with Alchemy for a year when Hyacinth noticed something encouraging: she hadn’t thrown her neck out in quite a while. The shoulder tension was easing too. Seemingly small, these shifts made a big difference for Hyacinth in her daily life.
Then life threw her a curveball.
“I felt like there were alarms going off all around me,” Hyacinth described that overwhelming week. The anxiety she thought she’d been managing suddenly escalated into something more frightening.
Her throat would tighten without warning. Her heart would race. Chest pain would grip her, making it hard to breathe. These weren’t just moments of stress—they were panic attacks, striking three times a week with no predictable pattern.
Hyacinth found herself reaching out to both her therapist and her naturopathic physician, desperate for answers. The recommendation was clear: an SSRI medication to help counteract what her Naturopath diagnosed as mini panic attacks.
But Hyacinth wasn’t ready to go that route. Not yet.
“I needed relief,” she told me, “but I wanted to try something else first.”
That’s when she remembered our conversations about the Alchemy Ghost Points session—a day-long intensive we’d discussed as an option for her to consider over the past year. Previously, she’d been hesitant. She wasn’t sure if the Ghost Points session was necessary or how it would really help her.
Now, with panic attacks disrupting her life three times a week and medication on the table, everything felt different.
“I’m ready,” she said as she looked at me from the chair in the corner of my treatment room that particular Wednesday afternoon.
That decision—saying yes to the Ghost Points session—was about to change the course of her life.
“Anxiety is not there.”
Hyacinth spoke these words with an air of disbelief, as if she couldn’t quite trust what she was experiencing. “Sometimes I wonder what it used to feel like. It’s not there.”
This was Hyacinth speaking in awe after her Ghost Points session—the same Hyacinth who had been experiencing panic attacks three times a week, who had been considering medication, who had lived with chronic tension in her neck and shoulders for years.
But the absence of anxiety was just the beginning.
In the wake of her intensive session, Hyacinth discovered she had a new relationship with talk therapy. Fresh perspectives on her life emerged naturally. And that SSRI medication her naturopath had recommended? Hyacinth determined she no longer needed it.
“I feel so different,” Hyacinth shared. “Everything I was afraid of is the opposite. Things with my husband are much better. And my parents.” Then came the revelation that would reshape how she saw her entire life: “I realize I’ve been caretaking everyone else my whole life.”
What struck Hyacinth most was how the longer Alchemy session had addressed things she thought she’d already taken care of. “I had known these things on the surface level,” she explained, “but I hadn’t realized how much they were woven into everything.”
The transformation ran deeper than symptom relief. Hyacinth described it as a fundamental shift in her internal landscape: “I am forever transformed. I feel like I am living for the first time.”
She began noticing her old patterns with new awareness: “I notice something that used to trigger me, then catch myself. Sometimes I start down the pattern because it’s a reflex, and then realize it’s a wrong turn and stop dead in my tracks.”
Perhaps most profoundly, Hyacinth realized she had been living as someone she wasn’t: “I lived the first 39 years of my life and thought that was who I am, but it’s not who I am.”
Now, with confident awe, she says, “The landscape of my subconscious has changed. I am peaceful inside.”
Everything feels different now. “Sentences that used to spiral me don’t anymore. I am not as fearful of people being sick around me. There’s now a space from which I am watching and observing myself. It’s amazing.”
Where Hyacinth once felt trapped by circumstances and reactions, she now experiences choice and possibility. “Issues that used to feel like I can’t figure them out and I’ll just live with it the rest of my life… they are loosening and instead I’m having ‘aha’ moments.”
And perhaps most importantly, Hyacinth can now ask herself the question that had felt impossible for so long: “What do I want?”
For Hyacinth, things that once felt impossible now feel entirely possible. The difference isn’t just in what she’s experiencing—it’s in who she’s become.
As she keeps on with the Alchemy journey, progressing steadily through the Stages of Alchemy, Hyacinth continues to experience remarkable shifts in her inner world that are being reflected in her outer world.
The message she keeps repeating, Everyone needs to experience a Ghost Points session and Alchemy. The world would be so different.
I wholeheartedly agree!
If you’re curious how you might benefit from a Ghost Points session and Alchemy, I invite you to connect with me for an intentional conversation on a Discovery Call.
The Ghost Points ceremony is a profound alchemical clearing—and you have two options for how to engage with this transformative work:
Option 1: Ghost Points 1-Day Session (USD4000/-)
The traditional format: a full day (currently averaging 8.5 hours) devoted to the Ghost Points ceremony itself.
This is for you if:
What’s included:
Option 2: Ghost Points 2-Day Intensive (Recommended) (USD9000/-)
My uniquely designed format that wraps the Ghost Points ceremony in crucial preparation and integration support.
This is for you if:
What’s included:
Day 1: Preparation & Ceremony
Day 2: Integration & Visioning (Highly customized)
Why I recommend the 2-Day Intensive:
The Ghost Points ceremony opens profound energetic and emotional territory. The second day additionally supports the transformation — inviting for any delayed processing and further supports connecting with and feeling aligned, stable, and clear about how to move forward. This second day offers a huge boost in making the transformation truly lasting.
While both options are powerful, clients who choose the 2-Day Intensive consistently report deeper integration and more sustainable transformation.
What surprised them? Many didn’t initially think the second day was necessary—but found the benefit far surpassed what they’d imagined. A hidden bonus: the extra time and integration eased their re-entry with loved ones.
During our Discovery Call, we’ll explore:
There’s no wrong choice—only what’s right for where you are right now.
I’m the first and currently the only certified Alchemy Practitioner Ghost Points facilitator in the Pacific Northwest.
This ancient protocol, developed by Sun Simiao (known as “The King of Medicine” in China), is rarely practiced—and even more rarely practiced with the depth of care and integration I bring to it.
The 2-Day Intensive format is my own design, developed from years of facilitating ceremony and energetic work. It’s born from careful observation of what creates the most profound, lasting shifts. I’ve found it’s not just about performing the ceremony—it’s about creating the added alchemical conditions positioning you for even greater transformation.
The Ghost Points intensive catalyzes profound transformation—and transformation deepens with support over time.
Many clients continue their journey through:
Are you working with another practitioner? The Ghost Points intensive can powerfully support your existing journey. Whether you’re working with a psychologist, life or business coach, naturopath, acupuncturist, craniosacral therapist, or any other combination that focuses on personal and professional well-being, the Ghost Points can serve you well. We’ll explore what makes sense for you during our Discovery Call.
Not ready for the intensive yet? Some clients begin with ongoing alchemy sessions and build toward Ghost Points when the timing is right. Explore other ways to work together.
For the visionary who senses there is more… much more… awaiting expression through your unique gifts, talents, and presence.
I feel grounded, centered, connected to my heart. My mind is calm. I trust everything is unfolding exactly as needed. I’m starting to have new conversations with myself, specifically my heart… allowing my desires, wants, and passions to naturally arise… In the mirror, I see myself differently. I’m able to look into my eyes and see my beauty, my heart, my goodness. I’d say the Ghost Points [ceremony] is working!
Kathy (Washington)
Heartfelt appreciation for the photo captured by Caylie Mash Photography. Washington. February 2025.