A call deep within wanting to be heard...
Longing for freedom — heart and soul...

A w a k e n i n g.

S e e l i f e d i f f e r e n t l y.

Welcome.

I’m Karen, founder of Awakening Heart and Soul, I work with an embodied approach. I see each individual as a unique expression of creativity. My work is body, mind, heart and soul focused.

Growing from the inside out. Flowing from the understanding that you have many parts to your being, all interacting within an alive, intelligent and extraordinary system.

I love supporting people to grow, expand consciousness and embody potential to step into their lives. To define a new version of success that aligns with who you are.

I invite you to dive deeper into the parts of you that you have forgotten but your soul remembers....

Karen Johnson

Founder of Awakening
Heart and Soul

In Depth Coach and Mentor
Modern-Day Shaman

What makes my work so different

Everyone is unique, complex, ever-evolving. Helping you define your version of success. To make that vision real.

Guiding people to understand who they are. What they want. How they operate in the world.

I support you with practical, emotional, mental, social and spiritual. There’s a lot to me and my story, let me help you build yours.


It’s about growing from the inside out. To grow a tree you must nourish its roots. So we start there.

My Approach

Transformational processes. Research and knowledge: ancient to modern. Guiding you to deeper levels of self-awareness.

Authentic Self

Take ownership of your growth. Build self awareness, confidence, creativity, resilience and capacity.

Balance

Live with intention for greater flow. Tap into your highest potential. Make conscious changes, transitions, decisions.

Embodiment

Somatic awareness, subtle energy, intentional practices. We tap into the power of soul vision, backed by clear strategy, inspired action.

Karen Johnson.

Who am I?

I am a modern day-shaman, somatic embodiment, mentor, subtle energy healer and somatic experiencing™ trauma therapist based in Toronto, Canada.

The focus of my work is the embodiment of consciousness and supporting my clients in aligning with their deeper self.

My Story

Is a living, breathing example of my philosophy and my work.  We can create a life that aligns with how we want to live, and more importantly, with who we are.

The Beginning.

My path took a radical change when I found myself diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at 27. Something needed to change. Little did I know that it would be nearly everything.

My next few years were spent exploring: healing who I was and where I came from. There were dark and confusing periods. I became more intimate with my own disconnection; repeatedly learning to relinquish my grip on the familiar and make new, radical choices.

My Journey.

I took a leap of faith, choosing to listen to my inner wisdom, looking directly into my personal biography to find the learnings in it.

On my journey back to health I re-evaluated my life, beliefs and and the predominantly western philosophies about illness. This provided profound spiritual and mystical experiences.

I followed my heart seeking greater fulfillment.  An unexpected choice had led me on a journey full of questions, into uncharted territory and on a new adventure: embracing life.

Working With Me

The world needs people whose development and growth creates a positive ripple on their lives, communities and society.

I love connecting dots… extracting meaning out of confusion. I believe the best is already within people and help bring it out.

We tap into your mindset. Blocks, internal battles, the things that stop you moving forward or send you in wrong direction. 

Bio.

With over 20 years of experience in the field of human potential development and operating from a powerful, grounded base, I offer a portfolio of holistic, spiritual and subtle energy-based services. Combining healing and energy medicine complementing and integrating with psychology, Western and holistic, to raise their efficacy.

Trauma Informed. With professional training and background in Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing™ Trauma Resolution, Internal Family Systems, Attachment Theory, ACE, Bert Hellinger’s Constellation work: Family. Systemic and Organizational Constellations, Reconstructive, One Brain Practitioner, energy medicine, subtle energy healing engaging the physical, emotional, and energetic bodies.

Mindfulness practices that are supported by my ongoing spiritual inquiries and meditation practices. Immersing myself in the study of consciousness and esoteric, spiritual, metaphysical, energetic, and psychological teachings: delving into everything from cutting edge research to ancient texts. Learning continues to be a focal part of my practice and of my own evolution.

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FAQs

  • Consult calls are Free. This is a 20-minute consultation to co-explore if your needs and my approach are a good fit. Click here to book a Complimentary Consult Call.

    Or you can email me directly at info@awakeningheartandsoul.com. I also really like using WhatsApp or Signal to send and receive text messages.

  • I specialize in working with adults who struggle with trauma and c-ptsd, stemming from childhood trauma, attachment wounding, grief, depression, family of origin issues, anxiety, shame and anger.

    Ancestral, cultural and collective trauma and legacy burdens. I work with an embodied approach through the lens of Somatic Experiencing, Family Constellation, Internal Family Systems as well as mystical principles, consciousness work and many other tools.

    Helping my clients by getting at the roots of their wounds so that they can experience witnessing themselves, self-compassion, and healing. I also help them identify the negative cycles within their relationships.

  • My approach is a holistic, spiritually centered, liberation, healing space dedicated to helping clients process familial, historical, and intergenerational trauma.

    As part of this process it is vital to acknowledge the intersection of identities for each person and understand the impact of systemic oppression for the individual and the generations before. Also recognizing the innate wisdom and resiliency built upon the traditions, beliefs, and values within specific cultures.

    We start this work by exploring how past family history have influenced our behavior and beliefs. Identify the immense resiliency within ourselves and the generations before us, and slowly peel back the layers.

    The goal is to find healing, meaning, and connection by using culturally affirming practices.

  • Our somatic histories and early attachment relationships not only affect us in our relationship to self. They play a strong role in all our relationships.

    Whether you’re interested in a more fulfilling intimate relationship and better communication with your partner, the ability to commit and ask for what you want, or are just looking for more positive, empowered relationships.

  • My work is based on natural healing principles, frequency and number of sessions may vary. You can book one session to explore an issue or a series of sessions that will allow you to go deeper into the roots.

    I recommend starting with a course of 3-5 regular sessions. Then together we work out the support allowing your system to move into a state of greater integration and coherence.

  • It’s completely natural and okay to be ambivalent about therapy. This is actually the beginning of the healing process- feeling safe enough to share the discomfort and fears.

    It’s hard to divulge private, precious information to a person you barely know. It’s essential to acknowledge those feelings and express them.

    I believe once you feel heard and validated, we can begin to develop a trusting relationship and become one step closer to building a strong foundation.

  • Anything is possible. Some people feel amazing right away. For others it may be more subtle or they may feel tired and heavy whilst things integrate. Either way it's alright: this is deep work. Reorganizing and integration continue to unfold over the coming days.

  • I value my time and energy as I value yours. You can can make changes up to 24 hours beforehand. If you cancel within 24 hours of the session, there is a fee of 30% of the full session cost. In the case of a 'no-show' you will be billed for the full session price.

Testimonials.

  • “Working with Karen has had a great impact on my healing journey. In our sessions I’m able to move deeply and fluidly into areas needing attention and healing. I feel completely safe, guided and supported. The sessions themselves feel organic and have a motion of their own.”

    ~ W.P., Germany

  • “The work with Karen is some of the deepest I’ve experienced. Her unique approach somehow reaches around all of me and it feels like she holds my soul’s highest intentions for me as we work. It is truly an amazing experience, a pleasure and a privilege to work with her. If you get a chance to work with her – grab it and never look back.”

    ~ M.K., Toronto

  • “Karen has a natural ability for cutting straight to the heart of an issue. She explores problems and frames questions in a way that prompts you to consider your situation through a much more focussed and deliberate lens than you have been able to yourself. She wipes away background noise and says ‘here’s what it looks like from where I’m sitting’. She remains objective whilst also connecting on a very genuine level to you and who you are.”

    ~ K.B, Australia

  • “Being able to hold once overwhelming aspects of my own experience has allowed me to go down new roads and have a new experience. The meta quality of Karen’s early imprint holding space has profoundly transformed the way I hold my clients’ experience. What I have found in my own process allows me as a psychotherapist to be more present, curious, and heart filled with my clients. Her work feels like coming home to myself.”

    ~ J.P., New York

  • “I have progressed in leaps and bounds since being coached by Karen. She guided me through my sessions in a caring and enthusiastic manner, and I could feel my creativity and confidence expanding as the weeks rolled by. Karen is an incredible listener with an uncanny ability to unravel and clarify my muddled thoughts…Thanks to Karen, a blindfold has been lifted, and I have a whole raft of possibilities awaiting me!”

    ~ F.T., United Kingdom

  • “Karen empowers you to look inside yourself and not be afraid. Since working together I have gone through tremendous shifts in my life. She inspires me to receive more fully all this world has to offer. I feel extremely blessed to have her in my life.”

    ~ G.W., Ottawa

  • “Mentoring support was essential to my development as a naturopath. I was burnt out. Sessions with Karen supported me to take good care of myself while I continued supporting my clients. The more awareness I brought to my own early experiences, the more present I was with my clients.”

    ~ S.A., Boston

  • “Meeting Karen was one of my most healing experiences. Her words and her presence will move you. Karen brought me peace and connection at a challenging time. She had a profound impact. I highly recommend her.”

    ~ D.Z., North York

  • “Karen’s background from spiritual and esoteric practices to somatic and trauma releasing and energy healing gives her a very solid foundation from which to address aspects of development. Her keen insight helps her clients see their worlds with a new and more enlightened perspective. If you are fortunate enough to have the opportunity to work with Karen, do not pass it up.”

    ~ N.G., Ireland

  • “I have known Karen as a healer, teacher and mentor for over 10 years. I'm always impressed by her ability to tune in to where I am now, identify how to handle my challenge and how to move on from there.”

    ~ A. R., Vancouver

  • “I've been a client of Karen's working on issues of personal growth and spiritual development, learning practical somatic and relationship skills for navigating the world. Karen empowers you so you can identify ingrained and imprinted patterns and release them so that shifts in energy and consciousness can take place.”

    ~ M. K., California

  • “It is my great joy and privilege to recommend Karen Johnson. She has an acute and penetrating vision and a way of getting to the core in record speed. She is always loving, but relentless, so despite my own initial skepticism, I not only learned about myself with depth and understanding I never expected, I myself became a better therapist.”

    ~ S. D., Toronto

  • “Knowing Karen has added grace and peace to some of the more confusing crossroads of my life. I sought her out during Grad school when I was over-worked, over-critique and confused. I had lost touch with my core. She cut right through it all to help me regain some clarity and answer some of the most essential questions about myself and what I wanted. Her insight is unparalleled and can only be matched by her genuine and gentle spirit.”

    ~ H.L., Montreal