Welcome to Cedar Phoenix.

         A place to connect, explore, release, heal and rise above the ashes.

Hello Vernon!!!

We have left the rainy coast and have landed on a beautiful little orchard overlooking Swan Lake.

 We hope to hear from you if you are looking for chemical free fruit this summer!

Look for our Ads on FB marketplace.

 (Peaches, Spartan Apples, Plums, Apricots, Concord Grapes)

Apples will be ready mid October!

   WE ALSO OFFER...   

  Cedar Signs, Meditative Finger tracing Labyrinths

and other inspirational handmade art.

(Find us at the Polson Park Night Market Friday Nights in the summer months)

 I offer Vibrational medicine / energy wellness Treatments,

Holistic Dowsing Sessions for all ages,

 Positive Behaviour Support,

 Counselling for Children and Youth,

and Oil of Gilead "Forest Medicine".

   We will be doing some healing sessions in the orchard in the fall when the weather cools. Come and have a treatment in the orchard beneath the beauty and serenity of the apple trees, facing the beautiful view of Swan Lake.

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We also have Earthworks available. Contact us for a quote for all your bobcat, excavator and landscaping needs. Highly experienced operator for 30 years

CONTACT owner operator - JPS ELEVATIONS - Call for a quote on your next project.

JIM SULLIVAN 604-802-0627

 I AM a Carver and an Artist

I AM a Holistic Dowser ( Dowsing physical / mental / emotional body resonance in a calm and safe, relaxing setting ) 15 years in this field.

 I AM a certified Reiki Practitioner / Youth Counsellor / Wellness coach / Highly experienced with grief and loss support for any age.

I AM a certified Support Worker specializing in intense behaviours in children and youth / specializing in Autism and non verbal communication support.

                                                                                                                I AM a certified Classroom and Community Support Worker

                                                                         I AM a published poet in the book Labyrinths of BC / I have a poem stamped in the sidewalk in Maple Ridge

I AM a writer of children's tactile activity books / Watch for my new game that I will be launching 2025

 I AM a Highly Sensitive Person / Intuitive empath

I AM WILLING TO WALK YOUR HEALING JOURNEY WITH YOU, 

I HAVE UNIQUE TOOLS TO HELP YOU

FIND THE PEACE THAT YOU MAY BE SEEKING.

                                   WHAT IS A HOLISTIC DOWSING SESSION?

There are frequencies all around us. Cell phones, radio waves, energetic fields are constantly around our bodies. Resonance / energy / frequency shifts with thought, injury, emotion, trauma, grief, feelings of being unsettled, unhappy, scattered or not feeling calm or grounded. It can be affected by self talk, influence of others, the atmosphere, the food we eat, the beliefs we keep and the wounds we aren't ready to heal, or maybe don't even know we are still holding down deep in our consciousness. Much of these unresolved, stuck, low laying frequencies really mess with our bodies on many levels because all of the levels are connected. There are specific vibrations that I pick up on, like bar codes for every issue listed.

When I dowse charts for you or your child, indicators expose and surface the issues that are contributing to causing your "dis-ease. This gives us a really good and accurate baseline to work from. I have been dowsing holistically for 8 years now.

I dowse 10-15 charts with you in session. We debrief what has been indicated and discuss the connections and root issues as we unravel the effect it is having on your body, mind and spirit. I support any age and ability.

My sessions are 2 hours in length. 1 hour dowsing charts, 1 hour body release, balance and relaxation on the massage table.

$110 for a 2hr session, and very worth it.

Sessions are in my studio near swan lake and pleasant valley area.

Contact me to book your appointment. 604-805-3103

(Small group sessions available....grab some friends and contact me)

I assure you, you will leave feeling relaxed, heard, clearer, calmer...better.

This is not magic. It is Frequency. It is in us and all around us. Some of us can pick up lower frequencies of others and don't know how to shake it. This zaps our energy. Tired. Irritable. Hopeless. confused...

I can help you navigate this world of frequency and it's effects on your body, mind and spirit.

Above is the walk able Labyrinth at Fintry Provincial park and campsite in Vernon B.C.

You can find this beautiful calming labyrinth nestled in the area just beside the

Okanagan Lake,  just behind the historical Manor House. It is easily accessed.

This labyrinth was hand constructed by my mother Cathryne Durante in 2003 who

later passed in 2004. My father is the main caretaker of this labyrinth and always

has it looking welcoming and beautiful with all the flowers in the summer months.

My husband and I were married at this labyrinth.

UPDATE: My father, the keeper of the labyrinth has passed.

....the labyrinth these days hasn't received the TLC that it needs, that dad usually gave it.

Our hope is to get it cleaned up soon so it is looking as it did in prior years!

As you scroll down there is a short video that explains labyrinths and how to walk one.

There are over 100 walkable labyrinths in BC and you can find them on the World Wide

Labyrinth Locator on the internet. You can also find them in a book called

Labyrinths of  BC - A Guide For Your Journey by Aryana Rayne.

If you have never walked a labyrinth and you stumble across one,

take the time to walk it. An interesting sense of peace washes over you.

Children are also naturally drawn to labyrinths.

We see these interesting symmetrical patterns in many areas of nature

and we tend to get lost in these patterns, in a wonderful calming way.

It is said that walking a labyrinth is a "walk with your soul" , a place

to reflect and release and a place where we can find solitude, direction,

clarity and peace. It has also been said that walking or tracing the pattern of

the labyrinth helps to balance the hemisphere's of the brain.

 More interesting videos to seek out are:

         - How labyrinths are aiding traumatized horses

         - How labyrinths are now being used to help heal soldiers with PSTD.

         - How to "finger walk" a labyrinth to aid with calming, focus and healing

- Labyrinths at Hospitals and Hospices.

         - How labyrinths are now being brought into schools

as an alternate calming tool for children and youth.

Finger tracing a labyrinth calms

and centers my busy mind.

It is a calming / healing tool over 4000 years old.

Above:Silver coin from Knossos representing the labyrinth, 400 BC.

There are over 100 walk-able labyrinths in BC in fields, on beaches, near

schools,  correctional facilities and also in hospitals and hospices.

They are being used in many different places

by various ages with individual needs.

Scroll down for more information on how this may be a

wonderful tool to have in your healing toolbox especially if you are

a Teacher, Doctor,  Dentist, Care aid, Support Worker,

Counselor, Parent, Child, Grandparent, yoga instructor or nurse.

Anybody can use a labyrinth as a tactile tool

that assists with bringing calm and centering.

Push a marble along the pathway or blow a pom pom from

a straw along the pathway for alternate uses.

These techniques can help regulate breath or help to improve

fine motor control. Sight is not necessary. I have some of my labyrinths

being used in support classrooms in various schools.

Scroll down to see some of my labyrinths,

cedar signs and carvings.

Here are some images of children being

drawn to the finger tracing labyrinths.

                                                                                 THE HIGHLY SENSITIVE PERSON

                                                                                              HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TOLD, " YOU'RE TOO EMOTIONAL OR TOO REACTIVE"?

                                                                                                  BEEN REFERRED TO AS, "SLOW TO WARM UP" OR "FIRST TO LEAVE THE PARTY"

                                                                                          ARE YOU IRRITATED BY LOUD SOUNDS, STRONG SMELLS, BUSY PLACES WITH TOO MANY PEOPLE?

                                                                                   ARE YOU A PLANNER? DO YOU ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW THE BIG PICTURE? ARE YOU A WORRIER?

                                                                                 DO YOU HATE THE FEEL OF CERTAIN CLOTHES, HATE BEING STARTLED OR GET OVERWHELMED IN

                                                                            IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME OR ARE VERY SHORT FUSED SOMETIMES FOR NO REASON? AND DO

                                                                               YOU NUMB OUT THAT OVERWHELM WITH ADDICTION OR OTHER UNHEALTHY PATTERNS ? DO

                                                                                 YOU NEED SIGNIFICANT TIME ALONE IN YOUR OWN SPACE TO REGROUP? DO YOU FEEL EVERYONE

                                                                               ELSE'S PAIN OR THE PAIN OF THE GOINGS ON IN THE WORLD INTENSELY? DO YOU PUT EXTENSIVE

                                                                           ENERGY INTO TRYING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU SUFFERING BUT

                                                                               FIND IT DIFFICULT TO MANAGE YOUR OWN EMOTIONS? YOU ARE NOT ALONE. HIGHLY SENSITIVE

                                                                             PEOPLE ARE NOW SCIENTIFICALLY DOCUMENTED TO BE WIRED DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHERS. WE

                                                                              MAKE UP 40% OF THE POPULATION BASED ON THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF DR. ELAINE ARON.

                                                                              WE ARE BORN WITH THIS TRAIT AND IT WILL NOT LEAVE US, SO OUR BEST BET IS TO UNDERSTAND

                                                                              HOW TO NAVIGATE THE WORLD THAT CAN COMPLETELY OVERWHELM AND OVERSTIMULATE US.

                                                                              ONCE YOU GRASP THIS UNDERSTANDING FOR YOURSELF, YOUR CHILD OR YOUR LOVED ONES, YOU

                                                                              WILL COME TO THE REALIZATION THAT WE ARE NOT BROKEN AND DO NOT NEED FIXING. WE ARE                        

                                                                               JUST HIGHLY TUNED IN TO OUR ENVIRONMENT AND EXPERIENCE ALL OF THE FEELS ALL OF THE TIME,

                                                                               ALONG WITH OTHER HUMANS AND ANIMALS, WE ARE 20 - 30 % OF THE POPULATION AROUND YOU.

                                                                                I CAN HELP YOU TO NAVIGATE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANS,

                                                                               WHO YOU ARE AND HOW TO COPE AS A HIGHLY SENSITIVE PERSON. YES MEN, EVEN YOU ARE PART

                                                                               OF THIS POPULATION. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO WATCH THE TRAILER "SENSITIVE" ON YOUTUBE. BOOK

                                                                                 AN APPOINTMENT WITH ME AND I WILL BE MORE THAN WILLING TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THIS

                                                                                  BETTER.

                                                                                  IF YOU HAVE A CHILD THAT HAS BIG REACTIONS PLEASE CONTACT ME. I WORK WITH ANY

                                                                                 AGE AND GENDER, FROM CHILDREN TO YOUTH, ADULTS TO ELDERLY. I HAVE 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE

                                                                                  AND I WILL WORK WITH YOU IN A VERY CALM, NON JUDGEMENTAL SPACE.  I AM VERY GIFTED

                                                                                   AT BUILDING RAPPORT WITH YOUTH  AS I WAS  A YOUTH SUPPORT WORKER FOR 15 YEARS.

                                         Lets switch gears

                                            for a minute

                                           and talk about

                                         my other passion...                                                                        

 THE HIGHLY

SENSITIVE PERSON.

Most of us have been taught that "being sensitive" is a bad thing.

The truth is it can be an amazing thing if you navigate it

with knowledge and understanding.

It does not mean "crybaby" or "always overreacting",

"worry wart", "Slow to warm up" or

"always the first to leave the party

" ... it is SO much more than the label put on it.

Did you know 30-40% of the population

is said to be born with this trait and that it is who we are,

part of our DNA and here to stay. Dr. Elaine Aron has  done

some incredibly interesting research on this topic. 

High sensitivity can run in families. High Sensitivity affects many

people with addiction. Someone with High Sensitivity experiences

large amounts of visual stimulation coming in all at once.

They hear more sounds happening in their environment,

more so than the average person.

They are highly tuned in to all of the emotions

and expressions of others as well as always being fully aware

of every single detail around them. This is the reason why Highly

Sensitive people / children / infants tend to "flood" their

emotions easier than others. We overwhelm quickly and

ALL of our emotions ARE BIG.  Intrigued?? 

Book a session with me to learn more about High Sensitivity in your infant,

child, teen or the other adults around you.