“We live in a provocative, evolving time that promises to impact how we live together on the planet, how we continue as a species, and how we understand ourselves in relation to a larger universe…this is the time to fully express who we are.”  

             —Llyn Roberts, Author of Shamanic Reiki

Trauma, illness, marginalization, war and the threat of war, along with soul loss and ancestral woundings that impact us in the present can strip us of our innate abilities to communicate, to speak our truths, to expressively create, and sometimes even to know our own selves. Are you able to reply with certainty, dignity, and self-love when asked: Who Are You?

Using Shamanic Reiki, Soul Retrieval, Story Medicine, Plant and Crystal Medicine, Sound and Energy Healing, and guided art-making, Riva invites you to team with her in service of your healing.

There’s no special place we have to be in order to help out. Right where we are, in whatever we’re already doing, the opportunity to be of service is almost always present. We need only stay conscious and aware, and then give whatever we can to whoever is right there. . . .  —Ram Dass & Paul Gorman, How Can I Help?

Ministry can look like many different things. In the course of any given day, most of us do ministry — we patiently give travel directions to the lost, we comfort a friend, we offer a prayer of gratitude when a stranger makes it across the steet safely. As I got older, I felt a louder and stronger call to spiritual service. I trained for several years in shamanic practice and, more recently I found a two year seminary program in New York City, where I live, and, in 2011 was ordained as an Interfaith/Interspiritual Minister. As a result, I’m able to create and officiate  weddings, baby blessings and house blessings, funerals and memorials, and Rites of Passage ceremonies of all kinds.

I believe everyone deserves to have the important times of their lives marked in a way that is sacred. Contact me and let’s see what we can co-create to sanctify the times of your life!

“Riva’s art embodies a quiet energy that reflects the core of her soul which radiates soothingly out into the world caressing the viewer; whispering soft messages of peace and love.”

I have had the honor of calling Riva my friend and colleague for a number of years. Her creative energy is one of wholeness and truth. Gazing into her paintings has always given me a sense of calm wonder about the deeper recesses of spirit, life, and love. Riva expresses her art in the same way that she lives her life—with truth, love, and wonder.     —Lula Jones, fellow artist and lightworker

Riva’s work is available for sale. She can also be commissioned to create art pieces for your home or workplace, your altar, and as visual support for your spiritual growth and personal transformation.

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917.602.4588