Inspiring Conversations with David Joseph Keller of Heal Your Soul Now

Today we’d like to introduce you to David Joseph Keller.

Hi David Joseph, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
In July of 2020, I hit an emotional, spiritual, mental, and physical bottom. I knew that if I didn’t find a way to heal my unresolved childhood trauma I was never going to be able to be truly fulfilled. This is even after many years in 12-step programs and different kinds of therapy. Thus, I started my journey to truly heal. After having many experiences with alternative ways of healing, I made tremendous progress. More than I had than in the previous 11 years. After meeting the woman who was to become my first Shamanic teacher my journey to working with spirits and helping other people heal began.

I am a certified Shamanic practitioner, Somatic breathwork facilitator, psychedelic integration coach and currently training to be an Ajq’ij (Mayan Spiritual Leader) but I am so much more than that. You also, are so much more than what it is you do. I believe unequivocally that when I die, I do not die. Sure, my body dies but my spirit and soul go someplace else.

Where do we go when we die? Well, I won’t get into all that. I will say that there is a lot more going on then we can even possibly know.

It’s been a long and tumultuous road to get to where I am today. I never could have gotten here without help and now I am in a position where I can help others. I have finally after all these years, and after having gone through all the pain, have found my true calling and purpose on this planet. To help others heal. The healing and freedom for other people that I have been able to help facilitate and that I have gotten to witness continues to blow me away. I am so grateful to be doing this kind of work and it is an honor and a privilege that I do not take for granted.

I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
I am a survivor of what I would call “mild” childhood abuse and sexual molestation. Back then the way I was hit as a child (by my Nanny) was considered discipline and my molestation was done by another boy on the school bus. As “mild” as I like to think my abuse and molestation was, it had a profoundly negative impact on my life and in how I had allowed people to treat me until I started to learn how to REALLY heal. And by the way, not only in how I allowed others to treat me but the ways in which I inflicted self-abuse and the ways in which I tried to cope with extreme self-hatred and self-loathing.

There is something called little “T” trauma and big ”T” trauma. The above is what would fall into big “T” trauma as well as the obvious things you think of as trauma, i.e., PTSD. Little “T” trauma however, can be just as damaging and it doesn’t just have to be from childhood.

It can happen at any point in a person’s life. An abusive relationship in adulthood, whether it is verbal or physical can be every bit as traumatic as being bullied and teased as a kid (both of which I have gone through). One of the most important things I had to do in order to heal from my trauma was to validate the trauma that happened and the effect it had on my life. My hope for anyone who is reading this that finds themself not validating their own trauma is that they find a way to say to themselves “Yes this happened and it had an effect on me”. The moment I did that was the moment the real healing began!!

Learning to love myself and how to have a loving relationship with myself have been two of the most important things I’ve learned in my life. The most important relationship in my life is the relationship I have with myself. It hasn’t been easy and it’s never perfect but I am lightyears ahead of where I used to be.

The love that I’ve learned to have for myself was something I needed so badly but never realized. The more that I love myself, the more I can radiate that love to all with whom I come into contact.

We are all mirrors, we really are all one and the same, and we all bleed red. Not any one of us is any better or worse than the other. To embody this fact is to embody true humility. Again, I’m not perfect at it but I can tell you that some very significant things have happened in my life, since having the embodiment of humility as one of my goals.

One is I attract more love in my life as a result. That is just the way the universe works. Also, because I love who I am, faults, shadow and all, I don’t take crap from anyone anymore, and I am much gentler on myself when I make a mistake.

Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
I help people heal through a variety of methods. As I was trained by Mayans for cacao, I have ceremonies where I serve true ceremonial cacao. It’s an incredible heart-opening indigenous plant medicine and it is NOT psychoactive. During these ceremonies, I work with my spirit helpers to cleanse and protect people’s energy fields and help them heal. I have helped people with their anxiety and depression through the ceremonial use of cacao. I also sell the cacao that I import from Guatemala, and I have written a booklet that teaches people how to have their own ceremony in the traditional Mayan way.

I’ve also seen incredible results from facilitating Somatic breathwork. This method of breathwork is specifically designed to help to release the stress and trauma that gets stored in the body and it’s incredibly effective.

If we knew you growing up, how would we have described you?
I was a wild kid for sure but also very kind, sweet, and sensitive. I loved people and would just naturally make friends with strangers. I definitely didn’t listen to the phrase “never talk to strangers” because I was always making friends with people I didn’t know. Funny enough though that was usually with adults rather than other kids.

Pricing:

• Group Heart Opener Ceremony W/Cacao – $111.00
• Private Somatic breathwork – $222
• Group Somatic Breathwork – $133
• 1LB Ceremonial cacao – $79.00
• Ceremnony Instruction Booklet – $8.49

Contact Info:

• Website: healyoursoulnow.com
• Instagram: @heal_your_soul_now