SHAMAN YAWNA SHAKTI
Beyonca Johnson
Spiritually known as Shaman Yawna Shakti
Founder & Lead Practitioner of Alkhemiyah
Certified Shamanic Practitioner · Level II Reiki Practitioner · Certified Craniosacral Therapy Practitioner
I AM STILL BECOMING.
I am not going to tell you that I have arrived.
I haven't.
I have studied. I have trained. I have traveled. I have sat in ceremony. I have climbed mountains. I have spent years learning to listen differently — to my body, to sound, to land, to spirit, and increasingly, to myself.
And I am still learning.
My name is Beyonca Johnson, spiritually known as Shaman Yawna Shakti. I am a Certified Shamanic Practitioner, Level II Reiki Practitioner, Certified Craniosacral Therapy Practitioner, and founder of Alkhemiyah.
Those credentials matter to me. But they are not the whole story.
I describe this season of my life as activation — not arrival. I am becoming more conscious of my gifts, more disciplined in developing them, more discerning about what I experience, and more responsible for how I use what I am learning.
“I have walked far enough to hold space for others, and I remain humble enough to know I am still walking.”
THE PATH BEHIND THE PRACTICE
Alkhemiyah did not begin with a website. And Shaman Yawna Shakti did not begin as a brand.
This work grew from years of searching, studying, experiencing, questioning, practicing, traveling, listening, and becoming.
My formal shamanic education includes graduating from The Power Path as a Certified Shamanic Practitioner.
My learning has also taken me beyond formal training. I have studied and experienced spiritual practice throughout Mexico and New Mexico. I have spent time in relationship with landscapes and mountains that demanded something different from me than intellectual knowledge ever could.
I have explored sound, breath, ceremony, embodied practice, energy work, stillness, ritual, and my relationship with the natural world.
And I continue studying. Not because I believe I know nothing. Because the deeper I go, the more seriously I understand the responsibility of holding space for another human being.
ACTIVATION, NOT ARRIVAL.
When I say I am activating, I don't mean I have reached some final level of enlightenment.
For me, activation is becoming more responsible for what I am discovering. It is learning to recognize my gifts without performing them. To trust intuition without assuming every thought, feeling, or impression is truth.
To develop sensitivity alongside discernment. To ask better questions. To become increasingly honest about what I know, what I don't know, and what still requires study.
It means remaining a student even as I become more capable as a practitioner. I am learning my gifts while I am learning myself.
Activation is not about becoming more special. It is about becoming more responsible.
CEREMONY HAS BEEN PART OF MY JOURNEY.
Plant medicine has been part of my personal spiritual journey for more than fifteen years. Ayahuasca has been a significant part of that journey, alongside ceremonial experiences involving traditional plant medicines including peyote and San Pedro.
I do not present those experiences as credentials. And I do not believe that simply participating in ceremony makes someone a healer, shaman, teacher, or authority.
For me, ceremony has been one part of a much larger process.
Some experiences gave me clarity. Some gave me more questions. Some challenged what I believed. Some required me to confront parts of myself I would have preferred not to see. Some changed the direction of my life.
But the ceremony itself was never enough. What mattered was what happened afterward — how I integrated what I experienced, what I changed, what I questioned, what I released, what I misunderstood, and what I continued studying.
I am still learning from those experiences today.
“The ceremony was never the destination. What I did with what it showed me mattered more.”
These experiences are part of Shaman Yawna Shakti's personal spiritual history and continuing journey. They are not presented as medical treatment, clinical credentials, or plant-medicine services offered through Alkhemiyah.
TRAINING + PRACTICE
Formal training gave structure to parts of a journey that continues to evolve.
Certified Shamanic Practitioner
Graduate of The Power Path.
My formal shamanic education provided structure, practices, frameworks, and deeper context for work I continue to study and embody.
Receiving a certification did not represent the end of my education. It increased my responsibility for continuing it.
Level II Reiki Practitioner
My Reiki training introduced another framework for working intentionally with presence, attention, energy practice, and the relationship between practitioner and recipient.
Reiki is one part of my broader practitioner background rather than the definition of Alkhemiyah.
Certified Craniosacral Therapy Practitioner
My training in Craniosacral Therapy expanded my relationship with stillness, touch, careful observation, presence, and body-centered practice.
Continuing Study
This may be the part of my practice I value most: I remain a student.
My education continues through study, practice, travel, ceremony, sound, breath, rhythm, relationship with land, embodied learning, and the continued development of my gifts.
I expect my understanding to continue changing as I do.
Alkhemiyah experiences are wellness practices. They are not substitutes for medical care, psychotherapy, psychiatric treatment, or emergency services.
SOME LESSONS REQUIRED MORE THAN A CLASSROOM.
Mexico + New Mexico
My journey has included study and experiential learning throughout Mexico and New Mexico. These environments became part of a broader education in ceremony, spiritual practice, relationship with land, and embodied learning.
Mountains + Land
Some lessons came through landscapes that demanded endurance, humility, presence, and respect. Mountains became places where intellectual understanding was not enough. The body had to participate. The breath had to participate. Attention had to participate.
Ceremony + Practice
My education has never existed entirely inside formal programs. Ceremony, sound, breath, silence, travel, embodied practice, and continued spiritual study have all contributed to the practitioner I am becoming.
YOU REMAIN THE AUTHORITY OVER YOUR EXPERIENCE.
I do not believe my role is to tell another person what their experience means.
I do not need someone to cry for me to believe something meaningful happened. I do not need someone to have a breakthrough. I do not need vulnerability to be performed. And I do not want people becoming dependent on me for answers that belong to them.
My responsibility is different. I prepare. I study. I listen. I facilitate. I pay attention. I create structure. I honor consent. I respond to the room.
And I leave enough space for each person to remain the authority over their own experience. That philosophy is at the heart of Alkhemiyah.
Live.
The experience unfolds in real time rather than from a rigid script.
Responsive.
Pacing, sound, rhythm, breath, silence, and facilitation respond to the people and environment.
Rooted.
Cultural influences, instruments, rhythm, voice, and traditions are acknowledged rather than stripped of their context.
Consent-Led.
Participation remains invitational. No one is required to disclose, perform, release, or achieve a particular emotional state.
ALKHEMIYAH IS PART OF MY BECOMING.
Alkhemiyah is where years of study, lived experience, sound, breath, rhythm, embodied awareness, spiritual practice, and continued learning are beginning to take form.
I am building it carefully. I want this work to be beautiful without becoming performative. Spiritual without becoming detached from reality. Deep without manufacturing depth. Culturally rooted without turning culture into decoration. Professional without pretending that human beings — or practitioners — are ever finished becoming.
I want people to enter an Alkhemiyah experience without needing to believe what I believe. Without needing to perform spirituality. Without needing to prove they are healing. Without needing to become anything for me.
I am still finding my way. And I am learning to trust the way that is finding me.
This work is not medical care.
Shaman Yawna Shakti is not a physician, psychologist, psychiatrist, therapist, or licensed medical provider. Alkhemiyah experiences — sound healing, breathwork, meditation, and ritual — are wellness and relaxation practices. They are not medical treatment, mental health treatment, diagnosis, or therapy.
Nothing said, written, or offered here diagnoses, treats, cures, or prevents any illness or condition, and no clinical outcome is promised. Individual experiences vary.
These sessions do not replace care from a qualified health professional. Please continue any prescribed treatment and consult your provider before participating if you are pregnant or have cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, seizure, or psychiatric conditions — breathwork in particular can be contraindicated.
Participation is invitational and consent-led. You may rest, pause, or leave at any point. If you are in crisis, contact a licensed professional or emergency services — in the U.S., call or text 988.
References to ceremony, plant medicine, or personal spiritual history describe Shaman Yawna Shakti's own journey. They are not services, substances, or credentials offered through Alkhemiyah.
A printable one-document version of the founder story, background, and scope of practice — suitable for sharing internally or with stakeholders.
I am not teaching from the end of the road. I am practicing from within the journey.
Beyonca Johnson
Spiritually known as Shaman Yawna Shakti
Founder & Lead Practitioner
Alkhemiyah