We were lucky to catch up with Alison Billings recently and have shared our conversation below.

Alison, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Let’s kick things off with your mission – what is it and what’s the story behind why it’s your mission?

In 2011, I had a spiritual awakening. At the time I had no spiritual teachers to help me understand what I was going through and how to ground the energy I was feeling and to understand my new gifts, for example receiving messages from Angels and other dimensional beings. After years of isolation, I received the message to start a yoga journey. I then took my first Yoga Teacher training in 2013, followed by many more trainings as well as traveling to India to stay in Ashrams, study Yoga, stay in silence and meditate in the cave one of the seven Rishi’s received enlightenment in. I visited the Bodhi Tree that the Buddha taught under and learned many things about myself and the nature of reality.

The issue was that I kept finding false teachers. I found many “Masters” that looked the part of the spiritual Guru but could not find one that truly understood what I was going through. Throughout these years I became a Sound Healer and a Reiki Master. In 2017 I began my journey with Plant Medicine and spent many more years again looking for my teachers. I then found a set of Shamans and I apprenticed Ayahuasca in the Lineage of Maestra Olivia, traveling the world assisting and leading medicine ceremonies. I have been performing healings for over the last decade.

During my pregnancy in 2022, I traveled to the sacred site Teotihucan in Mexico, and began to dive more deeply into my journey with Toltec Philosophy, in the lineage of Don Miguel Ruiz and his family. I have been apprenticing with the Ruiz family since the start of 2024.

Over the years, I had learned not to market myself and took myself completely offline. I had been much more focused on healings and doing my own work, allowing the universe to guide people to me that were ready to heal and change their lives, their belief systems and release their addiction to suffering.

Recently I received the message that it is time for me to come online, to share the wisdom I have gained since 2011, and to be an authentic spiritual mentor for those who need it. I began a Youtube Channel called “Awakening with Alison” where I share parts of my journey as well as practical ways of understanding some of the seemingly complex questions many of those who are on a spiritual journey have. I want to be there for people who are ready to do the work it takes to let go of their limiting beliefs and raise their consciousness. I strongly believe that raising of consciousness would solve almost all, if not all, of the worlds problems. As we raise our consciousness we start to understand the unity of all things. We treat each other and our Mother Earth with more love, respect and compassion, and find true inner happiness and freedom. I do not hold back teachings which have been hidden for centuries. I have received that it is my duty to share what I know so that those who are ready, have the opportunity to shift their lives into whatever they desire. I am here to serve others and to guide people to remember who they truly are.

Alison, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

I am a skilled Shamanic Healer, Spiritual Guide/Coach, Plant Medicine expert, Reiki Master, Sound Healer, and Yoga Teacher on a mission to serve humanity and raise consciousness. My spiritual link to yoga and healing blossomed intuitively as a young child. As an adult, after my spiritual awakening I set off to study with Masters in India, South America and Central America. For several years I worked as an assistant to Shamans in Central America, traveling the world with them and leading plant medicine ceremonies. I later began apprenticing in the Toltec lineage with Don Miguel Ruiz (author of The Four Agreements) and his family.

I have worked with thousands of patients, helping them to heal, release limiting beliefs, remember who they are and find inner peace. When I am home in Mesa, Arizona, I coach clients via zoom on how to create the life of their dreams, share wisdom on my Youtube Channel “Awakening with Alison”, perform healings in person and distance, lead Cacao ceremonies, and make herbal medicines, I work to help my clients connect with their higher selves and transcend suffering. I believe that when we are in tune with our highest frequency, we are naturally more compassionate and aware of the truth of our unity rather than the illusion of our differences.

I integrate all aspects of my various trainings, practice and personal experience into a holistic healing modality for the body, mind & spirit of all of my clients. Having personally overcome many traumas I am never surprised by my clients, I am able to come from understanding and use my intuitive gifts to help others find their way.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

As a part of my journey, I used to be a Birth Doula in Los Angeles. I have seen first hand, the many traumas women unfortunately go through during the birth process, particularly in hospitals. As such, I had prepared for what I felt was the right birth for my son and I, an at home water birth. This birthing process took 65 hours, and ended up being an emergency cesarean delivery. Throughout the days of the birth my mind never wavered into victimhood. I made sure that I was on board for all decisions, when it was time to go to the hospital I did not resist. When it was time to have the surgery I did not resist. And through the entire journey, thanks to the many long hours I had put in staying up all night with patients in plant medicine ceremonies I was able to stay centered. I trusted the process the entire time and came out of it realizing that I had received such a blessing. In one birth I was able to experience three different types of births: a home birth, a hospital birth and a surgical birth. I was told that I was very high risk for postpartum depression due to the circumstances of the birth, however it was my inner strength and understanding of meaning and perspective that turned what for many could have been traumatic into an example of my strength. This was also such a gift in helping me to release any beliefs I had about birth choices and am now better able to help people understand the importance of perspective and our choice to suffer or not. While effort is necessary for growth, and for birth, suffering does not have to be.

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

I have had to unlearn the illusion of the master on the mountain. I spent many years offline and in silence, waiting to be the perfect master before I thought I could truly be a master and help others. In practice however I have been successfully healing people, physically, emotionally and spiritually for over a decade. I had to unlearn the illusion of perfection and unlearn my limiting beliefs around my own worthiness. I know now, that I will be an eternal student and that I am ready to share what I can offer authentically. I had to learn that I already am what I am meant to be. That I already have everything I need within me and as such I am no longer looking for external teachers, I go within and connect directly to the source as my teacher now. In toltec wisdom it is said, there is nothing to learn but to unlearn. By unlearning my self-doubt and learning to understand that my services are so much bigger than I am and that it is not about me, l I have found the ability to open my voice. In so doing even early in my public sharing of wisdom I have received incredible feedback about how I am changing peoples lives for the better.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.mymedicinemama.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/awakeningwithalison/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/awakeningwithalison
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@awakeningwithalison