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Frequently Asked Questions

WHAT DOES HOLISTIC MEAN?

A holistic approach to wellness is different than a medical approach. While the traditional medical approach sees you as body parts and often uses drugs, which usually doesn’t get to the cause of the illness. The holistic approach sees your body as a whole and that lifestyle, thoughts, emotions, experiences, and environment are connected to your physical health. When one practices holistic healing arts regularly one taps into the ancient wisdom of that modality and purify the issues within all aspects of ourselves, then true healing can occur and wellness can be sustained.

True healing takes time and cannot be rushed, there is no magic pill or modality that can instantly cure you of your diss-ease. A holistic approach often involves deep work on yourself for true lasting healing to occur. It may take a change in perception, breaking or patterns and belief systems that are hurting you, a change in lifestyle, detoxing of your mind-bodyspirit, and regular practice of modalities for true lasting healing to take place. Sacred Centers of Holistic Arts and Chakra Shaman can assist you with these things and be here for you every step of the way.

WHERE ARE  YOU LOCATED?

Sacred Centers of Holsitic Arts provides services and workshops both online and at the affiliated locations around the Buffalo, New York area, listed below. Please check the calendar for upcoming classes events. 

Holistic Healing Practitioners

Rev. Nicole Petroff-Chakra Shaman

Director of Sacred Centers of Holistic Arts
Reverend into Priesthood of the Order of Melchizedek
Certified Holistic and Integrative Health Educator
Certified Reiki Master Practitioner/Teacher
Certified Shamanic Healing Practitioner
Certified Relaxation Therapist
Certified Chakra Therapist for Trauma Release and Educator
Certified Yoga Alliance Yoga Teacher 300+hrs
Certified Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra Teacher
Certified Restorative Yoga Teacher
Certified Chakra Yoga Teacher

Chakra Shaman Rev Nicole’s journey with holistic arts started with her first yoga class in 1996 when she was in college to obtain a BS in Earth/Environmental Sciences. After some time of working in the Environmental field as a Scientist and having her health deteriorate she came to more holistic healing practices after getting frustrated with mainstream medicine always pushing pills and just covering up the symptoms. She started practicing yoga every day along with receiving and experimenting with different holistic healing modalities treatments, changed her diet and she began to feel better. Her own healing inspired her intense study of many holistic healing modalities in which she now offers to others.

Nicole has earned the title of “The Chakra Shaman” from best-selling author Anodea Judith and Creator of the Sacred Centers School which she has been studying since 2009. Nicole is becoming a certified Sacred Centers Teacher/Healer of Anodea Judith’s books on the Chakra’s. Nicole’s title “The Chakra Shaman” incorporates her passion for Chakra Therapy work, Shamanic Healing Practices as well as Environmental Sciences. In 2008 Nicole became a certified Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki Master Practitioner/Teacher and began to incorporate Sound Healing and Yogic Sleep into her Reiki Practice. Also in 2008, Nicole began her training to teach yoga. She became influenced by a variety of different yoga styles and has taken training in Sampoorna Yoga Teacher Training at Sivananda Vedanta Center with Yogi Hari, Flow Yoga at Evolution Yoga, Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra Teacher Training at Kripalu, Chakra Yoga Teacher Training with Anodea Judith. In 2013 Nicole became a Certified Integrated Holistic Wellness Educator from the State University of NY at Fredonia. She became a Shamanic Healing Practitioner and studied core shamanic healing techniques at the Foundation of Shamanic Studies (Michael Herner) in 2015, and Nicole is also a shamanic apprentice within the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition of Peru. She also studied Plant Medicines of the Amazon Rain forest through the Shamans of Venezuela and the Shipbo tribe of Peru.  Nicole has been participating in Lakatoa and Haudenosaunee Tradition Sacred Inipi Sweat Lodges since 2010, Hembulecha Vision Quest Ceremony, and has been Sundancer since 2023 and has found it to a pivatol part of her healing and growth process over the years. In 2016 Nicole became an ordained reverend into the Priesthood of the order of Melchizedek from the Sanctuary of the Beloved making it official to perform many more ceremonies customized to your needs including; weddings, funerals, end-of-life transitions, letting go, cutting cords of attachments, full moon, new moon, creating sacred space, space clearing, shamanic journeys, and ceremonies. 

Nicole offers Personal Healing Services in Shamanic Healing Therapies, Reiki Therapy, Chakra Therapy, Sound Healing Therapy, Yoga Therapy, Stress Management, and Relaxation Services. She offers all the workshops and retreats listed here at Sacred Centers of Holistic Arts.