MEET THE VISIONARIES

Christy Abate is co-owner and manager of The Angel Cooperative®.  Christy is a Reiki Master, Level I Integrated Energy Therapy Certified,  and a crystal, shungite, and angel expert.  She uses a variety of modalities in her workshops and retreats such as tuning forks, essential oils, crystals, storytelling, Reiki, and angelic energy. 

She holds a Master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Christy has been in retail for over 17 years, owning The Little House Shoppe from 2011-17.  She has been featured on HGTV and HGTV.com. She is the Reader's Choice for Best Home Stager 2018 and 2019 (Ridgefield Magazine). She was also honored as "Women of the Year" at the 13th Annual Women's Forum.  She is a former Board member and past Chair of the Board of the Ridgefield Chamber of Commerce. She has been a model for the annual Ann’s Place Fashion Show and a contestant for the RVNA’s Spelling Bee. She enjoys being a member of the Ridgefield Playhouse Gala Committee. She is also President of the Board for her daughter’s charity BearHug. She credits her parents with instilling in her the importance of family, community and country.

Casey Potetz is a Master of Science in Oriental Medicine, Licensed Acupuncturist, and a Diplomate of Acupuncture (NCCAOM). She practices acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine along with a variety of clinical healing techniques including cupping, Chinese nutritional counseling, tuning forks, and electro-stimulation.​

Casey was fortunate to receive an authentic Chinese Medicine education under Taoist Master and 64th generation lineage holder Dr. Lillian Chang Y Hsiang of the World Medicine Institute in Honolulu, HI. Dr. Chang is a lineage disciple, a Master Practitioner, and is recognized as a Living Treasure by the state of Hawaii.​

While in Hawaii, Casey worked providing acupuncture treatment to the Navy Seal Special Warfare Group 3 in Ford Island, HI, specializing in the treatment of painful conditions. Her practice moved to New Canaan, CT in 2019, where she founded New Canaan Acupuncture. In addition to her acupuncture practice, Casey offers in-person and remote coaching programs to women with complex inflammatory conditions.​

Casey’s Mission is to help others unlock the innate healing potential of the capable human body. She continues to help others achieve optimal wellness through the practice of Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Health Coaching, and the Taoist Healing Arts. www.themedicinalguide.com

Internationally acclaimed spiritual medium, healer, author and speaker, Jeanne Street, a Catholic girl in an Angel world, works with the Spiritual realm embodying the Holy Spirit illuminating Divine compassion and love through her work.

Jeanne was born in to this life with the beautiful gift of connection. She has the ability to see, feel, hear and speak to both the departed and celestial beings. 

Through her connection and clear knowing her sessions and readings are precise and detailed. Jeanne has helped thousands of individuals navigate through difficult events in their lives. Jeanne’s deepest desires are in helping people to heal their pain and trauma. 

Jeanne provides connection to Spirit, Angels and departed loved ones through private and small group readings, large group events , her books The Goddess You, The Goddess Journal and Divine lifestyle products, accessories and vast resources that are available on Goddess Youniverstiy.

Jeanne’s loving and accurate connections have transformed the lives of her clients as well as her live audience on her show Angels Don’t Lie featured on FACEBOOK and on her Podcast.

Jeanne resides in Connecticut with her devoted husband of 34 years, her 4 grown children, her daughter and son in laws and 5 grandchildren.

Annalisa is a Channeler, Reiki Master/Teacher Ordained Minister with the Order of Melchizedek, and a Certified Crystal Healer.  Annalisa is a channeling medium who works mostly with angels, saints, and ascended masters to receive messages that are of the highest and greatest good for her clients. She is also able to connect with and channel loved ones who are both living and departed, as well as animals who are both living and departed.  Her divine purpose is to assist in facilitating whatever healing is needed to help someone on their journey. She is available for private readings and workshops such as the monthly Angel Circle.

 Sandy is an intuitive and empath. She reads both classic Tarot and Angel Oracle cards. As a fine artist and designer, Sandra has been drawing and painting since she was a child  with her artist mother.  Her spiritual journey started young, then she delved deeper after  the sudden death of her father in 2007.  If desired, Sandy will create soul portraits or self portraits for her clients as part of their reading. The process of creating a tarot inspired “soul portrait” starts with a few moments of silence and prayer with the cards. “I ask for guidance for myself and the client I’m with. I then create a portrait that reflects on the inner self, inner beauty, and natural gifts. Images blend  from meditation and the card reading, and the result is a portrait of your highest self."Sandra is constantly studying the spiritual realms, different religions and the beyond. She’s also a member of the CT paranormal research group C.O.R.P.S.E. 

  Dorina Leslie is a licensed massage therapist and holistic healer. Following a true spiritual calling, Dorina is a 2013 graduate of Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy. She has extensive experience working in a functional medicine office, several spas, as well as in her own private practice. As an empath, Dorina offers profound energy healing with her therapeutic yet spiritual style. She is known for her customized sessions, which include Reiki, Bemer therapy, reflexology, light craniosacral therapy, and wonderful Thai yoga stretching.  Dorina consciously sets the intention to bring more peace into the world with her healing work and is on a mission to help people heal – body, mind and spirit.  Dorina has held sacred space for clients from all walks of life to heal themselves, and she welcomes the opportunity to work with you on Thursdays and Saturdays in The Angel Wing. Dorina offers massage with the Bemer and Bemer only session.

Deana Paqua, MA, LMT is a teacher and practitioner of Contemporary Shamanism and Cross-Cultural Energy Medicine, a Reiki Master Teacher, and a Licensed Massage Therapist. She has worked with traditional and indigenous medicine people from North America, South America, and Tibet for the last 17 years. She guides healers and leaders in building a strong foundation of energetic, spiritual, and Shamanistic practices to help them heal and share their gifts with the world. She is also an adjunct professor in Holistic Health Studies at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, CT. She offers training programs, classes, private sessions, and readings in the New Milford and Danbury areas. Visit her website for more information, at www.embodythesacred.net.

Jen Ripa is a master-level certified transformational life coach, Reiki Master, sound healer, author, yoga and meditation teacher, and artist. Jen is masterful at identifying belief systems and behavior patterns that stand in the way of evolution and future goals. She supports her clients to create and act upon action plans that transform their lives. These action plans bring her clients greater success, health, vitality, and joy. She has a unique talent for helping people connect with their deep desire to thrive and draw strength and purpose from that inner fire. Jen coaches with people privately and teaches courses and workshops that focus on using creativity and mindfulness to blossom. She is a patient, calm, and steady guide through the landscape of grief and is skillful in the process of rebuilding a meaningful and joyful life in the wake of profound loss. Visit her website for more information, at www.thrivologie.com

  Denise Lamoureux was the Founder of Finding Feathers Wellness center in Fairfield C. 

Denise combined her education and knowledge in both western and eastern medicine to create The Colette Technique for Core Trauma Healing. The Colette Technique helps people find freedom from long term ailments including anxiety, addiction, suicidal thoughts, cutting, weight gain or loss, auto immune system illness, physical problems and low self esteem. Having found extraordinary results in her practice as a healer she is also now an inspirational speaker and teacher. 

. Website: DeniseColette.com

Pritam Bani is a gifted gong player, Reiki Master and Yoga Teacher.  By combining all of her talents she is able to deliver meditations that are unique, transformational, relaxing and deeply healing.  Pritam Bani loves to explore how the use of sound can ease pain, reduce stress, bring joy and move energy from the physical body to the ethereal body.Pritam leads out monthly New New Moon Gong Events.

Mikki Baloy has been practicing shamanic healing for over a decade. She has studied with shamans, ritual-keepers, and mystics from around the world. A student of many traditions,  her intention and commitment is to remind clients and communities of their birthright: an inherent connection to land and to Love. She does this through private healing sessions, group events, rites of passage, and ceremonies, as well as in her writings.

Mikki's holistic approach to healing is both intuitive and grounded, fusing indigenous traditions with yoga, Buddhism, and more than three decades of creative training as a performer, writer, and musician.  She was the Director of a 9/11 foundation in New York City, helping to create and maintain programs to assist many thousands of people—while undertaking her own healing journey.  She is the author of Hallowed Underground: Sacred Hope and Healing in Dark Times, which describes her recovery from PTSD, depression, divorce, and sexual assault, and she has been featured in two books about post-disaster resiliency. Mikki is also a yoga teacher and minister of animism, and speaks and writes from her own direct experience.  mikkibaloy.com

Kailey is a Connecticut based intuitive creator; offering  channeled art, tarot readings, spiritual goods, and portrait sessions. Kailey graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in 2018 with a BFA in photography. After completing her thesis documenting psychics, Kailey embarked on a journey of self healing and transformation.

Kailey is a valued member of our Retail Angel Team and offers Digital Tarot Readings as well as POP-UP in-person readings once a month..

As an empath and multidimensional being, Allie channels the energy of the Goddess, Archangels, and the Ascended Masters. Allie has completed advanced graduate level work in psychology and criminal justice, and has a Master's degree in neuroscience from Columbia University. She embodies a heart-centered, synergistic approach to healing as a Reiki Master, Integrated Energy Therapy® Practitioner and Angel Healer. Allie utilizes a combination of these modalities along with sound healing to support clients in awakening their sovereign divinity, bridging heaven and earth.

Eve is renowned throughout the country and the world as White Buffalo Woman. Although she remains humble and approachable, Eve carries the same Divine Feminine imprint as Mother Mary, Isis, Eve, and Quan Yin. She is an accomplished Shamanic Healer and Channel, bringing her clients profound messages of inspiration and guidance, working with each individual's spiritual, mental, emotional and physical bodies.

In 1991, Eve experienced a series of personal challenges, which prompted her inward search. During a period of deep meditation and intense drumming, the divine being White Buffalo Woman made her presence known, and has since guided and orchestrated her inspirational work for the benefit of humanity. In addition, Eve's spiritual gifts enable her to connect to the energies of the Archangels, exalted masters and guides, and at times to the Higher Self or Inner Child of the client.
Check out her book The Awakening: The Life and Work of Eve Kerwin, White Buffalo Woman 

available for sale at the shop.

Jonathan William has a B.A. in History from Plattsburgh State, where he developed his passion for writing, researching, and public speaking. Living in New York, Jonathan draws inspiration from nature and is an avid hiker, cyclist and kayaker. A Reiki Master and Founder of the F.A.S.T. System of Healing, Jonathan is a dedicated mentor who provides support to assist people in cultivating a relationship with their multidimensional self, aka the "I AM Presence". 

:The Pyramid of Presence forms the foundation in which an alchemical practice can be initiated, re-igniting your “Relationship with Creatorship” and assisting the transformation of your Life through the polishing of self-conception. The Pyramid of Presence  is packed with insights, meditations, affirmations, practices and Divine inspired poetic musings.