Nanci Wesling, Founder &
Chief Bottle Washer

Does Nanci offer personal consultations?
How did she get into essences and natural healing?
Teaching is her passion
Where did "featherhawk" come from?
Who created the Hawk logo?

Who is Nanci Wesling?

Nanci Wesling is the founder of featherhawk. Her background is an eclectic one: She's worked as a singer-guitarist, switchboard operator, clerk-typist, secretary, office manager, marketing coordinator, word processor, communications coordinator, order management specialist, and desktop publisher. Her love of words and communication was always part of her enthusiasm for performing, and is an integral part of her passion for teaching.

Left: Nanci in Machu Picchu, April 2010, rewarded with a rainbow at the end of the day!

She grew up in Hollywood, California. Beginning at age six, her grandmother taught her to sing, and she picked up the guitar at age eleven. A great fan of contemporary folk music, her most favorite performer was (and is) Buffy Sainte-Marie, followed closely by Joan Baez, Peter, Paul & Mary, and Judy Collins. Eventually, Joni Mitchell joined the list. Nanci sang with choirs and madrigal groups throughout her junior and senior high school years, including many solo performances. After graduating from Hollywood High School, she worked in various administrative jobs while performing in clubs and lounges around Southern California. From November, 1981 to March 1982 she had the opportunity to travel to Hakata, Japan, on the southern island of Kyushu, where she performed at The Wine Bar.

After returning to Los Angeles in 1982, she moved from Los Angeles to Colorado and was guided to Unity Church in Denver where she began studying metaphysics and exploring natural healing. In 1986 she was deeply involved in promoting the World Instant of Cooperation in Denver (World Healing Meditation, still celebrated each December 31), and went on to promote and celebrate the Harmonic Convergence in August 1987.

Just before the end of 1986, Nanci met Kay Snow-Davis of Global Family Education Center and Bobbi Brooks, a gifted natural healer, two of her most important teachers. Kay made her transition in May 2010. Her work and her spirit will never be forgotten.

How did she get into essences and natural healing?

In 1987 Nanci first learned about the Bach Flower Remedies and completed First and Second Degree Reiki training. She also began attending Hanna Kroeger's Chapel of Miracles in Boulder, Colorado, and expanded her education in natural healing with Hanna's teachings in the Seven Physical and Seven Spiritual Causes of Ill Health plus several other modalities.

As she continued to explore essence therapy, she discovered the Alaskan Flower Essence Project, Flower Essence Services in California, and Perelandra Essences. In the fall of 1991 she received the first guidance that she was to make essences, beginning with Hawk. She had read about making flower and gem essences, but getting a Hawk into a bowl of water seemed a little out of reach!

In January of 1992, she was given permission (and instructions) for making Hawk essence. By connecting directly with the source (animal, plant, mineral and many more aspects of nature) she avoids capturing or harming any living things, while imprinting the life force into water by working with nature and invoking its energies into water by intention. It's been a fascinating journey!

Teaching is her passion

Nanci loves to share her knowledge of essences, energy work, and spiritual and intuitive healing. She began teaching in 1993. Since then, she's developed seminars and workshops on making and using essences, pendulum dowsing, spiritual energy management, and more.

In 1995 she was certified to teach Point of Power: A Relationship With Your Soul by the author, Kay Snow-Davis. She has also studied Kay's wonderful work, Wheel of Life Cycles: The Power of Love to Heal Your Life, and Nanci teaches workshops on this important information as well.

In the summer of 1999 Nanci was ordained as a non-denominational protestant minister by Dr Willard Fuller of the Lively Stones Fellowship. That same summer she completed a Teacher Certification course at the Hanna Kroeger School of Natural Healing. In 2000, she was certified in Advanced Reiki Training and completed her Reiki Master training.

Does Nanci offer personal consultations?

Yes! In her private practice, Nanci works in partnership with her clients and the essences to provide spiritually guided intuitive counseling. sound healing using tuning forks, drumming, and her voice, and, of course, essence therapy.

A session may also include supplement recommendations, energy work, microbial balancing, and other areas of expertise. Her commitment is to restore harmony and balance for individuals and the world, and teach people to help themselves and others. When we work together, we can discover the most appropriate tools to open the door to memories of innate perfection and everyone's important role in the Universe. For details, please click here.

Where did "featherhawk" come from?
"featherhawk" is Nanci's Spirit Name. It was gifted to her in 1987 by a Hawk in Niwot, Colorado, where she was living at the time. Every morning on her way to work she would see a lone hawk sitting on a tree branch off the road. She had been seeing hawks everywhere since she moved from Denver to Niwot (near Boulder, Colorado), and she would say "hello" as she drove by.

One morning after she said hello, she received the word "featherhawk" in return. She loved the sound of it, and wrote it down. It lived on the front of her refrigerator for several months until, one day, she realized it was her Spirit Name, the name that has been hers over lifetimes.

Nanci is not Native American, and does not claim "featherhawk" to be her Medicine or Indian name. It was gifted to her by a Hawk, and she is very grateful.

She now makes her home in New Albany, Indiana, just north of the Ohio River, across from Louisville, Kentucky. When Nanci founded her business in 1991, featherhawk seemed like the most perfect name to use.

Nanci says this about the Hawk drawing she uses for her company logo: "Hawk is my Sentinel, watching over me and the essences. It embodies, for me, the power and integrity of this work."

Who created the Hawk logo?

The original pencil drawing of the Hawk came from the heart and artistic talent of Louise Sanchez of Boulder, Colorado.

The information in this web site is for educational purposes only. It has not been evaluated by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Consult your health care professional if you have any questions.

No animals are captured or harmed to make any featherhawk essence, there are no animal ingredients, and there is no animal testing.

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