Direct Spirit Guide & Ancestral Connection Activation Program
Facilitated by Selome Araya, with support from Chinyere Okafor
Next In-Person Cohort: New York City, date TBA Next Virtual Cohort: July 2026
Program Overview
Who This Program is For
This immersive Direct Spirit Guide & Ancestral Connection Activation Group Program is for individuals who feel called to experience direct communication, presence and guidance from their spirit guides (ancestors, non-relative spirit guides, and multidimensional guides), including seeing, hearing, feeling, receiving messages & support from their guides first-hand - both within healing sessions and in their every day lives. For some, this work can include support in healing unresolved wounds with ancestors who have transitioned, healing embodied cycles from their lineage, finding peace within grief from loved ones who have passed on, and a deepening awareness and comfort in the continuation of life after the physical journey ends.
What This Program Includes
Through a combination of individual one-to one energy healing sessions, facilitated group healing sessions, integration practices and spiritual education, participants within this container - receive a spirit connection activation to open their channel and begin connecting directly in sessions, gain clarity on who their guides are, energetically clear any blocks or challenges to spirit guide connection, and learn specific practices to ground in and cultivate an ongoing relationship with their spirit guides and higher self beyond sessions, as well as develop foundational intuitive and channeling skills. The process also includes somatic and meditative practices, ritual, intuitive counseling, and dedicated space for reflection, learning, processing, and integration as experiences unfold. (Additional program details & structure outlined below).
Philosophy of This Work
Rather than relying solely on another person to pass on or interpret spirit communication and clarity, this work supports participants in becoming their own autonomous channel to spirit (with initial support), growing trust and confidence in their ability, and recognizing themselves as part of the same source from which their guides arise. No prior experience with spirit guides or channeling is necessary to join this program; it is grounded in a structured, transformative, trauma - informed process - a distinct approach intentionally designed to support people who may have never connected due to various reasons but feel the desire to.
A Note on The Client Experiences Shared Throughout This Page
The client experiences on this page are from previous one-to-one work, and reflect the many ways this work can tangibly unfold within and beyond sessions. Each experience is titled to make it easier to read the stories you feel most drawn to and shared with the intention to highlight the tangible human experience and outcomes in this work. While the experiences shared here come from previous one-on-one work, this group offering builds upon the same core processes from individual work while expanding the container to not only include one-to-one work but also a sacred collective space to be in community with others on similar paths.
Client Experience of Direct In-Session Connection with Spirit Guides, Hearing Answers & Feeling Guide’s Presence
“During my healing sessions with Selome, I opened up to connections with various guides and ancestors and experienced deep healing. In one session I felt intense energy moving through my body and began shaking and felt energy being released. I began thinking about my dad and then heard a voice. I asked, is this my dad?, and it said “yes”. I got really emotional and felt him all around me. I received clear information from him, telling me why he passed away in the way he did, something I had been specifically seeking for a long time.
Then I heard a voice say, “There is a cry buried deep inside of you, and until you let that cry out, you won't be able to find your voice,” and I just started crying deeply. My great great grandfather’s spirit also came to me and told me a lot of details about our family lineage that I didn’t know about, including the root of anger in our lineage. I was asking specific questions and was receiving very specific answers.
I began feeling like I was floating on a wave in the ocean and realized it was my ancestors supporting me. I asked them about my path and they said I am to do wonders. In another session I felt like I was transcending into the spirit realm. I also felt something being pulled from my crown; it felt like the part I had been told was me was being pulled out. It was very powerful and revealing. I also felt several hands on me and knew that it was my guides, and I felt my energy go “vroom”.
Over the course of the program, there is reprogramming and trauma healing as needed, emotional release, and integration support as experiences unfold. Participants are guided to actively engage with their spirit guides - inviting and being open to connection, ask questions, observe responses & learning to trust what they see, hear, feel and receive.
Program Structure & Details
Initial intake and personalized plan: A one-to-one intake to clarify your intentions, goals, challenges and focus areas for this journey
Three private 1:1 healing sessions: Each person receives 3 individual sessions that include: energy healing with RAI’s signature Quantum Root Energy Healing (learn more), a spirit guide channeling activation process, energetic clearing of blocks to connection, replacing limiting imprints, emotional, spiritual and mental release, intuitive counseling, and grounded processing and integration support. Sessions also include intention setting, subconscious deprogramming & reframing, support in understanding experiences during & after sessions, nervous system & somatic support, tools to root in power & confidence, and tailored practices.
6 group healing sessions: A sacred group space for shared reflection, learning, and community - normalizing spirit communication and being seen and witnessed in the journey. Sessions may include facilitated discussions, rituals, somatic and meditative practices, sonic journeys, collective energy work, spiritual guidance, and optional “hot-seat” coaching. Participants are also invited to share experiences from private sessions, with space for collective processing, breakthroughs, celebration, and support.
Educational component: Discussion topics include: spirit guides vs. ancestors (how they differ), your role in your lineage, common blocks to connection, types of guides, and the many ways connection is experienced. Also includes the role of the Higher Self, active participation with guides, developing your unique ways of connecting, building trust while releasing imposter syndrome, and more.
Integration support: Transformative tools and practices to support ongoing connection, interpret communication accurately, and embodied guidance in everyday life
Ancestral healing work (where applicable): Energetic clearing, healing unresolved ancestral relationships, supporting ancestors heal in the spirit realm, embodying forgiveness and compassion, and reconnection with gifts from your lineage
A sacred, confidential, trauma-informed container: Carefully held space that honors nervous system safety and individual pacing.
Cultivation of intuitive development and spiritual growth: Support for strengthening intuitive awareness, agency, and growing understanding of our relationship to the spirit realm
Post-program community: An opportunity to continue in an online community space for integration, reflection, and shared growth
Client Experience of Receiving Clarity of Who Guide Is, Ongoing Spirit Connection After Sessions, and Healing Resentment With An Ancestor
“I reached out to Selome because I was feeling called to ancestral connection, discover who my spirit guides are, and heal a difficult relationship with a relative who had passed.
The first spirit guide who came through in my healing sessions pretty quickly was my maternal grandmother. I started feeling her presence with me, seeing her and hearing messages from her during sessions and after sessions, in my dreams and when I did yoga and meditation. I was shocked at how straightforward it was for me to develop this connection! In one session I heard her say ‘I’m looking for a place to land,’ and we discovered that was her telling me to create an altar. Selome helped me create one and develop practices to stay connected with her.
She also started sending me messages in the form of birds. Anytime I was struggling, a bird would fly into my line of vision. I would feel her energy communicating “I am watching”, and I’d suddenly feel stronger and emboldened. I also felt her orchestrating things, and I noticed a palpable shift in my relationship with my mom that felt connected to this work and connection.
And then I thought, since my grandmother had transitioned into being a spirit guide, maybe my dad would be the same for me. And in working with Selome, I learned that I don't have to connect with the spirit of my father in the same way but that he could be a healing point, and not necessarily a spirit guide. During our sessions I was able to release resentment, anger, frustration, and hatred that I felt towards him. And it felt lighter, I felt like I wasn't energetically carrying all of those hurt feelings from childhood anymore, and was able to let him be in his humanity as a spirit who has transitioned. And it felt powerful to forge this kind of connection with him that was more of a connection through forgiveness.”
Frequently Asked Questions
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The program takes place over 7 weeks, with the 3 private one-on-one sessions and 6 group sessions includes. Some weeks will include both a group and a private session. Private healing sessions are each 2 hours long, and group sessions are each between 2.5 and 3 hours long. The program is offered in both virtual and in-person group cohort formats.
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Each cohort will have a maximum of 8 people
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As the client experiences shared throughout this page reflect, each person’s journey is unique. Participants arrive with a wide range of experiences, blocks, stories, needs, and intentions. Many people come to this work with energetic, emotional, mental, spiritual, subconscious, or ancestral blocks that have made connection feel difficult or inaccessible - including fear, skepticism, conditioning, grief, pain, traumas, confusion, imposter syndrome, dissonance, disbelief, illusion of separation, the belief that you have to be a medium to connect, the beliefs and fears of others being held in the body and psyche, an attachment to connection only showing up in certain ways, and more. In order for the channel to be activated for spirit connection, blocks need to be cleared and replaced with something new. For participants who feel called to heal wounds with ancestors who’ve transitioned, this can also include working through unresolved resentment, pain, guilt, grief, or unanswered questions that can inhibit connection from occurring - allowing space for tangible release, peace, clarity, forgiveness & reconciliation.
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While many participants experience clear, direct connection during this work and often receive answers they have long been seeking; for others, aspects of the work continue to unfold with additional time, integration, or ongoing support beyond the container, as trust & connection deepens gradually in time. Regardless of how connection unfolds, participants often leave with a deeper sense of being supported & not alone in their spiritual journey.
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Then this is perfect for you! This process was intuitively designed to support someone in your position to clear the blocks to spirit connection and begin to experience connection on your own - while learning how to continue and grow the connection.
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No - this work is not about the practitioner channeling messages, information, clarity or visions for you. While many are used to having information about their guides given to them by a medium, this process will support you being able to receive the direct information from your guides yourself, and will take place during the energy healing sessions. The exact process will be explained at the beginning of the program. Please read the client experiences throughout the page to get an idea of the direct experiences that are cultivated through this work.
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Participants are encouraged to actively engage in the process rather than remain passive. This includes learning to open, sustain, and deepen connection through intentional participation, becoming co-creators in their relationship with spirit - asking for what they need & playing a conscious role in the journey.
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Community agreements are created collectively to ensure a safe, respectful, and confidential environment for all participants. These agreements support trust, integrity, and care within the shared space.
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If you are a prospective participant, you can submit your information using the Program Participant Interest Form located at the bottom of this page. If you are an organization interested in partnering with RAI to bring this program to your space, please see the Partner With Us section further down.
Client Experience Connecting with Spirit Guides and Higher Self, Experiencing Protection, and Gaining a Deeper Understanding of The Cycle of Life
“The work that I have done with Selome has been life-changing. After experiencing a very hard year and grief, I knew I needed a deeper healing process than traditional therapy. Through Selome’s counseling, guidance and energy work, I was able to reach a deeper level of healing and spiritual awareness that allowed me to connect more with my ancestors, spirit guides, and higher self.
One of the most precious gifts from this work has been connecting with loved ones who have transitioned. I was also able to understand the higher purpose for their passing and feel closer to them than ever before. I have gained forever guides and feel safe and protected because of this. They speak to me often and I can feel their presence daily, especially during prayer and meditation. While it’s hard sometimes their physical beings aren’t here, the connection I’ve gained with their presence in a spiritual form is far greater!
In each of our energy sessions, I could feel and see my guides surrounding me. I would see colors, lights, and visions, sometimes feeling like I was in between dimensions. My guides reassured me around things that I’d been struggling with. And I heard clear messages from them like “trust yourself,” “you will be ok,” “you’re deserving of love,” and “we got you,” reminding me I’m never alone. I was told to give myself grace and the next era of my life is going to be big. I also felt strong energy moving through my body as things shifted. Sometimes my body felt heavy and I felt it twitching. I felt releases of energy and heat in my forehead, and felt energy pulling at my feet and releases from the back of my head.
Before working with Selome, I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to connect with a friend who transitioned unexpectedly. From our work I learned my grief was blocking that connection, and after a few sessions I was able to see and hear him clearly in the sessions. He is now one of my spirit guides.
In one session, I felt my guides strongly and Selome and I both recognized how protected I am. Later, while walking home, my guides told me to turn around, just as a car came speeding toward me and I ran out of the way. If I hadn’t moved then, I would’ve gotten hit. I knew it was divine protection. Now I hear my guides clearly every day and receive guidance on how to move through my day in so many ways!”
“One of the intentions I set for my healing journey was to open myself up to spiritual guidance and embrace unseen dimensions. These sessions with Selome helped me release skepticism and clear subconscious beliefs around the spirit world, and call in clarity and connection with my spirit guides. And now I feel their presence tangibly through dreams, signs, and intuitive messages, and I can sense their presence with me! From this work I also learned how to be open to the different ways they are trying to connect with me and to ask them for clarity when I need to. This connection has become an integral part of my life and I feel supported by their guidance daily.”
Client Experiences of Releasing Skepticism, Opening up to Spirit & Receiving Tangible Confirmation of Connection
During one session, a client (who was previously blocked from connecting with guides) shared that they felt emotional and started crying, feeling a lot of energy opening in their heart. They then felt their head expanding, and their heart chakra melting open, and felt a sense of expansion in their heart. In that moment, their family dog who had recently transitioned came through, which took them by surprise and brought more tears. They saw the dog moving into the spirit world, along with many others they had known who had passed, including patients they had cared for. They described feeling lighter in both heart and spirit where they used to feel a heaviness in their heart around loved ones in the spirit realm. In the session they said they felt more open and more at peace with the spiritual journey. They expressed suddenly feeling the spirits around them and knew the spirit realm was real and present. Having been skeptical about such connections in the past, this direct experience as well as clearing blocks and creating new understanding, shifted their perspective.
Partner With Us
This program can be adapted for healing and wellness centers, retreat spaces, spiritual communities and other communal spaces. Cohorts can be structured as weekend intensives or multi-week series. We collaborate to align with your community’s needs. To partner with RAI to bring this program to your space, please contact us here
Client Experiences of Connecting with Diverse & Multidimensional Guides, Receiving Clear Communication & Guidance
“I came to Selome to connect with my spirit guides because I haven’t been able to connect with them and I had been wanting to for a long time. During our sessions I was able to fully connect and not just that, but I got such clear and amazing communication from a specific guide. Many amazing things were revealed to me! I saw a guide very clearly and heard him say, “I’ve been here all along” and he told me very specific things about myself and my lineage. He was dancing and had very happy energy. I also had this feeling that someone was putting a blanket around me!”
“I met a new spirit guide during my sessions with Selome- he had a male energy, somebody that felt very very old. He felt like an ancient healer. He had on some ceremonial garb and was very energetic. I asked him what I could call him and he told me his name was ___.” (name removed for privacy).
One client came into the work seeking clarity around who their spirit guides were and how to receive clearer communication and guidance from them. Early in the process, their child self emerged as a guide during sessions and continued to appear outside of sessions, offering support and insights in daily life.
As the work progressed, more guides began to come through, including an ascended master guide whose presence was strongly felt in session. Afterward, the client was guided to connect with this being in meditation, where they received specific information about their name and appearance. This guide became an ongoing source of communication and support. The client also began seeing, feeling and hearing other multidimensional and non-human guides who accompanied and guided them. Through structured tools and practices, the client learned to engage with their guides on their own and grow the connection..
After establishing this clear contact, the client would experience brief moments of doubt and disbelief - and wondered “who am I to have these gifts?” We recognized this as old self-doubt patterns emerging, and how they had struggled to believe in their own gifts and power growing up in a culture of skepticism. After we energetically cleared this skepticism, the client began learning to integrate these experiences more fully, allowing them to accept their connection to spirit as real and a normal part of their life.
Client Experience with Healing Grief and Guilt, Confirmation Their Loved One is Ok & Connecting Beyond Sessions
“During one of the energy healing sessions, my father came through with a message about what happened after he passed. I heard him say, “When you guys are on earth mourning our loss, you’re wearing black. But on this side, when we cross over and are welcomed, we’re all wearing white, and we’re happy. When we get here, it’s really nice, bright, and light.” This gave me a new perspective on grief and helped me feel more at peace with his passing. Knowing that he was happy and surrounded by light eased so much of the heaviness I’d been carrying. It’s been so comforting knowing that he’s ok. It’s been a profound step in my healing process.
In another session I connected with my father’s energy and was able to release deep guilt I had been holding. I heard him say he was proud of me and grateful for everything I had done for him in his final days. The sessions helped me release this weight and find peace in my relationship with his memory!
I’ve continued to feel his presence and communicate with him in ways that have been so comforting. He talks to me often. It’s been beautiful to witness him now, after his transition, as a protector and caretaker for me. I feel his protection in many magical ways. I came to understand that his life didn’t end there, he is still with me and my family in new and beautiful ways as spirit. This work also helped me release trauma I carried, particularly around the medical system and end-of-life care.”
Meet The Practitioners
Selome Araya
Chinyere Okafor
Client Experience of Transforming the Energetic Relationship With a Grandmother in Spirit
One client had experienced challenges with their grandmother while she was alive and came into the work hoping to process and heal this relationship.
In an earlier session, the client experienced being transported back to a specific memory from childhood with their grandmother, and felt they were right there in that moment with her again (current life regression). They became emotional during this journey, crying and feeling a strong physiological response in their body, as they were fully immersed in the moment again. In the memory, they saw their grandmother’s face as they remembered it at times in life: very strict and angry. The client expressed being surprised at how vivid and palpable the experience was.
After we worked to clear the emotional charge and pain connected to the relationship, their grandmother appeared again in a later session. This time, the client shared that her grandmother’s face was different, and her expression felt softer, kinder and even happier. And that her grandmother’s energy felt noticeably lighter.
The client became very emotional and expressed a sense of relief at the shift they felt in their own healing and the feeling that something between them and their grandmother’s spirit had shifted and been released.
Client Experience of Somatic and Energetic Release of Ancestral Pain Leading to Relief and Lightness
"There was a part of my healing session that felt almost like an exorcism (in a good way)! I felt some kneading and pulling. I felt a knot rolling around in my womb. It felt heavy. Then I became overwhelmed with grief and sorrow. I was trying to fight it because it wasn't comfortable. I didn't want to let go of whatever was moving inside of me. I was fighting back tears, and I started trembling. I couldn't believe how all of a sudden, I was feeling so heavy with pain. I knew what was coming up wasn't all mine, though; it felt like my parents' and ancestors' pain, too. I focused on my breathing and tried to exhale slowly, and more tears came. I was afraid but I knew I had to let go of whatever I was holding. I felt an ancestor (my mom's spirit) come in and support me through it. I felt hot all over my body. Then I felt something being pulled out of me; I got a message that it was deep, buried old pain and trauma coming out of me. And then, after some time, I felt relief. I felt high and tired, but I felt a lightness in my womb. I never knew I could feel so light and open!"
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