About Julia
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I am Julia Lopez-Kaley (she/her), an empathic space holder, co-learner, and tend-er. I was born on Mdewakanton land (Central Minnesota) and currently reside on the lands of the Wahpekute, Dakota (Minneapolis, Minnesota). I am of mixed European lineages, including Italian, Celtic, Nordic, French, and Bohemian-Germanic. I was raised and taught by my parents, as well as other elders, teachers, and community members within and outside of my familial bloodline.
I have experienced many moments and periods of liminality throughout my life. So far, these experiences have occurred most when outside, where I find connection with spirit strong; during my own periods of loss, grief, deconstruction, and growth; when with folks in times of grief, questioning, transitions in life and during the dying process; and when sharing in the possibilities that lie within the liminal space of creating music. I am committed to tending to and cultivating connection, expression, growth, authenticity, and healing through relationship, trust, loving curiosity, and creativity.
I have been involved in my own personal healing for 15 years and this learning and integration is on-going. This work is messy, often painful, and it is work that humbles and reminds me of my own humanity, brokenness, and beauty. I draw on many lessons that I have learned from family, elders, teachers, clients, community, and ancestors, and knowledge gained through my own process of suffering, healing, practice, and alchemization.
I am committed to:
I am committed to:
anti-racism learning and action
anti-oppressive practice
accountability to individuals and community
community connection, care, and reparations
co-learning formal, self-led, and community-relational
ancestry knowledge and relationships
earth kinship and care
Work Background
Work Background
I was trained as a music therapist and I work from a person-centered, strength-based perspective and foundation. I believe that my role as a therapist and companion is to travel alongside someone, offering my own observations and wonderings while also recognizing that each person is an expert in their own self and experience.
I do not have the answers for another, but I am honored to be a present and curious companion while another searches for meaning and direction in their life.
I am trained in the many ways improvisation can positively add to the creative process of therapy, though I utilize a variety of techniques and perspectives within music therapy sessions. I have had the privilege of working with a variety of folks ranging in age, ability, and background through my work as a music therapist and as a caregiver in several settings. I have experience supporting young children, teenagers, and adults of all ages with diverse needs and abilities.
My experiences being present with those during intense moments and periods of life, including at the end-of-life, have been profound medicine and teachers. It is often in those liminal spaces that the power and medicine of deep listening, intuition, and spirit have been evident. This co-learning and medicine is something I strive to bring into all spaces I enter and all aspects of my work.
I began seeing folks for spiritual companionship/direction in the summer of 2024. I was trained in spiritual companionship within the AnamCara Apprenticeship program through the Sacred Art of Living.
Energy Work
Energy Work
The exchange of energy and somatic knowledge between humans and more-than-human is an experience that has greatly affected how I live and work. My own rituals and animist understandings are essential to my health and connection to earth, community, spirit, and self. I gained life-changing energetic knowledge and embodied understanding through my learning with Marika Hamahata Clymer and the Foundations of Energetic Ecology Reiki Program community. I facilitate energy work within music therapy sessions, spiritual companionship, and in communal spaces and interactions. Energy exchange occurs within the relationships to which I tend and is a core aspect of how I show up in the world.
My Teachers
My Teachers
It is important to publicly acknowledge, thank, and give credit to my teachers. Any ability, skill, or knowledge that I have is not mine alone. All parts of me are parts of others that have been generously taught, given, or realized through relationship. I uplift my teachers - human, animal, elemental, and ancestral - throughout this site and refer to them in my work, as appropriate.
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