Welcome!

I am Tracey Forest, and KeyTurner is the name that denotes my mythopoetic identity, revealed to me by ancient beings in the deep canyon lands of Utah, while I was undergoing a four-day wilderness fast as part of a yearlong initiation program.

I am passionate about helping others step through the doorway into the mystical and the mythical, the sacred and the sublime, the earthy and the erotic, the dark depths and high heights. I am a fearless and compassionate facilitator who has “been to the mountain” and descended into the abyss to lament for the earth, to celebrate the beauty and pain and who knows the rich gifts that lie in the dark to be mined. I stand in the portal, holding a lantern, singing ancient songs, dangling a key, inviting you to step through into the vast landscape of your Soul.

I am particularly called to help women and young adults to move from the outworn worlds, across thresholds into yet-too-be-revealed worlds that are coming. I am a deep listener of Earth's dreaming, of the "in-betweens," in communion with the sacred land that is Spirit Hollow and a devotee of the soul stream, the mythological realms in service to that which is the holiest of holies, the deepest Source beneath all identities, all spiritualities and all beings.

Director of Spirit Hollow, the center where I live and guide in SW Vermont, I am a healer and teacher, yoga teacher and singer of soul-stirring songs. I am a graduate of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies Three-Year Program (1998) in Advanced Shamanism and Shamanic Healing under the direct teaching of Dr. Michael Harner; also, I am a Certified Yoga Teacher at the 200-hour level, having studied with transformational teacher, Shiva Rea.  I also have a Master’s Degree in English and have taught college English for the last three decades.

With 30 years of experience guiding others, I have been studying with Bill Plotkin for the last nearly eight years.  I am a Certified Level 1 Wild Mind Nature-Based Underworld Guide with the Animas Valley Institute.  Currently, I am in the final phases of the multi-year Soulcraft Apprenticeship and Initiation Program (SAIP) with Plotkin learning the nuances of Soul Initiation Guide and cultivating more tools to assist in the Wholing and Healing of this broken, beautiful world.