Today we’d like to introduce you to Wendy Walter.
Wendy, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?
I met clay as a freshman at High Mowing Waldorf School in Wilton NH with Mrs. Isobel Karl. I was lucky enough to spend many hours a week in the pottery studio. After working for a pottery in St. Thomas and a pottery in Colorado after college I had enough experience to break out on my own. A divorce and the need for an at home job to care for two kids sealed the deal. In 1999 I hawked my wedding ring bought a wheel and a kiln and went into business.
I produced a line of pottery that took off thanks to a NH sales Rep. and was teaching 4 classes a week to both children and adults. I noticed that people’s energy changed when they worked with clay and began to research the therapeutic qualities of clay on the body. After a training in clay baths I decided to get my license as an Esthetician in order to provide clay body treatments. Hired by a Wellness Spa in Groton MA to help get the spa up and running I had the opportunity to get certified in lymphatic drainage, reike, and have been a pelotherapist since.
In 2012 I decided to take healing a step further and enrolled in a somatic breath work certification as well as a Master’s degree program through the Edgar Cayce Foundation. I know have an MA in transpersonal psychology and certifications in breath work, hypnosis, and Integrated Imagery regression hypnosis.
Has it been a smooth road?
The biggest struggle was single parenting alongside growing a business. My kids were two and four when I got divorced so there was a lot to juggle.
We’d love to hear more about your business.
I make pottery and sell it but it is the teaching that sets me apart. I use the process of throwing as a mirror for the student. My work in the world is about empowering people through creativity and personal growth. I am proud that after all these years people still seem to enjoy my pots and that I am really good at “spinning a lot of plates in the air” at once. (ha.ha. get it?) It is a serious balancing act and one that requires a lot of trust in the universe or powers that BE.
Pricing:
- Pottery prices range from $2 – $100
- $75 per hour for breathwork, hypnosis and Past Life Regression
- Pottery Classes range from $35 for a private lesson – $250 for a six week class
Contact Info:
- Address: 16 Meetinghouse Hill Rd
Brookline NH 03033 - Website: www.voiceofclay.com
- Phone: 603-672-2626
- Email: wwaltervoiceofclay@gmail.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clay_alchemy/?hl=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClayAsARemedy/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/voiceofclay?lang=en
- Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/voice-of-clay-brookline-2
Image Credit:
Brian Woodbury
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