We had the good fortune of connecting with Celine Germain and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Celine, have you ever found yourself in a spot where you had to decide whether to give up or keep going? How did you make the choice?
I feel like the answer to this question has changed based on my own personal evolution. In the past, my ego would drive the boat, I had ideas I wanted to achieve and see come to fruition; my ego helped me attain those things. As I age, I find that my ego plays less a part in helping me make those decisions. I turn more to my body and my relationship to my spirit; its connection to the cosmos and my place in the world. When I’m faced with having to make a decision to keep going, I ask, “is it in alignment to continue on? If so how much farther?” If its not clear then I wait until it is then I take one step at a time. If I am guided to give up, that feels like a doneness in my body. A quiet moment of truth that comes through and a peaceful pause. I don’t see giving up as a failure, its a directive to pivot directions and even if I don’t know where that new direction is or what it will be like to step into that, I know that what ever is here now is complete and its o.k. to shift and move on/give up. Giving up can also be like surrendering to something greater. I choose to give up many things that don’t serve me. I decide that by feeling into my core and asking, does this still serve. If there’s shakiness or tension, then I know the answer is no. Then I can give up with grace.

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
I’m a healer. I’ve been in practice with clients one on one since 1993 using somatic, osteopathic techniques, visceral, lymphatic, fascial and neurological modalities. with over 30,000 hrs of hands on work, I carry with me a lifetime of knowing how to sit deeply with clients and to listen to the undercurrents of their struggles, suffering, victories and accomplishments. I guide them to their own inner wisdom and help them make connections for themselves that guide them through life. The thing that makes me unique is that I am also a jewelry maker and designer. My work focuses on Tahitian and Baroque pearls but also features semiprecious and precious gemstones. The draw to being a creative is the same for me as my draw to my healing work. They are one in the same. I believe that beauty heals and for years people would tell me that they would wear my jewelry when they needed to feel grounded or when they had a big meeting and wanted a little extra support. To say that I fully understand how that translation of holding space or guiding others to heal got imposed on my jewelry would be false. What I do know is that there is some kind of magic that happens when I sit with materials and find ways to connect them to each other. It’s the same process for me with a client receiving my healing work. This journey of finding a balance between my client work and my jewelry is still in play. It’s kind of like the tides, ever ebbing and flowing, both fulfilling the part of me that knows I’m here to share these aspects of myself with the world. With a degree in fine art, I was not taught how to be a business person. It’s all came in pieces since I started making jewelry in 2010 (I learned jewelry techniques in high school in the late 80’s but shelved it for almost 20 years.) The creative part is easy, the business part is where most of the work happens. I’ve relied on my inherent curiosity, tenacious thirst for knowledge and the graces of the stars to get me through most of my challenges. I think the thing I want people to know is that I am both a healer and an artist. I hope this comes across in my jewelry brand as I focus on the power of pearls as transformers of suffering into beauty. The ocean has been a staple of my spiritual life. I weave the rhythms of it into my healing work and the essences of it into my jewelry work. In both cases as well as in life, I turn to the ocean as a source of inspiration, play and release. I would not say that any of my life’s journey has been easy, in fact its been quite the opposite with a lot of physical pain and struggle but I have a depth of knowing that everything I know has come directly from the life I’ve lived and what I’ve put into it. I’ve earned these titles and continue to believe I’m here to serve others through these mediums of jewelry making, beauty casting, and intuitive guidance.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
My shout out goes to my husband Lawrence LaBianca who, in his brilliantly talented artistic way, has given me the deepest support and nurturance for me to follow my own creative pursuits. He has passionately supported my growth as an artist and maker, showing me the value of learning techniques, having the right tools, being excited about furthering my skills and helping in a variety of ways behind the scenes, including assistance with making display cases and show props, to helping me understand welding and providing assistance with set up and break down with shows. He’s also an expert dog sitter when I have a full weekend show. Just by being who he is, he role models for me the importance of being a creative person in the world, bringing value to something I’ve struggled to have faith in. But I know art making is healing. Beauty heals. Ive experienced it. The pursuit of unfolding that creativity in oneself has immense positive benefits not only for myself but for those that I get the honor of sharing it with.

Website: www.tideandtied.com www.forthebodyandspirit.com

Instagram: @tideandtied

Image Credits
Cheyenne Ellis Paige Laverty

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