Hi, I’m Vaness Henry.
I help people understand why they’re getting sick.
I read the body’s signs and symptoms through the larger patterns of a person’s life — so we can understand what’s happening and what may need to change.
Symptoms are rarely random.
My work sits at the intersection of body awareness, pattern recognition, lifestyle medicine, and deep listening.
I work with people who know something in their system is off and want a more meaningful way to understand what their body is trying to say.
Your body responds to how you eat, how you live, the environments you spend time in, the relationships you hold, and the deeper conditions of your life. What looks like a random symptom is often part of a much larger pattern.
My work is about helping you read that pattern.
I came to this work through my own life.
As a childhood cancer survivor, I’ve lived with the long arc of illness, treatment, recovery, and adaptation. That experience shaped the way I listen. It made me attentive to what is subtle, cumulative, and easy to dismiss — and unwilling to accept shallow explanations for why people feel unwell.
Over time, I built a body of work around observation, environment, Human Design Variables, and the relationship between the body and the life it is living.
I’m also a journalist by trade, which means I ask precise questions, track patterns across time, and pay attention to what others often miss.
That is a large part of what happens in my private practice.
I look at your life as a whole — your symptoms, rhythms, history, environment, relationships, and sensitivities — and the ways your life may be working with your body or against it.
Then I help you identify what needs to change.
Not in an abstract way.
In a real one.
This may include shifts in your diet, routine, environment, pace, sensory input, relational dynamics, or the structure of everyday life itself. My goal is not to overwhelm you with theory, but to help you understand your body clearly enough to make meaningful changes that support greater health and stability.
I’m a shamanic practitioner, teacher, and long-time guide in the Human Design space, but my work is ultimately about helping you come back into relationship with yourself.
If you’re looking for help making sense of what your body has been trying to tell you, you can explore my private practice.
Background
Motivational Speaker
Canadian Cancer Society
Hodgkins Lymphoma Survivor
Art Director
Food & Travel
Ciao! and WHERE Magazine
Fanfare Magazine Group
Art Director
Fashion, Culture, Lifestyle
Sandbox Magazine
Writer, Blogger
Crystal & Botanical Translations
Rogue Wood Supply
Shamanic Practitioner
Way of the Shaman, Shamanic Divination, Dying and Beyond,
Shamanic Extraction Healing, Foundation of Shamanic Studies
Journalist
Freelance newspaper and magazine articles
University Instructor
Digital & Social Media Marketing
PACE, University of Winnipeg
College Instructor
Web Design
Creative Communications
Red River College
Columnist
Our Body Book
Cameron Diaz community
Columnist
Community Newspaper
Winnipeg Free Press
Author
Poetry, At Bay Press
Fiction, At Bay Press
Non-fiction, Willow Press
Producer
Creative Sound Projects
Six-Two Studio