About

I was born and raised in a small, rural town in South Africa during the apartheid era.  I have been living in the Bay Area since the late-90s and now consider it my home-away-from-home.  My South African roots have had a deep impact on my approach to healing and transformation, which I carry into my work today.

I have been reading and studying the tarot for over 10 years.  What began as a tool for self-reflection, quickly became a gift to share with others.  My friends began to ask me to read for them and encouraged me to take my gift seriously.   As my intuitive and psychic skills became more honed, I realized I had found my calling.

In 2007, I left the 9-to-5 world to launch my home-based business, Crafting the Sacred, which offers a variety of spiritual services and products.  I love what I do ~ be it finding insight and healing through tarot readings, creating beauty in arts & crafts or facilitating transformation through ritual and workshops.

My personal spiritual practice is a mixture of Earth-based spirituality and Buddhism. I have been developing my intuitive and psychic skills for many years and access them to assist my clients in my readings.  I have been making fiber crafts since I was a girl and see my stitching and crafting as an integral part of my daily spiritual practice.

My academic training is in Industrial Sociology and Adult Education & Training and I have extensive work experience in non-profit, legislative and legal environments.  This experience has been invaluable when working with clients considering career transitions.  For more details on my qualifications and experience, please see my resume on LinkedIn.

When not pondering the meaning of it all, I can be found crafting and enjoying life with my husband and loved ones in Berkeley, California.

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Leila Jo Crawford
Berkeley, CA