I’m Emily Peterson, also known as RiverStar.

I offer healing spaces for people who want to slow down, return to themselves, and experience a more connected, alive, and free way of being. 

It may support you if you are moving through grief, overwhelm, trauma,
or a season of deep inner transition.

It may also support you if you are highly sensitive, intuitive,
or simply longing to feel more at home in your body and your life.

It is rooted in presence, relationship, and a simple understanding: Healing is, at its core, a remembering. A remembering of who we really are. Infinite. Radiant. Connected.

And, healing is not only personal, it ripples outward. 
As we come back into loving relationship with ourselves, we begin to restore our relationship with others, with mother earth, and with life itself.

This is why I do this work.

“Emily is a true shaman with immense love and power and responsibility.”
—Sarita Sol

Through one-to-one healing for humans and animals, and relational work with animals and the natural world, I offer trauma-aware care rooted in nervous system support, shamanic practice, and the Spirit of the Waters.

This work supports lasting healing, deeper self-trust, and a more connected way of being with yourself, others, and the living world. It is both practical and sacred.

Part of my work includes time with horses as sovereign beings. 
Horses respond to presence, not performance.
They meet us as we are, not as we try to be.

In their presence and heart field, many people begin to feel themselves more clearly,  their nervous system settles, and they feel deep peace and joy.

This is not about doing anything with the horses. It is about being in the right relationship with them, with the land, and with yourself.