Marina Pirkle is a Forbes-featured clinical hypnotherapist, shamanic healer, and the founder of Modern Mind Alchemy. Trained under world-renowned hypnotherapy educator Randall Churchill, recognized as an American Express Luminary Fellow, and trusted by Auberge Resorts Collection, she brings rare clinical authority to a practice shaped by years of studying with shamanic healers across South Africa, Costa Rica, Mexico, and the American Southwest.
Her work moves through the subconscious, the body, and the soul simultaneously — dismantling the patterns that keep people stuck and replacing them with something that actually lasts.
Certified Grief Recovery Specialist · Podcast guest · Sought-after speaker · Based in Austin · Available everywhere.
Your first 90 minutes are always the same: Marina meets you, hears your story, and crafts a bespoke path forward. From there, here are some of her areas of specialization.
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I blend ancient shamanic traditions with clinical hypnotherapy to help people reconnect with who they really are. Whether you're navigating a career shift, healing from a relationship, or just feeling stuck in a loop you can't explain — this work meets you where you are.
I've trained with healers in Mexico, Peru, and across the American Southwest. I've been featured in Forbes and American Express for my approach to modern wellness.
The thing I'm proudest of? The quiet transformations — clients who finally sleep through the night, who leave jobs that were draining them, who start trusting themselves again.
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Release what's holding you back. Deep-dive sessions that combine clinical hypnotherapy with shamanic healing for lasting transformation.
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Clinical Hypnotherapy
Thursday · 2:00 PM
60 min · Online
When you're stuck in fight-or-flight, everything feels harder than it needs to be. Marina's work targets the nervous system at the root — so you stop white-knuckling through your day and start actually living it.
Reach Out →No rigid schedules, no one-size-fits-all programs. Marina meets you where you are and builds a practice around your life — whether that's weekly sessions, a retreat, or a self-guided meditation program.
See All Offerings →Her compassion, empathy, and skill were invaluable during one of the toughest times in my life — my divorce. Her guidance helped me regain control of my life and find a sense of peace and happiness I hadn't felt in years.
Self-Discovery · COVID eraMarina is a magical person who helped me through my growth and self-discovery journey. She showed me how to set healthy boundaries — and how to see my own strength.
Years-Long ClientI have worked with her for years now. She's incredibly empathetic, personable and caring — making space for magic to happen in your life.
Hypnosis is the state. Clinical hypnotherapy is the therapeutic use of that state by a trained practitioner. You stay aware and in control throughout — the subconscious has its own protective wisdom and won't accept suggestions that conflict with your values. What clinical hypnotherapy is →
It's Marina's signature modality: trained shamanic lineages held inside a clinical hypnotherapeutic container — neither pure clinical practice nor freestanding energy work. Marina trained in Mexican curanderismo, Peruvian, American Southwest, and West African lineages over years on four continents. The full guide →
Marina doesn't make claims either way about past lives. What's clinically clear: the subconscious reliably produces vivid, emotionally significant material in regression sessions, and working with that material produces measurable shifts. Past life regression, explained →
Yes. Marina's clients who've done both formats consistently report the depth and outcomes are equivalent. The hypnotic state is internal — once you're in it, the medium of the connection becomes incidental. How online sessions work →
It depends on what you're working with. Some material moves significantly in a single session; multi-layered or deeply encoded patterns warrant a series. Marina is direct about her assessment after the first session, with no upsell pressure. How long the work takes →
Bringing unintegrated subconscious material into awareness so it stops running your life from underground. Talk therapy can articulate shadow material but rarely integrates it — that happens at the subconscious layer, and Marina's shadow work reaches that layer directly. What shadow work is →
Most insurance doesn't cover hypnotherapy directly. HSA/FSA accounts often reimburse it as a wellness expense — coverage varies by plan, and Marina can provide a receipt for submission. Ask about your situation →
Hypnotherapy has a wide quality range, so weigh the signals that matter: real clinical training, direct lineage training, a clear ethical practice with explicit limits, and credible outside recognition like press features. What the Forbes feature reflects →
Not sure where to start? Send Marina a note — she'll write back personally.