I was born visually impaired...
that’s what I’m told at least. The
thing is, I have come to realize that
my low vision in the physical world
has given me the ability to see and
sense multi dimensionally.
What does that mean?
It means I feel people’s hearts. This
has made me very non-judgmen-
tal as a person. This lack of judg-
ment has made it very easy for
people to come to me as a healer.
As a kid, I was a friend to all the
kids who had big issues at home.
I became their ‘safe person’ and
confidant. As an adult, I had to
learn how to set healthy bound-
aries and dissolve co-dependency
and I now teach this to the empa-
thy I work with.
When I was a kid I loved Spirit so
much and wanted to spend every
waking second in communion, so
I would go out and sit in the field
and meditate while all the other
kids played ball or hopscotch. I
was a bit of a loner, but this helped
me deepen my connection.
At age 12 I was introduced to yoga
and this blew open my spiritual
world. I started to feel a deepen-
ing resonance with all beings. This
depth of compassion steered me
toward vegetarianism and opened
me to the world of plants and.
Their healing capacity. My life as
a teen was consumed by trying to
help people who were struggling
with family problems, meditating
and learning about plants!
At 21 I realized it was going to be
tough for me to hold down a job
as a ‘disabled” person; so, I went
to India to volunteer and deepen
my study of yoga and Indian clas-
sical dance. I began deepening my
study of plants and foods as med-
icine and dove deep into the study
of Ayurveda.
I began learning about the chakras
and the elements and the layers of
the aura. This blew my inner vi-
sion even further open and I could
touch people and see things that
were going on inside of them.
When I returned from India, I was
married. I started my family, and
yoga was the only means for me
to support myself. I was scared to
teach, after all I only had 12 years’
experience. Surely, I couldn’t
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