So I know it has been a while sine my last post...but, I have been very busy working to hone SAIWA and make it the best it can be for you, the audience, and clientele! It is so thrilling to be 'on the water' after embarking on a journey that has taken me about 14 years to formalize. (I know, what took so long!) At first I really did not have a clue that this is the path I would be taking, but now it seems like it was there all along, like since I was about 4 years old (or even younger!! It amazes me). After overcoming many obstacles, learning and growing in various full time jobs and continued study in the healing realm, I have been lucky enough to create my own way and be able to present SAIWA to the world.
I am filled with joy, creativity and excitement, knowing that this work is moving in a direction I have always wanted it to...to help people to overcome their own obstacles and to help them to take their successes to a new level.
So let me break it down into those three components: Joy, Creativity, and Excitement.
First, let's talk about joy. This is something I have rarely felt when it comes to career, because I thought for so long that I had to BE SOMETHING, whatever that something was, it was always outside of myself and never felt true to me or who I am. Ever since I started formalizing this work in March I have dispensed with doubt, frustration with my career and angst over what to do with my life. This is the power of being true to yourself, and the joy that I now feel in my work with SAIWA is what I bring to my work with clients every day. I am so grateful and joyous to be able to share the gift of healing with my clients. It is a wonderful and amazing thing to be able to grow and reach your potential. It takes work, but the joy it is bringing me is certain to light the way. I know that in my work with clients that they have experienced similar feelings and one client stands out in particular. As you may know I work with children, adults, pets, homes, spaces and land...but one child client I had about 10 years ago was amazing. While in a session he looked up and said with a huge grin, "I feel like I am flying in the stars!!" There you have it...a 6 year old connected to this work felt exactly the beauty of shamanic energy healing...the connectedness, the attunement and the sheer joy of realizing your deeper self. This showcases the power of shamanic healing...it is astounding.
The creativity is important because through the eyes of the shamans in Peru, where my tradition originates, we create our own reality. That was a tough one to grasp when we (I) often feel we have so little control in life. But when you base your attitude each day in gratitude for what is, I mean what actually IS, you can start realizing that you have blessings to count.
One day in April of 2013 when I was about to make some big life changes I grabbed a $1 tiny notebook from the pharmacy when I was buying some gum. I took it to my temporary home-for-a-month at a friend's house (lived there while I was apartment hunting in NYC) and started jotting down what I was grateful for before I went to bed. I did that every night for a month or more and by June I was renting a tiny room in Harlem. It was a small place, but a HUGE step for me personally. Counting the little things that are good in your life no matter how bad your life is really adds up, and when you practice this you start to shift how you see your needs and wants. Then you are able to find creativity in yourself that you may not have seen before. Then you can use that creativity to produce more things to be grateful for, in my case, if I can make a few simple paintings each week I am grateful. Then that gratitude has led to actual creation and that creation lights the fire for more creation. It is a domino effect!
As for the excitement, I have to say (even though it is embarrassing), I had always felt ashamed of my career because I never felt I was living up to my potential. In truth, it took until now that I am building SAIWA that I have ever really dispelled that feeling and felt proud, excited and thrilled to be here to do this work. So many times in the past I have felt like I had no path, (maybe you can relate?) but now honoring what is true inside of me over the years has brought me to a place of grounded thoughtful excitement where I can work from joy and creativity to give the best of what I have to you. I feel that life is all about giving and this is the best way for me to do it. I am proud and excited, because now, I am working to give the best I have to anyone who feels they can benefit from it. That feeling is priceless.
When all is said and done, it is possible through shamanic healing to reach the states of joy, creativity and excitement that I have explained above. I can help you get there. You can find the strength within yourself and do it too. It is amazing what the ancient human traditions have to offer us when we have a good guide. Let me help to guide you along on your quest for more in life!