Follow your true path — and find your way back to the light inside you.
–Lisa
I have dedicated my life to embodying the practices of spiritual healing through both self-study and extensive education with master practitioners: Ann Drake, Phd; Kevin Courtney; Marty Cain; Eve B.Crowe; Ravi Nathwani; Andrew JuYu Weiss; Kim Conway; Julie Adreani; Kara Lam; and H.E. Menri Ponlop Trinley Nyima Rinpoche. In my own journey, I have expanded my consciousness through studying Tibetan Reiki, Bön Buddhism, Vedic and Tantric Yoga, Oracle cards, Dousing, Mediumship, Meditation, Ancestral Healing, and Unani Shamanism — all of which are tools I call on in my work today to support your journey to wholeness.
Through all of my education, the most powerful lessons have been my own life experience; my journey as a woman and a mother; and the process of alchemizing the intergenerational wounds of my own family into profound healing and transformation.
Before you heal someone, ask him if he is willing
to give up what made him sick.
–Hippocrates
The Wounded Healer
There was a moment in childhood that marked the beginning of my journey. I vividly remember watching a father help his wheelchair-bound son to a water bubbler in a local K-Mart. As the father lifted his young son to the fountain, the boy’s body went limp, and I realized he was paralyzed. At that moment, an angel appeared in the space above them – this overwhelmingly expansive, beautiful vision prompted me to tears. This was my first lesson that even through their pain, this boy and his father were being taken care of and protected – and my first experience of being in communion with the healing presence of pure love, divine light, and infinite consciousness.
When I told my mother what I had seen, she shut me down and rejected the vision – driven by her own fear from generational wounds. The source of this subconscious repression traced back to my grandmother, an intuitive, psychic woman whose lifetime was burdened by the weight of depression and stints in and out of mental institutions. My mother, scarred by this legacy, believed that embracing these gifts would lead to my descent into madness, much like her own mother. So, my intuition was suppressed and neglected – thus catalyzing my own journey of remembrance of self and spirit.
Remembering My Gifts and Spiritual Education
Remembering my gifts became a pilgrimage home to myself. Moving out at 19, I dove into self-discovery and embraced a diversity of spiritual practices. My journey began in earnest in my early 20s at Tufts University where I studied dowsing and labyrinths with Marty Cain. This connection created a fascination with living in harmony with the Earth’s wisdom. Feeling clarity about the interconnected existence between earth and all sentient beings, I became attracted to Buddhism, and practiced Hindu Yoga, Meditation, Yoga Sutras, the Laws of Karma, and the Bhagavad Gita through studying with Ravi Nathwani.
From there, I expanded my knowledge of the Buddhist Art of Mindfulness with a 2-year mentorship with Andrew JiYu Weiss, where I practiced full awakenings in each moment, Zen, and energy awareness, emphasizing living life in gratitude. The chakra systems led me into the energetic body and spirit world, Intuitive Development, and Psychic Mediumship. I attained a Reiki I certification in the Usui method, studying with Kim Conway and Julie Adreani.
However, even after all of this education, something was still missing. During a retreat to a holy waterfall in Indonesia, I received a water purification healing from a Shaman and my heart broke wide open. At this moment, I reconnected with Shamanism through a past-life familiarity and knowing that I had rediscovered my life’s purpose. Through Shamanic practitioner, Eve B. Crowe, I learned the fundamentals of journeying and obtained a Reiki II certification, and Tibetan Reiki Master certification through Kara Lam. I entered a mentorship with Ann Drake, Ph.D. and Shamanic Practitioner, learning the tradition of Unani medicine and advanced healing techniques such as Ancestral Healing, Extraction, Soul Retrieval, and Psychopomp. She has initiated me into Unani Shamanism where I am one of few to humbly carry this lineage. Most recently, I have woven my studies with Ann with the practices of Vedic and Tantric yoga through the teachings of Kevin Courtney, and studied with H.E. Menri Ponlop Trinley Nyima Rinpoche integrating the teachings of Bön Buddhism – a learning that continues to unfold today.
The Mother Wound
Yet, amidst this beautiful journey and exploration, the shadow of a troubled childhood cast its long reach and I found myself cycling through bouts of depression – just like my own mother, and grandmother. Breaking this cycle became my purpose. A poignant realization dawned upon me – a lineage of maternal responsibility, where I became my mother's mother. In a cycle that echoed through generations, each woman assumed the role of caretaker for the one before. This heavy, ancestral burden wove through each woman in my family – until I chose to shift it. My spiritual journey allowed me to break the cycle of troubled maternal lineage, becoming a foundation for my children and a healer for others. After over three decades of self-discovery and redirection, I stand as a testament to healing. I've emerged not only as a container for others but as living proof that the alchemy of transformation is real. I am a mother to my children. I am a cycle-breaker and I embody the wounded healer. In rewriting my own story, I found the tether to the collective mother, mending not just my wounds but those that echoed through time.
