So…Why healing?

My whole life I’ve been on this journey of trying to figure out who I really I am. In high school, I had a close friend whose identity was pretty rooted in punk rock—black nail polish, dark makeup, checker print everything. I wanted to be just like her, but as the years passed, we grew apart, and I found myself searching again for who I wanted to be. College began, and I bounced between the party scene and the church world for a long time, never quite landing in one arena or the other. For a long time, I felt like I was leading a double life.—one in the dark, and one that felt like a false front. A few years back, I found myself in the middle of a bunch of messes that I created. I really had no idea who I was anymore. I began a lot of therapy, sought out mentors, and as fate would have it —or perhaps it was divine intervention—I found yoga. I went to as many hot vinyasa classes as I could. I found my therapy on my mat. It was the most satisfying thing in the world to me to watch all the trapped stuff I was carrying around drip into sweat pools as I moved through each posture and every practice. The process of letting go began then in those classes. Fast forward a few years, and I was awakened to how desperately my life needed to change and for me, that looked like getting sober. I am beginning to love and accept the human I was created to be and to let go of any desire to be something I’m not. I actually like who I am today.  Getting sober brought me to that place, and on that healing journey I also was able to experience the beautiful healing practice of Reiki. Yoga has been a huge part of allowing me to feel a part of something, a sense of belonging, and acceptance of my journey. Reiki has been something I have been able to experience and use as a tool to further that healing. But, I would have none of it if I hadn’t gotten sober. I have gained a sense of self over the years, and a deep sense of hope for who I’ll continue to become. In all that I have gained as I have walked this path, I truly just want to share it with anyone seeking what I sought. Maybe something I have experienced would impact someone in the smallest of ways. It is my sincerest hope that through yoga, reiki, sobriety coaching or any combination of those offerings, that somebody will find what I’ve found.

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