I remember being asked by a Lakota Elder once, "WHO ARE YOU?"  When you strip down titles, roles and identities - what is left? With that being said, I won't fill this page with qualifications and certifications rather share my story of what brought me here.  Our ancestors were not validated by certifications rather by initiations.  They were called upon in their dreams and trusted Spirit while working with Elemental Allies to guide their actions with intention and integrity. 

For me, I entered into this world journeying through a dark night of the soul (as some would call it) or as I define a crucial initiation into deepening my roots which gave birth to this Energy Medicine Practice.  It's important to share this story because it defines the magnitude of this work and it being much bigger than I could ever conjure on my own.

  It began with a dream with my Lola Fely.  We sat in her garden full of vegetables, herbs and roses.  She sat me with on the land and told me, "Anak, if you just sit with nature and listen, She will tell you everything you need to know." When I woke up that morning I had a yearning to play a sound bowl. Never in my life have I played instruments nor did I have the Filipinx gene to sing - but I knew I needed to have one.  In the midst of this, I had went through a tough divorce and became a single mom on a part time income.  So, the thought of finding resource to pay for crystal sound bowls was beyond me, but again when Spirit calls you listen.

At the time, I was dating someone (who is now, ironically, my husband) who I shared this story with.  My birthday was right around the corner and he gifted me my first sound bowl (which is wild coming out of a marriage that felt so disconnected - to have a person in my life who listened was mind blowing).  After I strummed the bowl for the first time, my heart sang and my body responded in a way I had never felt before - it was a mix between being in awe and admiring it's power with one strum.  After that, I knew I had to obtain a whole set of seven.  Since I didn't have the funds I deceided I would charge it on a credit card and deal with pay off later.  When the crystal bowls arrived, one was broken.  I thought to myself, "OH NO! Is this a sign I am not supposed to do this?" After going back and forth with the manufactuer and distributer there was no possible way to replace the one bowl, so insead they refunded me FOR THE WHOLE SET! And I thought, HOLY MOLY THANK YOU ANCESTORS this was. a gift and I knew this is so much bigger than me. 

Even crazier, the one bowl that was broken was the same note that my boyfriend at the time had bought me and still gave me a complete set.  You want to know what note/chakra that bowl was.... it was the HEART CHAKRA (F note).  Even more confirmation!

The rest is HERstory and here we are.

These days it can be overwhelming to be in the forefront of this work as there are many who are in this line work for profit without the proper shadow work, acknowledgement of their ancestry, without the proper assessment and understandings of their own inititiations that end up causing more harm.   New Ageism has brought out those who see the glitz and glamour of spirituality and created it to be consumerized with profit being the bottom line and then continuing to cause more damage due to the integreity of the practice. 

My intention is always to hold space with respect, reverence and integrity.   I work from the heart and so when I'm asked "WHO AM I?" My response is:

Heart & Spirit

I move within those spaces and guide others to be seen in the same way while also reflecting those parts of you to light up as well.   What we share in sessions will be things you already known amplified in a different way.  My goal is not to tell you what to do, but rather listen with more intent what your Spirit, Ancestors, guides, angels are guiding you towards.  What parts of yourself needs revisitation to grow.  It's Spirit that has brought you here and it is what will continue to guide you.

I am honored to be considered to walk this path with you.