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My healing journey began in 2006 when I sat at my office desk daydreaming about going home to eat a bag of chips in front of the TV. It was 9:15am. This was not an uncommon thought. What was uncommon was the thought that followed: “Is THAT the most exciting thing about your life, Ainsley? Going home and stuffing your face?”

Something instantly changed within me and I knew, or at least I wanted to believe, that there was much more to life. Not too long after that I packed my bags and moved to the west coast to “find myself”. What I found was yoga and personal development programs that brought me a kind of joy that made me question whether I was ever happy at all. That was the beginning of a bumpy ride.

In the years that followed I discovered a lot about myself and life. I traveled inwards and explored outwards, including learning yoga in the middle of India, enduring silent meditation retreats, and healing with shamans in Costa Rica. The lack of joy in my life was only the surface of trauma. As a child of newly immigrant parents, surviving on very little was our family's priority. While my parents worked tirelessly to meet our basic needs, my mental and emotional well-being suffered. I was bullied at school, had a hard time keeping friends, and often felt alone, neglected, and abused. I came to believe that I was never enough. I struggled with disordered eating, body dysmorphia, depression and anxiety. I had no ability to connect to and relate to others, and had zero self-worth. My emotional development was stunted and it made it very difficult for me to sustain loving relationships, a job, an income, and a healthy self-image.

I dove deep into yoga, meditation, and group therapy to ease my pain, later introducing Reiki and ThetaHealing. I began to free myself from the bondage of my past and my ability to cope with life improved. I developed a loving relationship to myself, and a healthier relationship to my body, work, money and other people. While life is not always perfect (nor is it meant to be!), today I experience it with a lot more acceptance, grace, ease, even humour, and most appreciatively, the serenity I was seeking but never found in those bags of chips 😉

Today I help others searching through darkness to find their light too, to illuminate their own path, and leave a trail that they can be proud of.

With love and light,

Ainsley