How did I get here?
I've spent most of my life studying mindfulness, yoga, and the science of happiness, I'm fascinated by the spiritual and religious practices of cultures around the world. I've been doing energy work for more that half of my life and, I've learned from people whose experiences, beliefs & spiritual traditions are worlds away from mine. I worked for an educational non-profit that served demographically-disadvantaged neighborhoods, and I've run afterschool programs teaching children what I think of as "I wish I knew then what I know now" tools.
What did I learn?
All of those experiences made two things very clear:
First:
If something shows up across
place, across
culture
and across
time, there's probably something to it.
Second:
Most of us are struggling with the same few things, and that these struggles can be life-long battles.
How has the journey been so far?
The journey of discovery, be it that to discover our truest self or the secrets of the universe, is long, winding, colorful and often messy.
Some parts of the journey feel like a never-ending slog, hard, draining, confusing and bleak.
Some parts feel like you're dancing on a rainbow of joy, a ribbon of light, expansion and positive-reinforcement.
Most of the journey is somewhere in between those two extremes.... just like the rest of life/the "human experience."
Which way do you want to go?
We all have the choice of which paths we take.
These are some photographs taken along my journey in search of wisdom, teachers, experience, and expansion.
I hope you enjoy them.
Marsya
Founder, Grow Greater Happiness
Reiki Master, E-RYT 500, BA, Coach