Michal and her Children
In the 1990′s Michal became interested in yoga and energy healing as a means to Self-Heal. She didn’t realize then that these paths would become her life Journey.
Michal also began to explore the world of creativity. It felt like it gave her more choices and began to expand her awareness both inside and out.
At home with 4 children she created a Mending Wall, where each kid, herself and a guest had their own space and could paint, write or literally do anything they wanted on that wall. “What a freedom that was!” Michal also started painting the Chartres 13-circuit Labyrinth on unfinished canvas and using it as a hand meditation. This changed her dreamtime and gave her a tool to become present in the now.
In 2000, the Chinese New Year of the Dragon, Michal and her friends built an 18ft. green faced, 4 humped, winged, dry-ice breathing dragon in her front yard. “Quite exhilarating!” Then one Christmas Michal made collages for her 4 children and started her own healing process with these Dreammaps. A Dreammap is an intuitive method to collage with what intuitively calls your attention. Is it the color? Is it the design? Or is it the words? No thinking allowed.
The finished product gives you an intuitive map of your Whole self. Michal has been teaching this creative process in her work and her work with Dr. Zarren. Feeling the day by day results of creative living, breathing, teaching yoga and practicing energy medicine, Michal’s Journey keeps moving forward with Conscious Awareness, Creativity and Healing.
Compassion and creativity are strong motivators and in 2011, Michal shaved her head to support clients and friends who have had cancer. She also had a personal intention to release old fear patterns and wounds. Michal says, “The shaving of my head surprisingly felt like a huge relief. I also felt raw and naked. The experience continues to influence how I look at things.”
On Michal’s Journey, she has raised 4 Beautiful children, Rachel, Sarah, Beth and Adam.They continue to be her greatest teachers and a constant delight. Once out of the nest, Michal knew it was time to move west, where she says, “her spirit lives”. In 2006, she moved to Santa Fe, NM, where she now teaches and practices the art of yoga and energy healing. She nurtures her creative Self by painting on black roofing paper. The black background gives her the opportunity to explore further the mystery and the unknown. Michal’s current focus is with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). At Santa Fe Soul Health and Healing Center she facilitates a weekly PTSD clinic and teaches a stress/trauma relief yoga class along with her private practice and hospital work. Michal also teaches with Dr. Harvey Zarren the Heart of Wellness Course in the United States and in England.
Michal shaved her head in solidarity with friends going through Cancer.
The Dragon is a symbol of pursuing the unexplored or that which is unknown. The Spiral represents movement, energy, one step building on another and the Journey forward.
These 2 images reflect Michal’s programs to explore self-healing, self-actualizing, being grounded in the body and mind and finding the inner strength to laugh, play and work toward and with Wholeness and Healing. It is all in the Journey!
