Theresa's Story of Transformation
I want to introduce a dear friend, Theresa. She gave me permission to share her transformation story so that you, reading, may see that true transformation is possible for yourself.
Theresa and I first met in 2016 in Massachusetts. Back then, we both had no kids and were passionate about yoga. We’re still passionate about yoga but added a few babies in the mix! Theresa and I met through my sister from when they worked together. My sister knew that Theresa liked to practice yoga and suggested she take some yoga classes with me. Shortly after, she started going to my backyard donation yoga classes.
When I still lived in Massachusetts, I would travel to her home and teach her private yoga classes. Her husband also fell in love with the practice and I then had the immense joy of teaching them, together. When I moved to New Jersey, we still kept in touch and would see each other from time to time when I would visit Massachusetts.
I started offering more online offerings in 2020 and created a 3-month long program. Theresa decided to take a big leap of faith and joined my 3-month Authentic Alignment: Guidance and Healing Program. And when I say a “leap of faith” it’s because she decided that she matters enough. That she values herself enough to push her boundaries beyond what she thought was possible and decide to embrace a life of limitless potential.
Let’s back up and view a little bit of Theresa’s life leading up to embarking on this 3-month journey together. Theresa has dreamed of doing a 200 hr yoga teacher training for many years. She had been saving up the funds needed to begin her training, but then those plans were put on hold because she became pregnant with her first child! She was excited for this new journey and accepted that the yoga teacher training would just have to wait a little. She kept her vision strong of becoming a yoga teacher, but it was put on hold again when she became pregnant with her second child. Theresa shifted to-and-from being home full-time and working a part time job throughout those years. She wanted to be able to make her own income to finance her dreams but also wanted to be fully present for her children.
Theresa loves her children and would do anything for them, but there are, inevitably, compromises that need to be made, with your time, when becoming a Mom. Sometimes, though, we can compromise too much of our own hearts desires because we believe we are doing the right thing by serving others, with everything we have and then are often left with little to give to ourselves. When Theresa entered this program, she was able to release this limiting belief that put her hearts visions to the side and by the end of the program was able to bring to form the manifestation of her long-held hearts calling! She did all of this while pregnant with her 3rd child!
Theresa and I worked one-on-one and at the beginning of the program, I focused on offering reiki sessions with intuitive readings. This helped Theresa uncover some of her major blockages before we went deeper into the program. Here’s what Theresa had to say within the first week of the program…
“Since speaking with you Thursday I’m able to recognize that it’s fear I’m feeling, and it’s mostly for my children. I am working on letting that feeling pass through me and understand that it’s not serving me. Yet I feel it’s so important to uncover these wrongs (of the world). I feel that I have to do it for my children. For its this world that they will inherit. I feel like it is my responsibility to find the truth in all of it. As unpopular of an idea it is. I can already start to feel the way this authentic alignment will unveil my purpose. Thank you, thank you, thank you.”
Part of this program includes a reiki training so that you can continue your own healing throughout your journey of life. Not everyone wants to then practice reiki on others but sometimes that changes after the completion of the training. Reiki is a powerfully healing and guiding energy. It will support you in all areas of your life. Holy Fire III Reiki, specifically, supports you in uncovering your Authentic Self. This program is about aligning with your Authentic Self and living in harmony with that truth. Therefore, after receiving Holy Fire III Reiki, you reveal a greater understanding of who you truly are and that understanding develops overtime. Theresa felt a shift after the reiki training. She wasn’t sure if it was something she wanted to practice on others, but afterwards she felt the calling.
“Thank you, thank you, thank you! Ashley, the training on Saturday was so much more than I expected and I just felt that it was so amazing! I truly do feel a change in my energy and I am surprised by myself in how I feel so energized now and truly want to dive into this new healing energy, whereas before beginning I was not really sure what to make of this! I truly do want to practice this more and more and heal myself and others, and incorporate the chakras and yoga practice into something I can offer my community.”
Theresa also took a moment to reflect before we entered the 3rd month, together. This month is all about empowerment practices and bringing one’s dreams to form. Within a few months of the program, her dream of becoming a yoga teacher became a reality! Here is what she shared…
“First, I would like to say thank you. This authentic alignment program has been so transformational for me and we aren’t done yet! You have given me so many “tools”, and I love that phrase for these techniques, I think that is the perfect way to describe the abilities that I now know of, to ground myself and align myself with a more healing way of going about my life.
Even just the idea you gave me that, ya know, you can stop and look around and analyze the way you’re living your life and decide, “is this way of life that I’ve sort of fallen into, serving my highest self?” Before starting this with you I can’t remember the last time I really analyzed my path or how I can make changes for the better. Probably in high school when I needed to decide on a college major!
I have found your help so, so beneficial. I remember the night that you and I had the zoom meeting about what this program was about. You introduced me to something that I didn’t know that I needed. I feel like just having these resources or tools, even though I haven’t used them all yet, or learned them all yet! It’s calming, it’s sort of exciting! And it is going to open new paths for me. I’m very excited to learn more and to work with you through all of this.
I found an extremely affordable YTT online from one of the yoga teachers I followed on Instagram. With these two (yoga & reiki) I hope to find a way to make some sort of passive income in 2021 alongside balancing homeschool and a newborn! But my confidence is high So, so grateful, for your light and your guidance. “
Theresa is due to give birth to her 3rd child, any day now, and has many beautiful visions that she is ready to bring to form. She is going to give some space to be with her newborn baby and then wants to complete here 200 hour yoga teacher training, by the end of the year. She envisions creating her own business so that she can have the flexibility to live the life she chooses, with her family, while also making her own income. She dreams of opening a small space where she can offer yoga and reiki in 2021. Theresa is a powerful woman with strong visions. Now that she believes in her full potential, her sacred heart can freely sing its visions into form.
