Lia has had a lifelong journey in meditation, energy work, and healing. Even as a teen, she began exploring alternative healing, energy work, and meditation using a spiritual approach. She studied many books, people, cultures and traditions. After a long time doing self-study, she felt the need to seek out the guidance of others in her spiritual path. In the early 90s, Lia began attending healing circles, meditation groups, and study groups and continued this group work for about 10 years in various forms including hinduism, celtic shamanism, wiccan, etc. Around 1995, Lia studied Celtic Shamanism one-on-one with an elder of a Celtic Pagan group she had been practicing with. After completing many tasks and assignments, self-searching, ritual, breathing exercises, effective shielding, grounding, and meditation, Lia was given a rite of passage by her mentor called a Rainbow Dedication. In this ritual, using candles of different colors representing different magick, the blessing to continue this work was given. She lived and breathed meditation and magick, immersing herself in the possibilities of the infinite. She studied synchronicities, meditation, calling of the spirits, breathwork, healing, focusing intent, and manifestation. She was hoping to become a high priestess. It was at this point in her personal journey that she decided this path of study was great learning but too regimented and religious for her. Lia began studying Native American Healing. She learned from books and from some of the people she had studied with in groups. She practiced meditation and Shamanic Journeying, finding her guides and asking for direction. Lia then met a Healer by chance who introduced her to Shamanic Stone Healing, learning how to focus intent and extract imbalances from the body using stones and breathwork. Later, she happened upon another healer who taught her to find her spirit guides/totem animals, and work with them, what they mean when they appear in life, and how to decipher their messages. Buddhism has been a part of Lia's life since she began her spiritual studies. She started looking into Buddhism from the beginning but decided then that it wasn't the path for her. She later rediscovered Buddhism and saw the path in a new light. Lia has great respect for all life, and has learned a lot about compassion from Buddhist studies. The way Lia chooses to live her life comes from a Buddhist philosophy, understanding where people come from, therefore having compassion no matter what her experience may be with them, and respecting Karmic Law. It is this compassion, as well as her interest in the Huna philosophy of Hawaii that shapes her approach to each client. In the Huna tradition, we have three selves, lower (subconsious), middle (conscious), and higher self (god self). It is through our connection with the lower self that we reach a connection with the higher self. Lia believes this is why hypnotherapy and deep meditation creates a sense of balance and well being. Two of the main principles of Huna are everything seeks harmony and everything seeks love. All treatments are done with great love for the client, and an understanding of the greater human, universal, and spiritual connection. Lia has a background in dance and music, being brought up by two professional musicians. She studied dance since she was a child, so began her learning about body awareness and kinesiology through dance. In 1998, she began the study of Middle Eastern and other ethnic and fusion styles of dance as well as Japanese Ankoku Butoh. She has also studied yoga and has been practicing seven star praying mantis kung fu and qigong with Sifu Michael Wang since 2008. In 2004, Lia graduated from massage school with a Certification in Massage Therapy, and Reiki Level I. In Massage school, Lia studied Lomi Lomi, Jin Shin Do, Foot Reflexology, Swedish, Myofascial Release and Advanced Treatment/Medical massage. After moving to Colorado from Seattle, she received her Reiki Level II and III (master practitioner/teacher) and Karuna Master attunements. Lia rediscovered shamanic stone amd gemstone healing, and has found that this type of healing combined with Reiki can be a very powerful experience. Lia studied Craniosacral Therapy with the Upledger Institute. Craniosacral Therapy is a subtle healing modality using gentle touch to facilitate the body's innate healing process. This type of therapy works with the nervous system and the body's inherent rhythms to create a profoundly healing experience. Lia's philosophy is universal love, trust in the spirit, and humility. She strives to live and breathe that philosophy in her daily life. Lia is always a student with infinite new lessons to learn. With decades of spiritual study, she has realized that the more you know the more there is to learn. If you are open to the teachings of spirit, there is always more to learn. Back to Main |