what I do in my life

we all have a Path,

a destiny ,

which unfolds in our life

So long ago, in my Ashram years. With my son. It feels like another lifetime. I'm wearing a dyed chinese shirt that I had before my Ashram years. And our dhotis are calico, Stiff and heavy, dyed with Dylon 6. There was very little money for anything. Flip flops all year round. 

About our Path - of course, I had one too.  My journey in Life. Just as we all have. I suppose that one could say that we choose, we decide, but in my case? Um, no. It all just unfolded, and pushed me into doing what I was supposed to do. Not that I always wanted to do whatever it was, that I just knew I should be doing. 

I understand this all of this destiny business much more now than when I was younger, partly because of my own experiences, but also through being a clairvoyant, and healer.

what I'm supposed to do as my Path, starts to unfold

Firstly, I became a yoga teacher. How I came to yoga was a fluke, really. I was recovering from birthing a large (for little me) baby, so I went to keep fit classes to get my strength back. I hated them. 

Mum rang me and said to go to yoga - neither of us knew what that was, but Mum didn't often give me advice, so when she did - I listened. I loved my first class so much, even though I was very clumsy and uncoordinated. I went every week, all year long. I am still massively influenced by what I learnt from my first ever yoga teacher. He was seventy-eight at the time, and none of us could keep up with him. Within two years, he had pushed me into teaching a class each week. 

Another five years passed, with me still regularly going to yoga classes each week. My marriage ended, and five months later, I saw a poster advertising a swami taking a weekend course in the Waitakere Ranges, in Auckland. I didn't know what a swami was. I knew that they were involved in yoga, and wore orange. And were generally (at that time) an Indian male. I had only ever met one before.

I got offered a ride with poster swami and his entourage. (That organisation was big on entourages, as I found out over the years). Of course, I said and did everything wrong in the car, and during the weekend. As you do. 

Seven months later, I went to said swami's ashram, in Australia of all places (that style of yoga was big there), and to my surprise, he initiated me as a swami. Which was immediately followed by years of hard and intensive 24/7 yoga training. And it has been very rare to get this in the west since the late 1980s. So many of us around the world were doing the ashram thing. Different organisations everywhere. I still teach yoga, have never stopped. My forte really is the deep spirituality of it.

the next Path step

Nearly thirty years ago, I met a healer, who badgered me for three years to become a healer. Grudgingly, I eventually caved, and got thrown in the deep end with people who had all sorts of problems. I wasn't happy seeing people every week for the same thing, it felt as though the healing wasn't really taking place. I felt that the answers to many of our difficulties lay in our past lives. So, I rather quickly started doing this as well. My concern for my clients over rode any insecurities with this, and that attitude has continued to this day.

I also became......

Along the way, I met someone who asked me if I could do some channelling for him. So, rather innocently, I agreed to try. I am still a medium, just from that man's belief in me, and his encouragement.

the next step

But, before that, I had felt for about five years, that I should be learning Maori spirituality, and eleven years ago, I accidently walked into a room in a building one night (I was looking for someone), and there it was. I sat down and joined in. I'm still involved in this wonderful Path. I was immediately asked to come and learn Maori healing the next night. So I did, rather insecure about being able to do it, but hey, I learnt. And I've kept going with this modality ever since.

Of course, with all healing, there is always a particular direction that each person ends up mainly doing. Mine has been with DNA problems - things that have carried on down the family line, such as illnesses, addictions and such. Which goes, for me anyway, hand in hand with past life regression. And I am always focused on the other spiritual aspects too, but whether or not I actually do these things depends on the session's needs.

I've lived a busy and full life

Naturally, one lives one's own life, too. I am grateful for my life. It hasn't been easy. Not at all. But has always been interesting. I live in a lovely country, have dear close friends, a wonderful family, live in a nice flat, do unusual and interesting things as my Path - who could ask for more? 

I would have to say that what I do - yoga spirituality, healing, and clairvoyance, are, for me, magical. I am very lucky. 

I know that I'm not the only person who does different things with their life. I'm really interested to hear what others do, too.




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  1. What an interesting Life Path you have had. Looking back, mine seems to have been centred around womanhood and homemaking. Learning to be a widow is the latest stage in my Journey.

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    1. Thanks Margaret. I would have loved to have had a loving partner, and I just cannot imagine how hard it must have been to have yours depart from this life xxxx

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  2. That's a lovely photo, you hardly look any older than your son!
    What an interesting read. I'd assumed you'd learnt your yoga in India. xxx

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    1. No, only been to India twice. Back in Those Days, there were Ashrams all over the world. It was a very full-on life: meditate, do the yoga practices, work, have a short break in the afternoom, work, chant, meditate.

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  3. Thank you for sharing your path. It is so interesting to see what we all do in a world with so many options. Have a beautiful weekend!

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    1. I do feel that everyone has a Life story, and that they are all interesting. I love hearing about other people's lives.

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  4. What a wonderful openesss you have to following the path you are meant to follow - it sounds as though you have accepted and then gone with things in such a fantastic frame of mind. I am still not sure what my path is or where it might lead, it took a number of years to realise that whatever path I might want to investigate it had to fit around gravel-guy, that required some acceptance for sure :) as at times it was very lonely and very hard. Still, the path keeps going and who knows where or what happens next for for what reason

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    1. I would have loved to have had a partner, Juliet, but it just wasn't to be. You still have much time to travel the rest of Your Own Path - lucky gravel guy xxxxx

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  5. Very interesting reading about the path you have followed in life. For me, my path has been the Christian one. I became a believer in Jesus in 1984 and since then, with hindsight, have seen how He led me to that point throughout the earlier part of my life. I know that meeting my hubby in 1985 and marrying him the following year was all part of that path and it's been an interesting journey since. I have spent many years studying the Bible and have taught several informal home groups. Our current one has taken a break this year because of Covid but hopefully this small group will regather before too long! I have also followed a creative path all my life. This was fairly haphazard until I went down with ME in 2007 and my more energetic activities were severely curtailed - at this point I got my first laptop and discovered the wonderful online world of art and creativity, and from then on, my creativity blossomed. Through it I made so many friends, as well as being inspired with more ideas than I shall ever have time or energy to fulfil! Further ill health - ongoing inflammatory bowel disease since my 20s followed by a colon cancer diagnosis in 2015 - brought a further twist and turn in my path. Through this journey I have made more new friends and been privileged to be called an "inspiration" to many - not my doing, but God's, by His grace! I joined the exclusive club of permanent ileostomates and have been humbled by the stories of others, and also privileged to be able to offer support and advice in my turn. These days I live a very quiet life mostly at home, with my hubby of over 30 years and our two kitties, and in the past two years discovering the joys and benefits of whole-food plant-based eating and enjoying tremendous culinary adventures in my kitchen which I love, and continuing with my artistic creativity when time and energy permits. Looking back over my 67-year-long life, I would not have anticipated all the highways and byways I would have trodden!

    I am very happy that you found my blog, and continue to leave such happy and kind comments! Thank you.

    Shoshi x

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    1. You are definitely an inspiration, Shoshi. And so wonderful that you have a deep and enduring Faith. I admire you.

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  6. Definitely agree with the others that you've followed a very interesting path! I admire how willing you were to try different things. :) I've enjoyed reading about it.

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    1. Thanks, Bless. I do think that we all have a Path to walk, and I absolutely love hearing other people's stories.

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  7. I would have loved to have had a partner, Juliet, but it just wasn't to be. I do think that it takes a while for destiny to unfold.

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  8. Ratnamurti, I really enjoyed reading about your Path and how you came to it and where it has taken you. I have always felt a very strong pull toward helping others through my writing. When I started my blog and began sharing openly about mental health issues as well as regular old life issues, it just became clearer that I didn't really choose my path, rather the Universe did. First she handed me a million impossible things to unravel in my earlier years of life, then she handed me the resources I needed to find my way out. And when I successfully completed these challenges, she silently encouraged me to share my experiences with my words and utilize that gift that she has also bequeathed me. The Universe certainly knows what she is doing and I have been fighting myself for decades to remain always open so I don't miss the messages! But you know, sometimes we still miss the messages. In recent months, I have been revisiting the reasons why I am on the path I am on, but just today at my counselor's office, I concluded that the reasons may not be as relevant as just doing the things I do because I am moved to do them! Thanks for sharing this beautiful post.

    Shelbee
    www.shelbeeontheedge.com

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  9. That's an amazing revelation, Shelbee. I find your posts really inspiring, you are fearless in your honesty and sharing your experiences: I am truly grateful to read them

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  10. Hi, Ratnamurti - I just saw this post and was curious. I am so impressed by your spiritual life and the courage you've had to take steps into the unknown. That displays self-confidence...which may actually come from the spirit.

    I wrote poetry and then performed poetry with electronic voice and then produced poetry performances featuring other poets. I got a little published, traveled a bit and finally got married. Our 39th anniversary is next week. I quit my work in writing and public relations in the art field to raise my two children. Then I thought I'd try something a little different and worked at the elections department for ten years. I found my bliss by writing about style. So I retired and started my blog five years ago. I'm writing a series of style books now on outfit ideas. By next year, they will be for sale. Is this a short enough synopsis of my life? Lol! I have always done yoga, took my children to ashrams and during the last few years I studied A Course in Miracles and am getting more closely in touch with my spirituality and intuition.

    Thanks for sharing the story of your life! - Angie, www.yourtrueselfblog.com

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    1. Your journey is very impressive. For sure I'll be getting your books, I like your style blog segments. I love yoga, and spent a long time living 24/7 yoga lifestyle in an ashram, decades ago.

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