Katalyst Holistic Bodywork and Wellness

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The Spark

When I started high school my mother was diagnosed with her first round of breast cancer. For four years I watched her fight the disease, and win, through dietary changes and a homeopathic doctor. We had lost my aunt through radiation treatment some years ago, so my mother was pretty adverse to the western medicine practice. This lead me to make my own changes in my lifestyle, since the common fear with the public is that cancer is genetic. But I knew I was unhealthy. Soda, junk food, pretty much no vegetables. I didn’t know how sick I really was until I tried something new. I went plant based, drank more water, and started going to yoga. These simple lifestyle upgrades shifted the whole trajectory of my life. My friends, my passions, my experience. I have no idea where my life would be had I never moved into the awareness of self care.

When I was 20 my mother’s cancer came back with a vengeance. Tumors had spread all across her spine and the only option to save her was radiation treatment. This time I watched my mother become almost like a co**se. She was smaller than me and could hardly keep any food down. It was almost a year before she really felt recovered. But she would spend the rest of her life on pain medication after the radiation destroyed her spine. Her treatment forced her into early retirement, and became a dependent of the pharmaceutical and medical industry.

I always had a hard relationship with my mother, but I hated to see her suffering. I tried to offer her insight into different modalities that could help her heal and keep moving forward. But it was only 2 years later when the disease moved into her blood and began attacking vital organs. Her doctors wanted to put her into chemotherapy. After all of she endured and what I knew of the treatment, I voiced how I knew the treatment would be the total destruction of her immune system. I researched other treatment centers. I felt there had to be something better. Something that my mom had never thought to try. I found a facility in Arizona that focused on a holistic approach. Not only was the disease treated, but the true cause was sought out in each patient. They would alter the patients diet, have them practice physical therapy such as yoga, and regularly visit a therapist to deal with any unprocessed psychological issues they may have had. It was what my mother had been missing. She was so focused on the disease that she never had the chance to look at herself, to experience her life anymore. I showed this to her in hopes that she would have a new chance. But she had already made her mind up and began chemo shortly after.

I realized that I had this deep calling to be of service to people. But how? My first step towards my new path was getting my attunements in Usui Holy Fire Reiki. I practiced on myself and friends, and I fell in love with having the ability to help heal people. But I was also in love with dance and performance. My belief is that stagnancy begins to cause aging and illness. So how could I integrate this into helping people? I perfectly stumbled upon getting my certification as an EHT (Elemental Hoopdance Teacher), which focused on healing through somatics.

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