It's Me, Umeya
I've always been of a fiery nature, a starry-eyed girl who never seemed to fit in. As a child I was very oppressed in my home. So full of spirit and restless curiosity, it was difficult for me to sit still, a trait of course that did not bode well with my caregivers. When every fiber of my being urged me to move, to run, to be free, it was easy for me to listen. As children, we are so in tune with our bodies; to be shut down and restricted at an early age stunted me in so many ways as I grew older. My voice became soft, my eyes looked for danger, my hands reached in all the wrong places and my feet led me astray too many times to count. Though painful and confusing, it was all part of the process.
A Little This, a Little That...
I've been practicing various healing arts for 10 years- meditation, mindfulness practices, somatic energy release, movement therapy, chakra balancing, shadow work and breathwork to name a few. I picked up the guitar in October of 2025 and write medicine songs in my free time, the guitar helping greatly in this process.
I worked with animals for 7+ years, specifically dogs, which taught me patience, gentleness and unconditional love. Following this career I started my own organizing business, quickly learning it was not for me. I wanted to help people, but I was going about it the wrong way. My love for art led me into a year of vending which also fell short of what my soul thirsted for.
Where My Heart Has Led Me
I realized that my sense of fulfillment came not from organizing people's homes but from the joy that filled them when I helped create positive change in their environment. It also became evident that it was not the selling of my wares that provided me with sustinance but the sense of community I gained from my conversations with various customers. It's about connection, and more than that, it's the sense of connecting to something deeper and sharing that with others. I reached a turning point in my life where everything around me crumbled... and i'd never felt so free. It was in this moment I knew, with all my heart and soul, that this is what I was put here to do.
I Answered the Call, and Here I Am.
My teachers are not subtle, and neither are my ancestors. When I learned to tune in to the whispers of my soul and the nudges from Spirit, the doors blew open and the guidance poured in. There was resistance, recalibration and rewiring taking place within my body that equally excited and confused me. The more I leaned in to these teachings, the clearer my path became as I walked onward, firmly rooted in my purpose. I arrived in a space beyond doubt, beyond logic and beyond even self. This is called Soul Awareness and it is here all thoughts, all stories and all substance arise. The Soul has much to say if only we would listen- it whispers, it calls, then it shouts. Unheard, it manifests in the Self either in the mental/emotional or physical body as an unregulated nervous system, bodily aches and pains, addictions, etc. until we are forced to listen. I hold space for the conversation that takes place between the body, the self and the soul.
