MIKIALA’S JOURNEY TO COACHING:

Being human, I am naturally empathic. Insights and clarity accompany sensitivity. Yet, it can also be overwhelming.

The uncomfortable and unnatural feeling of being human sent me on a journey of awakening. My human body is not an easy fit for me. My body is taller than average and this made hiding even more difficult. I wanted to fit in, to be ‘normal’, to be ‘cool’. I was often coping, stuffing my emotions, and hiding away in my mind.

My mind has been my worst enemy and my best friend. It gave up. It made up excuses. It wanted to be perfect. It failed. It succeeded with the help of heart. 

My mind thought myself into creation. I followed rules, which felt right, and broke the ones which didn’t. It felt dark. It felt light. I traveled. I adventured. I partied. I worked hard. I played the game. I forgot the moment and was lost in thought. I was Mikiala. I ate right for my type. I practiced mindfulness. I loved. I loved. I worried. I obsessed. I controlled. I adapted. I loved. My heart broke, my heart grew, I created another branch of family.

Major shifts in perspective occurred at many points along this life’s journey. A year in Egypt, at 15, offered a powerful initiation and catapulted me along my spiritual path. I spent a long summer traveling with the Lakota Tribe and experienced the power of community, vision quests and the healing sweat lodge. 

In college, at 17, I found yoga. It did not come easy for me. My body was stiff and I had never played many sports. I had the will. I practiced. Linking breath with the movements of yoga always leaves me feeling better. Yoga made returning easy. Yoga became a friend. In Maui I spent 18 months studying daily with renowned teachers and slowly, I watched as my body became both strong and long. After another seven years of regular practice, I was inspired to complete the Yoga Works teacher training program. As I began teaching, I understood more deeply the power of guiding each other home; different stages, different paths, with clarity gained along the way - a gift to be shared. Yoga is a place I feel safe to be embodied. Still it takes dedication and prioritization. I practice. 

In my mid-thirties between my first and second miscarriage, I experienced a powerful awakening. I merged with the mother and felt the all inclusive unconditional love we are.

And then, I was ready for the greatest teacher of all.  

At 40, I was diagnosed with stage 3T Breast Cancer. An incredible story. A story which starts at the beginning of time. Representing the ultimate ‘fear of death’, cancer became my greatest teacher. The tumor was on the receptive left side of my body. A direct message - it was time to receive. The veil shattered - there was no more time for pretending. It was time to receive the love. Even when I was not aware, my Heart had always been guiding me. For me, cancer became the initiator of my complete surrender to following my heart. I trust heart.

I discovered the presence of heart must be set free or the body can not survive.

Mikiala is the beautiful story of an individual, remembering the oneness she always was. It’s the same story, told over and over many different ways. I am the story of creation. It’s one big UNIVERSAL STORY and we are all the STARS. A loop of infinity.

The understanding that I am not a BRAIN with a heart, but rather a HEART frequency with a brain, brings clarity. The receptive body, and it’s particularities, instincts, clear knowing and clear feeling, becomes a gift for us all. 

Mikiala’s brain is still surrendering thought, so she can feel, breathe and let the energy flow. Her nervous system is still repairing, making space to receive in wholeness. Since she is infinite (as we all are), she may not catch up with her wholeness until she leave this body. But it’s her goal … To be Love frequency - embodied.

The desire to live heart connected is my focus. My heart bursts with the potential. I am healing. I am choosing to follow my heart and it is taking me on the best ride ever. And it’s fantastic. I have discovered it’s what I, we, are made for. I have nothing left to prove. I am love.

And, when I question, I call my coach, my mom, Daria. Being her daughter I have a leg up, but she doesn’t just see me as her daughter. She sees me for all of what WE are. We honor every role we switch off playing. Likewise, my mom calls me when she desires support. Being witnessed and the clarity of heart presence with another can be just what the mother ordered.

The heart energy we are, is where I feel confidence. When Mikiala listens to heart, the clear feeling and therefore knowing, is a gift for us all.

I feel the support of the Universe. I experience life keeps working out. I am witness to the love bursting forth any chance it is given. And, my friends, I live to share this AMORE received.  

When two or more are gathered our love is powerful beyond measure. You and Me together waiting and ready to receive the clarification and ah-ahas gifted in the present of love, is what drives me towards coaching. 

As we journey forward to all we have become, together we can hold space for our shadow to come into the light. I have discovered, within our blockages is where we make space for more. 

I am you my friend and I look forward to sharing in the love we are.

It will be an honor to hold space with you.