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About
Nathan
I was born in Detriot, Michigan to a loving family of atheists
and agnostics. I was raised to be a "free-thinker,"
so as a child I never had any connection toor interest
inreligion or spirituality.
However, as a teenager I realized that I was, in a very
real way, the source of my own problems and suffering, so
I decided to do whatever it took to become the person that
I wanted to beno games, no excuses, no more self-victimization.
Since that time, I have searched tirelessly for the Truth
of my own nature, for it seemed to me that this was the
only way to find permanent relief from the pain in my heart.
In college, I earned a B.A. in philosophy, and upon graduation
I entered the Peace Corps where I taught mathematics to
8th and 9th grade students in the West African country of
Guinea. Having been
raised in a middle-class, white American family, I wanted
to challenge my assumptions about how the world really worked
by seeing, first hand, how most human beings still livein
utter poverty.
I was deeply affected by my two years in the Peace Corps,
yet by the end of my service I still felt that I was needed
far more in my country of origin. My thinking was that by
helping Americans heal themselves and come to Wholeness,
they would then be in the best position to make the world
a better place.
Upon my return to California, I immediately started taking
classes in the Chinese arts of chi-gung, nei-gung, ba gua,
and tai chi. This 3-year apprenticeship gave me a much-needed
foundation in understanding how subtle energies work in
the body.
A year into these studies, I met a Reiki Master who taught
me how to channel Universal Life Energy (Rei-ki); because
Reiki is taught through the direct transfer of consciousness,
I learned to believe a bit more in the "magic" that is all
around us. The following year I trained as a Life Coach,
which taught me the magical transformation that comes simply
by holding space for others to discover their own truth.
Finally, in 2002 I encountered VortexHealing®
Divine Energy Therapy, an energetic healing modality
that gave me a whole new understanding of healing magic,
and upon which most of my healing practice (and personal
spirituality) is based. VortexHealing is a very extensive
healing modality, and even after eight years and over 1000
hours of intensive training, I continue to learn more all
the time. In the Fall of 2006, using the tools of VortexHealing
and with the guidance of my teacher, I experienced what
he calls "Basic Awakening" (a term he coined to
indicate that even after the ego dies, there is still much
work to be done). This radical - yet still somehow ordinary
- shift in consciousness has only deepened my commitment
to the service of others.
Living in the woodsy hills of Oakland, CA, I spend my time
volunteering as a math tutor at a local high school, working
on a book, going on walks in nature, learning yoga, taking
healing classes to expand my healing repertoire, and offering
individual and group healing sessions. You may contact me
via e-mail at this address: nathan@healingforthesoul.com.
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