Meet Rona
You’re Invited to My Safe Space, a place you can be present, mindful, and honored for who you are.
For over 30 years, I have been helping people feel a greater sense of peace, balance, and empowerment in mind, body, emotion and spirit. Through yoga, meditation, Reiki, energy work, intuitive insight, and a career as an educator, I have been able to provide support to people to help them lead a life that is in alignment with their dreams and aspirations.
People constantly tell me that I’m their “place of stability and calmness.” After working with me, they find they have a deeper understanding of themselves. They often marvel at how I can be so calm, centered, and compassionate in today’s world. It’s because I’m doing all of this work on myself too!
How it all began
My spiritual awakening began at the tender age of 8 after a life altering experience. I began receiving messages and information from spirit, which at the time I did not understand.
That event along with a strong desire to be an advocate for others, formed the impetus to begin my own spiritual journey, which is a never ending process. I have learned that there is no end to becoming more balanced, peaceful, compassionate, empowered and non-reactive! There are just a series of events that provide opportunities to either close up and shut down or open up and grow.
As a child, I was fascinated with the story of Helen Keller and especially Anne Sullivan, her teacher. Through her own childhood experience, determination, wisdom, knowledge, instincts and good boundaries, Anne was the bridge between the very limited world that Helen was in and the rest of the world. Helen went on to become a great author, disability rights activist, political activist and lecturer. My formal education and career has revolved around being that person for every child that I work with. In supporting any child, it is imperative that the village that surrounds that child also be supported.
I decided to investigate and explore my psychic abilities when I was in my 20’s . Much to my surprise, I was easily able to perform the exercises taught in the class. But by the time the class ended, I was overwhelmed and fearful of what I was able to do and made a conscious decision to shut down.
A few years later…
when my life was more settled, I formally began educating myself and honing my skills. Though people can be naturally intuitive, it takes education, experience and a lot of releasing of one’s own issues to be a clear channel for others.
I knew I had to do the work on myself before I could help others.
As a lifelong learner,I’ve studied different healing modalities (Reiki, MariEl Healing, Polarity, etc.), hypnotherapy, and meditation while simultaneously studying with shamans from South America, Africa, and Native America. To this day, I continue to learn and grow – there is no end to this journey.
Ways in Which I Can Provide Support
Through Intuitive Arts, I help people identify their needs and develop a plan to address them. The tools we use could include:
- Yoga classes
- Meditation
- Energy sessions
- Channel Sessions
- Creating your personal “owner’s manual” for your own spiritual development and healing
- Developing a manual for caregivers of children with behavioral needs
Education
B.S. in Special Education- Syracuse University
Board Certified Behavior Analyst – Florida Institute of Technology
M.A. in Special Education –
New York University
Certifications
- 200 hour Prana Yoga Teacher Training – Open Center
- 300 hour Prana Yoga Advanced Teacher Training – Princeton Yoga Center
- 200 hour Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training – Kundalini Yoga East
- Yin Yoga – Omega Institute
- 63 hour Thai Yoga Massage – Baan Hom Samunphrai – Chiang Mai, Thailand with 3 levels of Thai Massage from the Lotus Palm School.
- Mindful Based Stress Reduction
- Reiki Master
- Completed All Levels of MariEl Healing
- 1 year certificate program: The Institute for Sustainable Nutrition
- Munay-Ki Rites