My Story
Breakdown to breakthrough
In 2017 I was living in a small town in West Yorkshire England. I was a single mum, working as a PR and marketing manager, struggling financially and emotionally, but continuing to pick myself up and carry on. I had battled with depression on and off since age 16, but had managed it with homeopathic treatment and acupuncture. Until it wouldn’t be managed anymore. I hit my crisis and had a complete physical and mental breakdown.
While at rock bottom, I was in between jobs, and chose to go do a Yoga teacher training course in Rishikesh, India. I began to heal and come off the antidepressants'. Opening myself through pranayama practice, and the highly spiritual energy of Rishikesh, I met a group of people connected to the Indian master and guru Mahavatar Babaji, and the seeds of my breakthrough were planted.
Moving beyond the mind
When I returned home two months later, I felt the looming decisions of what to do with my life creep back in. I had to start working, earning money. I had a mortgage, bills, a son. I could see two roads in front of me – getting a job, earning more money, and like a record player, ending up back in depression, stress and anxiety in a few years. All I could see was structure, restriction, and discomfort, I somehow didn’t fit here anymore. The other path I saw was to go back to India, and continue connecting with spirituality. This felt like an iceberg that I had only touched the tip, and wanted to explore its depths.
My restricted mind came up with an excuse: I don’t have savings. I can’t go. All of a sudden an intuition streamed in to sell my house. Quickly the mind responded: I can’t. It’s not sensible. It’s not responsible. You’re a mother. An adult! I let each of these thoughts rise, and as they passed, I came into a deeper knowing and peaceful stillness. It felt right. I discussed it with my son, who agreed and supported me, and I sold the house.
Effortless flow
As soon as I made the decision, life moved effortlessly. The house sold before it went on the market. A friend gave me a job to keep bills paid while the house was going through. Another friend, Chris Tracy, invited me to a retreat in Thailand. Everything perfectly aligned. I followed my heart to India, Nepal, Malaysia and Hong Kong, trusting my inner guidance each step of the way.
I started connecting with my higher self and consciously looking at my shadow. I saw all the positions and stories I was holding, and the suffering I was causing myself as a result. I began to open up and let go. And it was not all love and light. Most of the time it was gruelling, deep and difficult work – but always opening to awareness, peace and joy.
The past three years, I’ve been doing this inner work, night and day. Mirroring others, being mirrored, holding space, crying in airports and restaurants and the middle of a shopping mall in Hong Kong. Healing has no limits, and no environmental preferences.
Experience has shown me that when we let go of the mental stories and limitations, and we connect to our heart space, life flows effortlessly.
Freedom lies within
Freedom is not granted from anyone, or thing, outside of you, it's a space you feel within. And we can open to this, layer by layer. Letting go of the illusions holding us in restraint and suffering.
If someone had told me as I set off for Thailand I was going to spend the next three years in a deep spiritual process, letting go of my ego and facing my truth I would have run the other way. I didn’t know that my higher self had chosen to go through this awakening process. I was happy with a few asanas and meditation. I would have described myself as too down-to-earth to bother with all that, I just wanted to learn new skills to earn a living doing what I loved rather than because I have to earn money to pay the bills. I just wanted to feel ‘normal’, to feel happy and free to be me, whoever that was.
The only thing I had was being able to connect to my inner self ( I didn’t know at the time this is what it was called) and feel a stillness, an open, quiet yes, as I checked in at every turn. My mind often argued about decisions to go to certain places, to keep doing the work. Oh, the amount of times I threw a fit and went to pack my bags to leave and act out my ego’s wants. I couldn’t quite believe that this was the answer I was looking for. But my experience proved to me time and time again how much more peace, love, awareness and freedom I felt within.
Throughout this time I have been doing sessions for countless people from all around the world working for Kriya Lightning Foundation.
I am now certified by the Kriya Lightning Foundation to teach the methods of Open Awareness and Heart's Truth.
“Lizzy is an incredibly gifted, stable, and committed teacher. In the time that we have known Lizzy, we have seen a profound dedication to her own transformation, which has resulted in an extremely high capacity to hold space for others, in a clear and safe way.
She is now certified by the Kriya Lightning Foundation to facilitate inn the methods of Open Awareness and Heart’s Truth. selective and intensive multiple-year training that involves in-depth processes to purify the capacities of insight, guidance, connection, and emotional release. Lizzy is one of the few healers in the world I have met who I would trust with everyone, from my loved ones to those who are suffering in complicated situations. She has a beautiful ability to hold space for a range of individuals - from those who have never heard of meditation, to those who have been looking within for many years.
It is a blessing to have her on our team. We have heard wonderful feedback from both individuals and groups who have had the chance to receive Lizzy’s support, and have only the deepest gratitude and appreciation to be able to work with her. I have every confidence in her abilities, capacities, intentions, and integrity. She is not just someone who wants to offer emotional support because it is popular, she is someone who has truly put in the tens of thousands of hours to transform her inner space, shifting into a place where she can guide others into freedom with clarity, compassion, and love.
I would highly recommend sessions with Lizzy. Her clear and grounded energy is a nurturing space for insight, breakthroughs, and true growth to take place.”
Ariel Lee, Co-Founder of the Kriya Lightning Foundation
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