Keenan's Experience
Big Island, Hawaii
I am infinitely grateful for
All the teachers, practices, friends, foes, circumstances, challenges, mistakes, victories… that have one way or another played an essential role on this wondrous story
Specially to my three daughters with whom I have intimately shared the journey as mother, friend, companion, care-taker and so much more.
Each one providing precious gems that have been the greatest gift
To my eldest daughter, who died one day after her 28th birthday, and with whom I fully shared a nine year challenging dance between life and death through severe health difficulties
She showed me about the ultimate life subject: Death, moving on, changing form, that there is no death and from that I feel most fortunate
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.” — A.A. Milne, "Winnie the Pooh"
Here's a sneak peak into a chapter of my story
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For over 33 years I traversed through what
I call a road trip through the alphabet of life
Z to A...
From bottom to top, starting at
Z-zzz, because I was definitely asleep at the beginning of the journey.
So asleep, I must have been snoring very loud
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Then came the first sign of waking up,
when I reached Y...
Why?. Why do we exist?
Why so much fear, pain, struggle
Whats the point?
What has meaning and what is superfluous ?
Many questions with no answers that I could hear at that time
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This lead me to X... I had to X-ray life for it made no sense to me. I felt very out of place in society with the way of life as I knew it then
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And so began the journey to reach A
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Upon reaching U, I took a complete U-turn and
radically Shifted gears, with the Realization that the
Quest within was a Priority I had to take
Nature was my ally and Meditation became the daily bread
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Moving through thick mud, the Waters of Change, the Fire of Transmutation
Life began to make sense
I found spiritual practices that opened my eyes and the door to discover my Inner Self
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Which steered me from fear and being a sheep shepherd by conditioning and ignorance. ,
- to reach the Gold of Pure Love
It has been a deep dive with many
twists and turns, including the Death of my Beloved daughter
Each letter on the Journey providing Tremendous Transformation.
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And so,
I Arrived at A,
having experienced the Alchemy and profound shift from fear and struggle to Harmony and Joy
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As for the studies and practices I have been blessed to discover and apply
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After obtaining a Master's degree in health sciences, I had the fortune to further immerse with amazing teachers in yogic traditions, vedas, Ayurveda, mindfulness, meditation, holistic nutrition and sound yoga
Now I feel deeply blessed to be able to share the wisdom from embodying the practices I have applied, creating space where each one can grow and discover the Pure Love and fulfillment we all long for
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In Pure Love and Gratitude
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Aarya-
M.S. Exercise Physiology, Wellness lifestyle Companion
200 Hr RYT Sound healing Yoga
Private Wellness Coach / guide / mentor
Words could never convey the profound impact beautiful Aarya has had on my life… but this will suffice. I met Aarya during my coming-of-age years. Being the ignorant teenager I was, to say I disagreed with her philosophy would be an understatement. However, little did I know that these teachings and her view on life would be my saving grace years to come.
It was not until my early college years when I realized the gravity of Aarya’s teachings. This started when I struggled with depression stemming from an identity crisis. Questions flooded my mind to the point of mental, emotional, physical and spiritual suffocation: Who am I? What is my purpose? What’s the point of living if death is inevitable? These questions prompted me to stop looking outward for an answer, and instead look inward. What I needed was a new guide on how to walk through life.
Years earlier Aarya blessed me with a book of hers that would guide me through this search for identity. What Aarya taught me through this book is that life takes care of us through her natural unfolding events. Instead of resisting the flow of life, we should embrace it and use our gift of will power to work with these forcings instead of against it. Learning to work with life instead of against ultimately saved me.
Aarya’s philosophy of surrendering to life’s flow has allowed me to gain a deeper understanding of my own being on both a physical and spiritual level. Whether this be through reading, meditation or expressing gratitude, Aarya’s teachings have not ceased to contribute to my own happiness
Davis Oas
Carlsbad, California