My name is Cheryl, and I am here to help you live a life that you value and love! I attended college and graduate school at the University of California, Davis, earning degrees in psychology and human development. My PhD dissertation examined the role of meditation practices in enhancing health, psychological well-being and looking at how these changes may reduce cancer risk. I worked as a researcher studying the role of gratitude practices in enhancing well-being and happiness. Since that time, I have worked for 30 years in Wellness Education, providing seminars, classes and retreats to non-profits, working professionals, health care providers, children and therapists in managing anxiety, stress, depression, heart disease, burnout and ADHD. The work I use draws from a variety of disciplines including Sufi Meditation (Tamarkoz), Mindfulness, Yoga, Mind-body techniques and psychology.

My journey began when I was in college and began experiencing daily migraine headaches. I became too ill to continue my unit load and work schedule and despite cutting back, I became sicker. The headaches became so severe that I was confined at home and my neurologist assumed there was a tumor.

A friend asked me if I had ever considered trying meditation and I began studying Meditation and the healing arts at the MTO Shahmaghsoudi School of Sufism®. Within a six-month period I was headache-free and was practicing daily Sufi Meditation techniques. I was stunned that this practice could change my life! More importantly, the teachings allowed me to become centered in my heart and I began to understand that my calling in life was to teach people about inner transformation.

Since that time, I’ve devoted myself to gaining as much education and training as possible in the traditional and non-traditional healing fields. We all have the inner knowledge and wisdom to heal from our wounds, but it takes an awakening of the heart to discover this inner guidance and live our truest and best life. Join me on a journey to discover your highest purpose and live a life a beauty and peace that aligns with your truest purpose!