My Story
Karyn DoveHawk
I've devoted my life to personal growth through study and practices since I turned 19. And yet! At the age of 54, I had a break through that is fueling my desire to help others get the same results.
I realized (after said breakthrough), that it was a combination of very recent practices, travel, and feeling deeply supported from Nature.
What happened exactly? I had this Ah-ha moment that helped me see that I wasn't fully IN my body, that my mind was still calling the shots to compensate for an over-active nervous system! (Even after all of this time of working on myself!) I realized that my low grade anxiety was a result of a block in my first chakra that created a ripple effect. My nervous system had taken over and was affecting my ability to be in the present moment. (You must know, I consider myself to be quite present and aware, totally conscious! So this revelation was earth shaking for me!)
The Ah-ha moment arrived after a cumulation of; connecting with Nature, travel to heart opening portals on sacred lands (especially Mary Magdelene country (in France!), singing and dancing within my dance community using intention and sacred chants, and the expansion of my heart using my Sufi practices.
I feel more in my body, less anxious, and more whole. I also feel more alive! AND unafraid to be seen and shine my light! What does that look like in my daily living? Better sleep (deeper, uninterrupted), easier decision-making, more follow-through (I don't need to procrastinate anymore), I can hear/feel my body speaking to me and meet her needs more readily (food, rest, exercise), and I experience joy that's steady and doesn't run out (or dip into highs and lows). Again, this ah-ha included a blind spot I had no idea about previously! I thought I had it all together, aside from a few curious anxieties. I had no problem risk taking or venturing out into the world to travel alone. And yet, the results of this work has me feeling the most secure and empowered inside myself than I have ever been!
And so! I created a unique system of healing, using these very practical passions of mine. Yes, they are practical! Sacred land + movement + guided meditation + energetic protocols = (Creates) a chakra clearing that produces a YOU that will feel more alive than you ever have felt before! Less anxious than you ever have before! I'm talking about profound transformation in your felt-sense of personal power that changes the way you show up, speak ... and act!
I realized (after said breakthrough), that it was a combination of very recent practices, travel, and feeling deeply supported from Nature.
What happened exactly? I had this Ah-ha moment that helped me see that I wasn't fully IN my body, that my mind was still calling the shots to compensate for an over-active nervous system! (Even after all of this time of working on myself!) I realized that my low grade anxiety was a result of a block in my first chakra that created a ripple effect. My nervous system had taken over and was affecting my ability to be in the present moment. (You must know, I consider myself to be quite present and aware, totally conscious! So this revelation was earth shaking for me!)
The Ah-ha moment arrived after a cumulation of; connecting with Nature, travel to heart opening portals on sacred lands (especially Mary Magdelene country (in France!), singing and dancing within my dance community using intention and sacred chants, and the expansion of my heart using my Sufi practices.
I feel more in my body, less anxious, and more whole. I also feel more alive! AND unafraid to be seen and shine my light! What does that look like in my daily living? Better sleep (deeper, uninterrupted), easier decision-making, more follow-through (I don't need to procrastinate anymore), I can hear/feel my body speaking to me and meet her needs more readily (food, rest, exercise), and I experience joy that's steady and doesn't run out (or dip into highs and lows). Again, this ah-ha included a blind spot I had no idea about previously! I thought I had it all together, aside from a few curious anxieties. I had no problem risk taking or venturing out into the world to travel alone. And yet, the results of this work has me feeling the most secure and empowered inside myself than I have ever been!
And so! I created a unique system of healing, using these very practical passions of mine. Yes, they are practical! Sacred land + movement + guided meditation + energetic protocols = (Creates) a chakra clearing that produces a YOU that will feel more alive than you ever have felt before! Less anxious than you ever have before! I'm talking about profound transformation in your felt-sense of personal power that changes the way you show up, speak ... and act!
My Experience
- I graduated from Cal Poly State University in 1991 with a Bachelors in Human Development, concentration in Applied Psychology. Counseling internships at Hospice, the Women's Shelter and Klein Bottle Youth programs.
- I graduated from Antioch University in Santa Barbara in 1993 with a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology.
- I became licensed in Denver Colorado in 1997 as a Licensed Professional Counselor (L. P. C.) I counseled families, children, and struggling single mothers on welfare in transitional housing. Empowering women was central.
- I started raising my family and put my career in Psychology on hold in 1998.
- After my divorce, I picked up where I left off in 2007, and began teaching Psychology for the University of Phoenix.
- I started my own Life Coaching practice in 2008.
- In 2013, I guided support groups; "Women Starting Over"
- Author of "A New Leaf; 12 Spiritual Truths for Starting Over" I self-published my book in 2014.
- In 2014, I was given my spirit name: Water Dove Hawk during a ceremony in the Chumash tradition. A Medicine Woman went into Dreamtime for my name. She told me that I have all three essences (water, dove and hawk), and that they each are equally important. From that day forward I strive to embody this name.
- I lead silent mediation group hikes on MeetUp in 2017.
- Travel to sacred sites and connecting to the land around the world (2017- present). I bring transmissions/activations from Mary Magdelene sites in France, Hathor and Isis in Egyptian temples, and St. Francis of Assisi, the ancient abby at Sont Saint Mischel in Britagne (among other sites such as Newgrange, Hill of Tara, stone circles at Stonehedge, Erdeven, Louqemador, and Carnac, and Entruscan land in Tuscany), and Cathar country into our sessions.
- August, 2020, my spiritual practice went a step deeper and I was initiated into the Sufi order and granted a Murshed/Guide, Gayan Gregory Long. He gave me my Sufi name: Rafia. It means The Exalter and is one of the 99 names of Allah in the Koran. Sufis can be described as mystics, friends of God and physicians of the heart. It's our intention always, to expand the capacity of our heart.
- In 2021, we began working on turning my book into an Audible version. It is narrated by the fabulous Rachel Fredrickson. In 2022 it was published on Audible.
- In 2022, I became Certified as an Energetic Practitioner of Aleya Dao's, Seven Cups of Consciousness. I use her energetic protocols in sessions.
- Fall, 2022. Egypt immersion. Received transmissions from the Gods and Goddesses and their temples; Hathor, Isis, Osirus, Horus, the lands of Elephant Isle., Kom Ombo, Saqqara.
- Summer, 2023. France immersion. Received transmissions from the Megaliths in Brittangne, the Abby and the Isle of Sont Saint Michelle, the Cathars and their lands, the sacred Black Madonnas, and Mary Magdelene lands where she taught and prayed over the French in the Languedoc region.
- Winter, 2024. Pilgrimage to India and our Sufi Saint Dharga's and other sacred sites.
I live on the central coast of California in a funky ole fishing town (now a tourist attraction) where I'm a Airbnb Superhost. We have a sacred rock, Lisamu', on our coastline that used to be a volcano and part of "The Nine Sisters" - land whose ancestors include the Salinian and Chumash nations. Ceremonies and vision quests have been held here over the years. It sits at the edge of the "western gate." This is where I do sessions on the beach beside the rock.
I participate and lead dances for Dances for Universal Peace and host full moon and New Moon, sacred beach dances. I believe in having a huge self-care routine that includes hiking, yoga, meditation, gym workouts, and eating clean foods. I've been practicing yoga for 27 years. I use music and toning for moving energy and my beloved cat Jasper, enjoys it too!.
I like to think of myself as a guide/facilitator, teacher, nature/animal lover, wisdom seeker, heart opener, body temple, music lover, way-shower, yogi, entrepreneur, shaman in training, dancer, writer, traveler, pilgrim, Projector (my Human Design), and most importantly - a mindful mother of three sons.
Teachers I've had in-person training and have been major influencers in my life have included the following; RA (of Human Design), Clarissa Pinkola-Estes, Michael Tamura, Ganga White, Dee Wallace, Jennifer McClean, Sandra Ingerman, Jane Burns, Shabda Kahn, Gayan Gregory Long, Jean Houston, Judith Orloff, Jean Shinoda-Bolen, Denise Linn, Joan Borysenko, Carolyn Myss, and Aleya Dao.
I participate and lead dances for Dances for Universal Peace and host full moon and New Moon, sacred beach dances. I believe in having a huge self-care routine that includes hiking, yoga, meditation, gym workouts, and eating clean foods. I've been practicing yoga for 27 years. I use music and toning for moving energy and my beloved cat Jasper, enjoys it too!.
I like to think of myself as a guide/facilitator, teacher, nature/animal lover, wisdom seeker, heart opener, body temple, music lover, way-shower, yogi, entrepreneur, shaman in training, dancer, writer, traveler, pilgrim, Projector (my Human Design), and most importantly - a mindful mother of three sons.
Teachers I've had in-person training and have been major influencers in my life have included the following; RA (of Human Design), Clarissa Pinkola-Estes, Michael Tamura, Ganga White, Dee Wallace, Jennifer McClean, Sandra Ingerman, Jane Burns, Shabda Kahn, Gayan Gregory Long, Jean Houston, Judith Orloff, Jean Shinoda-Bolen, Denise Linn, Joan Borysenko, Carolyn Myss, and Aleya Dao.
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