Finding My Own InSight
In my efforts to find my own InSight, "possibilities" has become a very powerful word to me. Integrative InSight is a possibility that I never could have envisioned for myself at the end of summer 2004. For me to even see that possibility, I
had to first clear out my own personal clutter: my self-limiting
beliefs of what I could and could not be; my perceived expectations
of what I should and should not do; my self-critical self-judgmental
voice; and all of the fears and doubts that were holding me back.
While Integrative InSight is my business, know that it is also an integrated
insight into who I am, what I stand for as a person, and of what
makes me come alive. I created Integrative InSight to help individuals clear themselves of their own clutter in order to unlock their own possibilities and to explore what makes them come alive.
Over the past ten years, I have consulted with therapists, medical doctors and natural healers searching for an answer to my own health concerns. Much to my frustration, I found that my symptoms never conformed to those experienced by "the majority of patients".
Thus, tried-and-proven approaches recommended by these caring experts
would not yield the same 
results for me. I never viewed these encounters
as "failures",
but rather as my opportunity to learn about different tools and techniques
and to take what worked for me and let go of what did not. Underlying
it all was the growing awareness that none of these experts could provide
me a unique solution that addressed the integrated aspects of my individuality.
My experience led me to the irrevocable conclusion that the most trusted
source of information about my body and myself was me.
As I trained to be a yoga teacher to facilitate my own inward focus and connection, I learned that I limited myself by my own perceptions about what my body can and cannot do. As long as I believed that I would fall flat on my face if I tried a handstand, I would not even attempt to try one. And yet, I was able to do one when I finally challenged myself by asking "Why not try it now? If you are ever going to try it, now is the time to do it, when you have others here to support you. You will never know unless you try." Rather than setting a personal goal of finding ways to replicate that feat, that single event became a life lesson for me: where else in my life do I limit myself by believing "I should", or "I can't" or "I must"? What possibilities could exist for me if I were to shed my own self-perceptions in other aspects of my life?
My personal journey has involved shedding a highly analytical, lucrative
corporate consulting business to pursue my desire to help other people.
I truly believe, based on my personal experience, that no one answer
or approach can serve everybody, which demands that I help others in
a way that supports their individuality. On this journey, I have immersed
myself in a year long, highly intensive training program that has transformed
me into a Certified Practitioner of Phoenix
Rising Yoga Therapy (PRYT).
I am excited that I can now facilitate sessions that honor my clients' unique needs and help them access their own infinite universe of possibilities.
Two months into creating Integrative InSight, I had my own integrative insight - I am not marketing PRYT sessions, nor am I marketing a yoga business - I am marketing me. I am more excited by sharing the life lessons I have learned through my training ... sharing in a way that allows my clients to take away what is most meaningful to them. From that perspective, techniques, topics and themes no longer become an end unto themselves, but rather they are simply diverse paths to the same goal. That realization required me to step back once again and assess just what is the common thread that binds what I offer: opportunities to focus, contemplate and grow for myself and others. In other words, they are meditations.
Another way to look at it is in terms of what makes me come alive. All of my offerings reflect the following four principles: 
