“I started working with Marina at a very transitional period in my life. I had let certain lifestyle issue go unchecked and I was looking for support to start making meaningful changes. At the time, I wasn’t doing as well in law school, I was caught up in the drama of my personal relationships, and felt completely helpless dealing with my father’s battle with cancer. Worst of all, my dietary and life style habits were so neglected that I felt physically drained, as if the weight of the world might cave in on me.
I reached out to Marina because she offered me a holistic approach. I could trust her with my very confidential information: i.e. discussing my feelings that I could never accept or even swallow. Marina would encourage me to “touch my feelings” and touching those feelings was an intense but much need emotional rollercoaster. It was an important first step to clearing out my past baggage and making some new plans. During that time I often felt so anxiety ridden that I actually need a professional to help me learn how to meditate. I felt like I couldn’t turn off the constant thoughts that are the product of an overactive mind.
With Marina, we did energy healings and she guided me into deep meditations during which I could touch my deeper feeling in a safe environment. She taught me techniques to de-stress and digest my most guarded unprocessed emotions. She also gave me meaningful dietary advice to help guard those emotions from manifesting as physical illnesses in my body. Marina would constantly encourage me to eat from her list of healthier and season appropriate foods. Her approach was to help me go after all the areas of my life as needed.
She encouraged me to stay positive through my bought of depression and to learn to accept myself. This was my hardest and most profound lesson I learned from her. Her mantra of pure love helped encourage me to stop the self-punishing behavior I had engaged in for years. With her help I stopped drinking several times a week and started to really concentrate on myself in a way I hadn’t done, probably ever. And I was able to be more productive and stop feeling a sense of disconnect from the people around me. I definitely felt more invigorated about life after more and more of our sessions. She helped get me on the path for taking a more profound look at my life that I was lacking.”