eelama’s vision and greatest joy are to assist people on their journeys of “remembering” who they are. Neelama has been working in the field of personal transformation for over 13 years. Her background includes a B.A. in Comparative Religion, leading meditation and yoga retreats, facilitating seminars and trainings, counseling homeless people, teaching children and coaching adults. Her training began in 1995 as direct, hands-on-experience with participants in personal growth intensives. Since 2000, she has been a life coach, facilitator and trainer for transformational workshops in the U.S., Canada and Europe with Inner Journey Seminars. In 2001, she created Body Embraced, a seminar for women, out of her desire to transform the body discontent that most women experience into a vehicle for profound healing and growth. In 2004, she co-created Devotion: Calling The Beloved a spiritual retreat focused on discovering, experiencing and deepening one’s personal connection to The Divine. In 2008, Neelama completed a training with Dr. Brian Weiss in Past Life Regression Therapy. This therapeutic approach helps participants resolve traumas from early childhood and former lifetimes so they can live their full purpose and potential in this life.
From 2000-2006 Neelama studied the Diamond Logos Work with Faisal Muquaddin. This comprehensive approach works with a unique blend of psychological and spiritual techniques to access one’s true nature and inherent essential/spiritual states. Neelama was initiated into Sannyas at the Osho Ashram in Pune India in 2002. This initiatory ritual symbolizes the longing and commitment to live a life devoted to meditation and awakening. In August 2006, Neelama returned to India and attended a 21 day spiritual intensive at the Oneness University. She was able to meet Sri Amma and Sri Bhagavan, the founders of the University, and was initiated and bestowed the transmission as a Oneness Facilitator in order to share this spiritual blessing with others.
Her extensive travels throughout Southeast Asia and India have given her a depth of experience that is priceless. In 2004, Neelama became a mother to an incredible being named Kai.
“Giving Birth and Entering Motherhood have been the most profound passage on my spiritual journey thus far. Going through the natural childbirth of my son gave me a deep understanding of the meaning and power of ritual. Becoming a mother is teaching me what it truly means to surrender….if only for a moment. I have been humbled time and again by the limits of my personality, and have discovered that the source of unconditional love does not live within the bounds of my ego but rather must be called forth from another place entirely”. Visit Kai's website!
Many of you have asked me what I'm reading lately and what music I'm listening to these days, ... so I thought here I could share with you some of my favorites...
Enjoy!
Music
- Krishna Das - "All One" (CD)
- Snatam Kaur - everything!
- Deva Premal & Miten - "Aad Guray", "Awakening", "Moola Mantra"
- Suzie Suh - "Give Me Heart"
- Carol Woods - "Let it Be" (Across the Universe soundtrack)
- Wah! - everything!
- Jennifer Berezen - "Returning", "Praises", "She who hears"
Books & Movies
- Across The Universe
- Eckhart Tolle - "A New Earth"
- Osho - "The Mustard Seed"
- Khaled Hosseini - "The Kite Runner"
- Sue Monk Kidd - "The Secret Life of Bees"
- Harry Potter - all of them!
- Greg Mortenson - "Three Cups of Tea"