Have you ever stood in front of yourself, realizing something is missing, maybe something doesn't fit, maybe...you see a version of you, but it's not the YOU you know you want to be or once knew.

I know that feeling, and in 2022, I chose to go on a journey to find my soul, find the me I knew was within. I wanted to find my authentic self, but to do that, I needed to confront old ways of seeing myself, going deep within to find the Erica I always was, but through life, jobs, and relationships, I lost her along the way.

My journey to find my authentic self included a shift in perspective, a grueling awakening that I helped me see I needed a rebuild, but first, I needed to reclaim the parts that no longer served. The shifts that began carried me over the next 3 years. I reluctantly call this the Dark Night of my Soul, but this is the process we all get to go on, should we choose to. My "Dark Night" included pain, grief, sadness, joy, love, and excitement. It created a new version of me, which I always knew was within.

I enrolled in a 235-hour yoga teacher training in 2023, forever changing the trajectory of my life. Yoga is a journey to bring your soul's homecoming. It's the awakening I needed to see where I'd left parts of myself behind. I enrolled in Ayurveda school, the sister wellness teachings to yoga. I became a certified meditation teacher and will graduate with my 340-hour yoga training in December 2025.

I realized I was given the gift of seeing people through photography, and now, with meditation, I am combining the two to create a one-of-a-kind experience to help guide you to find the YOU you were always meant to be.

I created The Authentic Self workshops & retreat as a way to give you the tools to go within, find, and bring the version(s) of you, you may have left behind. The version(s) of you that were told they couldn't shine, they needed to shrink, they were too much...all the version(s) of you that make you who you are!

You MATTER!

Your way of seeing the world, your way of interpreting the joys and delights...Your talent is needed, and bringing all the parts of you forward shows the kind of inner self-love we all need more of to live an authentic life.

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