What you seek is seeking you.
— Rumi
Ibiza was a living temple for the Phoenicians in the 8th Century BC
and that is how I see it – a place where I can live a beautiful life in nature and with deep gratitude and reverence to the great forces of the Universe that guide us.
Here we are able to connect deeply to the sun and the rain and the moon and the stars.
My New Beginning
In 2008 I embarked on my healing journey after Pneumonia combined with particularly strong Astrological shift called Saturn Returns. Previous to this I feel I had been sleep-walking through life carrying with me a heavy emotional burden, hiding from my pain by absorbing myself in my busy job in Luxury Concierge and then partying in my downtime. I had no real downtime. I felt like I had been smashed into lots of little pieces and I had to put them all back together before I could begin again.
The World of Wellbeing was completely untapped by me back then and my first baby step was an audio by Anthony Robbins called ‘Personal Power’ given to me by a friend. Everything blossomed from there. Being sick was the best thing that ever happened to me, it created a desperately needed catharsis.
Falling in love with my soulmate around the same time gave me a very solid platform from which to rise and also created further revelations and deep personal growth (and still does.) My heart is full with love for this man and our children who thrive from these foundations that we have built.
My life is now dedicated to optimising my existence, to establishing better ways to live and to love, to expanding my consciousness and to helping others to do the same. I believe that we are all capable of self-actualisation and transformation if we have the right support and tools. I believe in our innate power and connectedness to magical forces that are way greater than us.
Ibiza
People come to Ibiza to lose or to find themselves. When I first came to the island I was definitely in the losing myself camp. Fresh out of Uni in an internship with MTV putting on parties at venues like the old quarry and Space. I’d never danced outside before and it felt like the only place in the World to be.
Days and nights went on forever in one big starry blur, the residue of the night bleached away by the morning sun. It was only ever somewhere for me to lose myself back then. The thing I wasn’t expecting was that the Ibiza I knew would shape-shift and change along with me. Of course the other side to Ibiza had always been there, I was just blind to it.
I moved to Ibiza in 2016 and this magnetic island has created further healings and openings taking me deeper in the journey back to myself. Being here has allowed me to be more me-like. In the City it was like my make-up and heels were my armour but I secretly always yearned to be a hippy and now I can be. I’m not talking about armpit hair, but a shift to a more bohemian lifestyle and values.
On this island there is so much space. That’s the thing you notice when you move here from the city, that you aren’t contained in the same way. You spend more time outside in open space and the sky above you is endless and it opens up your creativity. With all that space and without the frenetic buzz of the city, you are confronted by yourself in your full glory. And you can choose to transform if you wish.
Ibiza was a living temple for the Phoenicians in the 8th Century BC and that is how I see it – as a place where I can live a beautiful life in nature and with deep gratitude and reverence to the great forces of the Universe that guide us. Here we are able to connect deeply to the sun and the rain and the moon and the stars.
When I think back to the things about Ibiza that filled me with wonder in my MTV days they are still the same - the dazzling people I meet, the intense blue of the sky, the unlikely things I find myself doing here, the barefoot elegance, the sense of being part of something exciting and endless.
With love,
Erin
With heartfelt Gratitude to the following luminaries…
Anthony Robbins (Super Coach & Philanthropist)
Life Coaching (BTEC)
Meditation / Burgs
Emotional Freedom Technique
Sacred Plant Medicines
Reiki I & II Trainings
Dream Exploration & Lucid Dreaming
Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Alexander Lowen
Yoga in all forms but in particular Hatha & Anusara Lineage, Suzanne Faith (Yoga Teacher), Jax May (Yoga Teacher)
Foundation Year Psychotherapy Training (Minster Centre London)
Noam Saagyi (Psychotherapist)
Alan Dolan / The Breath Guru (Breath-worker), Rebecca Dennis (Breath-worker)
Russell Amerasekera (Personal Brand Coach)
Wendy Mandy (Acupuncturist & Energy Worker), Dipika Wishart (Acupuncturist / Healer /Medicine Woman)
Michael Muller (Medicine Man), Tricia Eastman (Medicine Woman)
Ina-May Gaskin (Spiritual Midwife), Cyd (Doula)
Louka Leppard (Body-worker)
Andrew Smith (Astrologer)
Melchior Arnold (Energy-worker)