helloooo you beautiful beings. π€ SOO feeling the warm welcome from Shira!! I wanted to introduce myself again / do a brief check-in. My name is Emma. I am 29 years old, living in Vermont. Fun fact: I am a twin. I was supposed to be baby A, but she jumped over me in the womb, so now I am baby B. Anyway, story time (even though I absolutely am SO OVER telling this repeated script to the world, here we go). I went to college thinking I was going to become a nurse. I somehow didn't get into the program and was placed into this other program, called Communication, Sciences, and Disorders. I stuck with this new degree because it checked the boxes of my two goals 1) to help people and 2) to work with children. Funny thing is, I really had no idea what a Speech Language Pathologist was beforehand. Well, jump forward several years later, I have landed a job in my old school district acting as basically an SLP-A. This is when a light went off. Thick in the middle of covid, I kind of had this realization. I have been stuck walking this path that I NEVER CHOSE. It was given to me. This was also the time when I began to realize that I don't really know who I am, what I want, and what I am supposed to be doing in this earthsuit (I can't take credit for that term. it's from a yogi). So I entered the self-discovery portal. I decided I wanted to follow MY HEART and not listen to the various people and opinions of those who had been on or liked that path (of becoming a SLP) for me. Here I am six years later. I have become a 500-hr yoga teacher. I am currently in the process of two online programs. A mindfulness meditation teaching certification program and a traumatic resolution somatic experiencing breathwork facilitation program. Last winter, I had my first solo traveling experience. I went to Guatemala and Costa Rica. I am here and want to understand more of my souls purpose based on my birth chart. To really step into and align with the wisdom of my body. To continue following my heart.