Healing from the inside out

Omani is a NYC born, Amsterdam raised writer who is embarking on a journey of spirituality. Join her as she incorporates meditation, yoga and the 12 Steps into her newfound path of inner healing and pattern breaking.

Hello friends, 

My name is Omani, and I am excited to announce that I am embarking on a new journey of spiritual healing, and that I’m taking you with me. While I’ve had a lifelong connection to yoga and the concept of spirituality (raised in Woodstock by hippies), I spent the majority of my life in The Netherlands where spirituality is seen as something laughable and not as an energetic communication with the Earth and Universe, as I see it. 

I recently finished Grad School, and while my plan was to become a hipster Brooklynite who indulges in overpriced hypes, I somehow found myself back in nature and reconnecting with people who bring out my inner flower child. I’m now working with Shea Tree, and I don’t think I’ve ever used the word “healing” as often as I have in the last few months. 

I’ve always had a strong connection to what I claim is the Universe speaking to me. Some say I’m a powerful manifestor, but I believe that I’m just a good listener. Sometimes the Universe drop kicks me in the face, and when it does I take a step back to reevaluate my life. Now don’t get me wrong, before I get to that point I have a massive meltdown, where I completely lose my shit. But thankfully those moments are always followed by moments of self-reflection. Where am I slacking? What issues am I avoiding, so I can keep doing whatever it is that is feeding my dopamine addiction? It’s hard, and it’s exhausting. 

This time around, the Universe didn’t just dropkick me in the face. It sent a whirlwind of crap and quite literally pushed me out of the situation I was in, and back to a place where I could lick my wounds and heal from the inside out. Coming January, I’ll have been in this body for 35 years, and while I am an artist through and through, I rarely make art. I constantly talk about wanting to commit to a daily practice, but I am also an ADHD wild woman, and consistency is really hard for me. So this year I’ve decided to do all the hard stuff. 

I’m committing to daily meditation and incorporating a daily practice. What’s even scarier is that I’ve decided to learn the 12 Steps and go to meetings. I’d like to create more art, and I’d like my art to be more meaningful. I also want my relationship to a higher power to be more active, and make healthier choices for my body. There are many things I’d like to do on this chaotic journey, and I can’t promise that it’ll be easy or that I won’t have fallbacks. But if nothing else, it’ll be entertaining. And hopefully beautiful.