Ashley Barba
Ashley Barba
About the Teacher
Why study with them?
During plant medicine ceremonies, the layers that we shed, the profound healing and epiphanies we experience can be beautiful but can also crack the foundation that we’ve been living our life from making us question who we are, what we’ve been doing and where to go from here.
Ashley is a psychotherapist, certified yoga therapist, and reiki master, who serves as mentor and integration therapist for sacred plant medicine ceremonies. Experiencing a spontaneous spiritual awakening at 20 years old, Ashley’s life trajectory took a 180- transitioning from studying business management to all things related to psychology and holistic health. Creating her career based on the guidance she was given, Ashley has spent the last 15 years immersed in psychology, culture, feminism, nutrition, yoga, somatics, Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, quantum physics and numerous energy and spiritual healing modalities.
Within months of receiving her Bachelor’s in Psychology and Gender Studies from University of Illinois Chicago, Ashley attended the Sivananda Ashram in Bahamas where she received her 200-hour yoga teacher training and Children’s Yoga Teacher training with a specialization in learning and developmental disabilities. When she arrived back state side, Ashley attended Pacifica School of Oriental Medicine, Chicago, for massage therapy with the goal of combining the model of Chinese medicine with yoga for mental health. She then went on to receive her Master’s of Social Work from Loyola Chicago and her yoga therapist certification from Kripalu.
Over the past 10 years Ashley has been integrating her knowledge while serving various populations in the city of Chicago from underprivileged to large corporations and celebrities including Chicago Public Schools, hospitality, corporate events, intermittent services, hospitals, refugee communities and private practice. Ashley continues to expand her knowledge drawing upon teachings from C.G. Jung, Abraham Maslow and attending trainings by Gary Kraftsow, Ana Forrest, Gabriel Cousens, and Judith Lasater.
Using an integrative approach, Ashley serves as a guide to understanding the programing stirred up during ceremony and assists its actualization in the physical world. Her sessions involve talk therapy and personalized mind-body exercises for each participant’s needs including yoga, somatics, breathwork, guided meditations and energy healing. You can learn more about her at www.awakenedradiance.com
Ashley is a psychotherapist, certified yoga therapist, and reiki master, who serves as mentor and integration therapist for sacred plant medicine ceremonies. Experiencing a spontaneous spiritual awakening at 20 years old, Ashley’s life trajectory took a 180- transitioning from studying business management to all things related to psychology and holistic health. Creating her career based on the guidance she was given, Ashley has spent the last 15 years immersed in psychology, culture, feminism, nutrition, yoga, somatics, Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, quantum physics and numerous energy and spiritual healing modalities.
Within months of receiving her Bachelor’s in Psychology and Gender Studies from University of Illinois Chicago, Ashley attended the Sivananda Ashram in Bahamas where she received her 200-hour yoga teacher training and Children’s Yoga Teacher training with a specialization in learning and developmental disabilities. When she arrived back state side, Ashley attended Pacifica School of Oriental Medicine, Chicago, for massage therapy with the goal of combining the model of Chinese medicine with yoga for mental health. She then went on to receive her Master’s of Social Work from Loyola Chicago and her yoga therapist certification from Kripalu.
Over the past 10 years Ashley has been integrating her knowledge while serving various populations in the city of Chicago from underprivileged to large corporations and celebrities including Chicago Public Schools, hospitality, corporate events, intermittent services, hospitals, refugee communities and private practice. Ashley continues to expand her knowledge drawing upon teachings from C.G. Jung, Abraham Maslow and attending trainings by Gary Kraftsow, Ana Forrest, Gabriel Cousens, and Judith Lasater.
Using an integrative approach, Ashley serves as a guide to understanding the programing stirred up during ceremony and assists its actualization in the physical world. Her sessions involve talk therapy and personalized mind-body exercises for each participant’s needs including yoga, somatics, breathwork, guided meditations and energy healing. You can learn more about her at www.awakenedradiance.com
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