I started Libertas Healing and Transition Services because of so many reasons. I was tired of doing a job that didn’t make a lasting impact. And quite frankly even though I was a successful choreographer. . . . I was bored. I looked around one day and realized that the suffering on this planet was just too much to bear. That people needed so much help that they weren’t getting. That children and adults alike were just stuck in cycles with no hope of breaking free.
But something else happened that was much more profound.
I was a student at the Transformational Arts College, located in Toronto, Ontario, for about two years. I have since graduated with a diploma of Total Self Health. Throughout the program we would undergo weekly guided meditations. And every type of meditation you could think of. These times were always the best parts of the classes because they helped you to really know what was going on inside of you.
Now from my Yoga Teacher Training I knew that meditation is something that happens to you. After you clear your mind, and with practiced repetition, you might experience a profound realization or be given divine guidance in some way. In other words you don’t do meditation. What you do is still your mind, and if you let go enough, the universe might come rushing in – in response.
And let me tell you, did meditation ever HAPPEN TO ME!
It was just a normal day in class, nothing special, but it was a day I will never forget.
During the meditation, I left my body and I was shot up into space, so to speak. I was floating among the stars, everything was quiet and serene. And there I met with the Deity, Krishna. I didn’t believe in Krishna fervently, nor did I pray to him. At the time I was agnostic. I believed in a greater power but I was resigned to ever say concretely what that power’s name was. I mean, how could we ever really know for sure? I am now pursuing a second Master’s Degree, in Divinity this time, because of the Divine Revelations I so frequently receive.
When I met Krishna his skin was blue in colour and he was covered in gold. He was holding a gold star in his hands. He pushed the star into my solar plexus. I was overcome with a sense of purpose. I felt renewed in strength and will. Then Krishna turned me around so that we were both looking directly at the earth. It looked so beautiful. Krishna placed one hand on my back, and with his other hand he gestured with an open palm towards the earth. He said simply and firmly to me: “This needs freedom“. As if to tell me that I would be the provider of freedom for the whole earth. And with that he pushed me with all his might back towards the earth. And just like that I was back in my body as if nothing miraculous had happened. It was over as quickly as it had started.
I thought about it for awhile, but eventually I forgot about it completely. How would I, how could I, provide freedom to the whole earth? What authority did little me have? What a crazy thing to believe!
I kept going to school and I accumulated more and more qualifications. Eventually, over a year later, I found myself dreaming of starting a healing company. Maybe I could relieve the suffering I saw by providing Reiki to an ailing child, or by guiding a client through a chakra activation meditation? I began to slowly put together a business plan. When it came time to think of the name of the company I was instantly propelled back to that day in class where I had met Krishna. He had already told me what I needed to provide to the people of the earth: Freedom! Maybe I didn’t need to free the whole earth, but maybe I could provide some type of liberation to just one sick patient, liberation from pain, from worry, from stress. And so I named the company, Libertas. The word is Latin for Freedom. I also decided my colours would be shades of blue and gold, and that I would use the night sky as my logo.
And Libertas Healing and Transition Services was born.
I am so happy to be doing this work. I feel like I am helping clients find their true selves. I feel like I am doing something good. Something worthwhile.
Something that I am supposed to do.
I feel liberated. And remember, you too, were born free.
Love,
Dalmatian Dash 
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