About
Since I was a child, I have been fascinated by the sense of something indescribable and yet ever-present: a radiant mystery at the heart of life. Through experiences of emotional intimacy in secondary school, music, the rave scene and skateboarding, I found myself instantly in touch with that quality, later moving into Buddhist meditation and 5Rhythms Dance. But it was in 2001 that this radiant mystery actually manifested itself, beyond anything I could even have imagined, when I met the ‘hugging saint’, Amma.
I moved into Amma’s world, learning from her and volunteering for her global humanitarian aid charity ‘Embracing The World’. I also began to explore a diverse range of spiritual teachers such as Adyashanti, Marlies Cocheret and Tony Parsons, plus began training in bodywork, Reiki and Vortex Healing®. A few years after that, when I was totally unprepared for it, this radiant mystery spontaneously took over everything. Suddenly, there was a radical shift in the sense and feel of the whole of life. To put it simply, there was no longer the experience of myself as an ‘I’ apart from or separate from life or others. Simultaneously, I perceived that no one else was an individuated ‘I’ either. Undividedness was experienced as the only true reality. The felt-sense of this was natural and ordinary, yet it was almost shocking to find out that everything is actually One, not conceptually but viscerally and profoundly so – without even the slightest room for division or doubt.
After a few years living like this, my job role ended and I decided to open a bodywork and energy healing practice. Later on, having worked professionally with clients for years, I wanted to train as a therapist in order to expand my understanding of human psychology. So I qualified as a therapist with the BACP, receiving my BA(Hons) in Counselling & Psychotherapy in 2015. I worked as a therapist in private practice and voluntary clinical placements, specialising in substance misuse recovery in deprived areas of London. Additionally, I worked as an Equine Assisted Therapist, working with horses to assist professional footballers and rugby players in substance misuse recovery.
My training with Amma, Adyashanti and Vortex Healing® remain ongoing. My current work focus is in my Group Healings, integrated private practice and volunteer work for Amma’s global charity ‘Embracing The World’.
Daisy Nokes 
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