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Well, I'll
tell you a lot more about me, Marti Ramsey. I grew up in a small farming
village in western New York State called Warsaw, many of the years coming
in those quiet Eisenhower days after presidents FDR and Truman and WWII.
I loved Warsaw, loved, growing up that way. As a child I used to walk way
up the hill behind the house to sit looking at the village and stare for
hours at the
view. I didn't
know I was meditating and that it
would help
me later on, but it certainly helped me unwind. I was always tumbling
around looking for something to get out of myself. I was
an extremely
self-conscious and anxious child.
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I left
my small town behind after high school to go on with my education.
I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from the Boston University Theater
School. I also have an MS. I also am a CASAC and an MAC. The
first one, MS, is a Masters in Speech and Communication. I went through
graduate school in the late sixties, when hippies ruled and it was cool
to drink and drug a lot. I did my share of dancing with the bottle.
I didn't realize I was becoming addicted, but by the early seventies I
was moving very far away from healthy ways to cope with life. But
I was fortunate. In 1977 I found my way into recovery from addiction.
Six years into recovery I began to work in the field of addiction recovery.
The CASAC, is the credential for that field. It means I am a Credentialed
Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor in the State of New York. I
have worked as a counselor in the field of addictions both in New
York and Florida for almost thirty years now. The third one, MAC
is from NAADAC, the national counsel on addiction. The MAC means
I am a nationally credentialed master's level addiction counselor.
I am also an internationally credentialed due to the New York State credential.
Also, I have taught English and Public Speaking and Drama in high schools
and also then and more recently Speech and Communication in colleges.
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So over the years
of working in the field of addiction, I have facilitated thousands of hours
of group therapy, family conferences and individual therapy. It has
been intense and at times heart-rending, but well worth it, helping
people to move from storms into the sunlight. I think that being
allowed to assist in the healing process for others has been a priviledge.
It certainly has provided me with motivation and inspiration to continue
my own healing and growth.
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Here's a weird
part. I'm also a reverend with the Church of Life in California,
a strange little group that fought it's way through the courts to have
the right to ordain people. I have done spiritual readings, and many who
do readings apply for that kind of membership to cover themselves legally,
hence the affiliation. I am also a Silva Method Graduate and a Remote Viewer.
The Silva Method is an excellent form of healing meditiation. Remote Viewing
is a very specific group process I did not persue beyond the initial training.
I also do Angelcard Readings. Also, I have taught Light Work classes in
both New York State and South Florida the way I learned the path from my
own spiritual teacher, Doris Crawford, in Syracuse, NY. (Doris was not
from the Church of Life.) I also channel Space Friends that I call collectively
Spirit.
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Let's see,
what else do I do? I have fiddled around with the digereedoo, sachu-
hachi flute, played baritone and tenor saxophones in a community band,
sang in a Chorale, played hand drums, plunked away on Gobi-Chungs, all
happilly but not great. Great fun, though.
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I lived in
South Florida for over thirteen years. I gave up the beaches to get back
to the four seasons of Central New York State: sparkling spring days,
hazy summer days (away from hurricanes,) golden autumn days and, yes, I
do love bleak and dreary winter days which I honestly missed as much as
beautiful snowy days. I'm just a northerner at heart. I guess I'd have
to be, to love "bleak" and shoveling snow.
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About Eustress:
I learned to love full body relaxation and breathe control techniques I
got from Dr. Evangeline Machlin's voice classes while getting my BFA at
the Theater School at BU so many years ago. Since then I have managed
to combine those techniques with meditation techniques I learned from Doris
Crawford and various trainers like the Sila Method. Those days of sitting
on the hill in my hometown were a perfect beginning to my practicing meditation.
I have taught some form of stress management, whether I've been teaching
or counseling or ministering, for over four decades. Anyway (and
in any form) I love to teach stress management. It lifts the spirits,
a little mystery, a little joy, it stops the pacing, trapped feelings..
Again my hunch is I tend to utilize stress management and eustress
for myself more when I am sharing it with others.
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So I now live
in Syracuse, New York, with my life partner, two dogs and seven cats. I
am blessed and eustressed. Bless you, too, on your own healing journey
and if I can assist, please contact me.
 Healing
and Joy, Marti
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