{"id":742,"date":"2018-05-11T06:12:24","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T13:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.depthinsights.com\/blog\/?p=742"},"modified":"2018-05-11T06:12:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T13:12:24","slug":"a-revision-of-ones-calling-a-journey-through-embodied-experience-an-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.depthinsights.com\/blog\/a-revision-of-ones-calling-a-journey-through-embodied-experience-an-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"A Revision of One\u2019s Calling: A Journey through Embodied Experience\u2014An Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pacifica<\/a>At age six, Elizabeth Wisniewski was diagnosed with a rare eye disease, and when her retina detached at 14, she lost vision in her right eye.\u00a0At age 21, while undergoing her 30th<\/sup>\u00a0eye surgery, everything went terribly wrong, and she lost almost all her vision in her left eye as well.<\/p>\n

Though she was devastated by her future without sight, Elizabeth\u2019s natural curiosity and passion for learning led her to pursue a degree in political science and environmental studies and then, in a significant shift, to earn a degree as a doctor of chiropractic. She also became a yoga teacher and a Reiki practitioner.<\/p>\n

Now a student in the Ph.D. Program in Depth Psychology with Specialization in Somatic Studies at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, CA, Elizabeth is integrating her many varied interests in conjunction with her personal journey, exploring what it really means not to have her sight, and seeking ways to help sighted people better understand her experience.<\/p>\n

As a child, she remembers painting all the time. Now she paints by choosing colors based on the energy she feels from the bottles of paint. It was this practice that led her to shift from desiring a specific outcome in her painting, to focusing on the process itself. She even incorporated blindfolded painting and yoga into her summer fieldwork at Pacifica. She plans to continue to offer retreats, and hopes to study under an indigenous bone setter in order to treat patients even more holistically.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth believes her personal experience has shifted the paradigm of her life into more connectedness within her body, which allows her to be connected to her community.\u00a0\u201cI know that when my soul made this contract with losing my eyesight, that this was part of the journey,\u201d she remarks. \u201cSo I\u2019m so grateful because every part of me believes that I wouldn\u2019t be a chiropractor, I wouldn\u2019t be a yoga teacher, I wouldn\u2019t be doing what I\u2019m doing if I could still see\u2026.My challenge has been losing my eyesight, but my assets are my hands and my heart space, and I can still practice,\u201d Elizabeth offers.<\/p>\n

Listen to my new audio interview with Elizabeth Wisniewski<\/strong>\u00a0via Pacifica Post<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bonnie Bright | Depth Insights: Seeing the World with Soul<\/span><\/div>\n

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