Roots
Karendayal’s life has always been immersed in spirituality, energy medicine, yoga wisdom, mysticism, consciousness and the sacred healing arts. Strengthened and guided by eastern thought and philosophy. Even very young, she had infinity and held respect for nature, the elements and the Universe, bowing and aligning to all its mystery and awe.
Her true teacher/therapist roots began and took hold at the age of 5 in 1978 a few years after her younger brother Kevin was diagnosed with Werdnig Hoffmann Disease at birth. (A.K.A. Severe Infantile SMA type 1) A very rare disease that affects the nervous system and muscles. It is a life limiting condition for the majority of children (approximately 95% life expectancy is less than 18 months) Medically, they were told that children with this disease did not live past the age of 2 and that he would die. The medical profession had nothing to offer him at the time except for a” 2 year life expectancy”. So the family needed to seek an alternative root to see if he could be saved.
Karendayal grew up in a household that through these circumstances, offered her the opportunity to study and experience beginning at such a young age along side her brothers Therapists, Chiropractors, Deep Muscle Therapists, Acupuncturists, Tibetan Medicine Healers, Ayurvedic Doctor, and an array of leading edge complimentary and holistic healthcare providers. She was even at the feet of one of The Dalai Lamas personal physicians who also treated her brother. She was always in their books, and charts, being quizzed by them, watching, and being instructed on what to do to help facilitate continued life for her brother. Massaging, moving limbs with passive yogic postures, exploring energy, guided imagery, power of the mind and learning who we are vibrationally, thoughts, prayer, diet choices, sound currents, and spirituality were her playground. Her not your average childhood journey had allowed her to receive the highest form of education/transmission, transferred through amazing life experiences before she even began her professional training in the healing arts which began with Reiki training at the age of 16. It was around that time that she also started to practice yoga more deeply for herself. In her last year of high school she was accepted and enrolled into a professional massage therapy/soft tissue specialist school. The director told her that at that time, she was the youngest student they ever accepted into The Bancroft School of Massage Therapy program in ’92 and that her maturity and not your average references spoke strongly. Along with intensive therapist studies, Karendayal would arrive “extra early” before her class day would begin to practice yoga with her Shiatsu teacher. Soon all her extra credit and projects were on the topics of yoga, energy anatomy, chakras and unifying yoga with massage. She began teaching her massage therapy clients yoga as part of their post treatments. After years of self-study and personal practice she was enrolled in her first 500 hour Yoga Teacher Certification Training in ’97 and continued with holistic trainings and certifications with Masters within their fields throughout her life.
Blessings
The true miracle and blessing is that through natural medicine, an array of healing modalities and complimentary healthcare, a heart full of love, and a big life purpose to live out, her brother surpassed all the odds and is still living today!
Now a grown man, her brother Kevin is still bound by a motorized wheelchair with his well over 90 degree curvature of his scoliosis spine. (After his neck vertebra you will find his spine on his side body) his limbs are about the size of your two fingers put together (he was literally Karendayal’s first skeleton model for school!) with a list of mind blowing symptoms, that pretty much when all written down translates as (‘hard to believe this human is actually alive!) Through the grace of God and his huge life purpose to live out, does he still function and live on Earth. He is the most able bodied dis-abled person via the strength of his mind and thoughts despite his physical disability. What most people might complain about as having a bad day or consider tough times, learning about his daily reality, yet still triumphs, would blow you away and have you checking yourself into a different perspective. (Respectfully so, we all have our own personal stuff to go through and transcend in this lifetime, we all feel our own stuff right!?) He’s one of those angels on earth that help keep us in check though.
He has been Karendayal’s greatest teacher in this lifetime, and uses his living as an inspirational teaching always.
He has personal care attendants around the clock for every physical action and duty needed. Everything from scratching an itch, adjusting a limb, to all daily and nightly routines. He lives independently in his own home thanks to this care. He resides in his passion location of Nashville, TN and follows his bliss writing country music with his well-earned Masters Degree in Psychology.
Karendayal truly lives and understands the meaning of “There are no limits, there are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them” (-Bruce Lee).
Persevering through more of her own life challenges that continued after her childhood with her brother (including physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually to categorize) she has been the phoenix rising from the ashes again and again numerous times in more ways then one. Having the original gift of her brother, her dedicated chosen way of living, deep personal inner work and inner sacred arts embodiment, she continues to gratefully live, teach, serve and inspire others (from living it and embodying it first hand herself ) on the minds influence over the body and our thoughts, and the power of your mind, feels and thoughts as the creative force to your reality. Karendayal says “ Free will, our Soul blueprint and The Divine Creator all must be honored and worked with along our sacred path.