Some of the language felt like it was taking away from the emotional content of a beautiful story. Either there was a bit too much of a set-up or other verbiage that was creating distance of something akin to speaking as a 3rd person/observer.
(“I was seeing myself drowning…” is very different from ‘I was drowning…’)
(“I had had that amazing vision…” creates more distance/time distortion that “I had an amazing vision…)

I edited down to what I felt might be stronger story & to up the emotional content.

Not sure the ‘home/sanctuary’ line is needed.

You might want to add to the last line “unravel the lesson…” is great but then what? You didn’t just unravel a lesson, you moved forward. I would think clients don’t want to just unravel, I think they want to move forward like you did.

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I had been in an International Humanitarian organization for more than 10 years. I loved their values, I loved the work, but I was not the same person as the one who joined. I was drowning in paperwork, reports, contradictions, forever changing processes…

As my end of mission was getting closer, I felt that deep pain inside my belly, like it was being ripped open, I saw myself screaming desperately at the stuff I could no longer take on..
While, I did not literally scream, that was it, my body telling me “this is enough, the time had come to do something else, not in 6 months, not in 3 months. NOW”. Iit was clear I needed training. That’s what I did : more yoga, qigong, meditation, hypnosis, energy etc… Besides that, there was no plan. But there was no turning back.

I returned to France a few months later, and found myself starting a business as a yoga teacher and energy healer in order to do what I love and embody my values.
After all, I had had that amazing vision of retreats I wanted to lead. So, let’s do retreats ! There was my plan !
As the first retreat of 5 days was approaching, I had no participant and had to cancel it. Then I planned a second one, 6 weeks later. I got caught up by reality there again and canceled it.
My world crashed in flames, along with my dreams, and a part of me. If I cannot do this, then what do I do ? I still couldn’t go back to what I was doing before.

After a couple of months of disintegration, I realized there must be a way and set myself to some serious research on how to run retreats and how to run a business. Here is a first deep, sound lesson in business : like for any building, you have to start with the foundations and work your way onwards.

I had a path – It was all going rather smoothly when Covid hit.
Quickly, this turned into an opportunity : zoom became my ally and I developed distant energy work which I love.

I spent one year building the foundations of my business, learning a way of marketing that sounds humane, meanwhile I ran a few workshops with a friend, and loved it !

But something was still nagging me, I needed to go deeper in my own practice. And at the end of last year, I felt a very clear energy shift, and it became clear that now is the time to open my wings and fly!

?????I have found my home and am dedicating this summer to making it my sanctuary. I have more clarity, more strength, great mentors. and a desire to serve and keep on learning.

There is no shortcut to life and inner work, to getting closer to your truth. It comes with highs and lows but if you are up for it, you can take the lows as opportunity to go deeper and unravel the lesson behind it.

Beautiful story! I have a few questions:
What are the details of the going deeper in your own practice that produced the clear energy shift?
What do you mean by having found your home? This sounds like a literal, physical home but I don’t see how that connects to the paragraph above.

Either way, more details would help me understand how you got there and to the energy shift. More understanding would help me decide whether to work with you.

Great job on this!