We were lucky to catch up with Allaine Stricklen recently and have shared our conversation below.

Allaine, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. How’s you first get into your field – what was your first job in this field?

I first started teaching yoga actually as a sub for my teacher who was going on vacation for 2 weeks, she asked me to teach her classes and the studio and students loved my classes and they hired me to teach my own classes a few weeks later.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

My name is Allaine Stricklen and I have been teaching Yoga and Yoga Therapy for over 40 years. Travelling and Teaching Retreats and Workshops all over the World. Having been told I would be paralyzed in a wheelchair and never walk again age 25 by 3 British back surgeons, I changed my career as a Stockbroker in London and gave away all material belongings to travel around the world and look for tools and techniques and spiritual practices to heal my spine. Fast Foward to 2022, I am now encompassing everything that I have learned over the years to help not only heal myself but also share this knowledge and wisdom with the world. I have just recovered from 2 brain surgeries after being told I had a tumor in my head the size of a golf ball in 2019 have spent the past 2 years recuperating and recovering from blindness, deafness vestibular issues and our world wide pandemic that is still lurking in our universe.

I am very grateful proud and beyond excited to be alive and ready to share my new business venture with you all. What sets me apart from others is my authentic nature, professional attitude, solution oriented, heart led, kind, compassionate, quirky and fun. Oh of course my British Accent….

Helping Hands + Hearts is my new Company born out of the need to help Patients who feel overwhelmed lost and need guidance and support to navigate the Health Care System, when undergoing a medical or surgical procedure. My new Company Helping Hands + Hearts was created after I received great care in the Hospital after my 2 brain surgeries, then was just left on the door step of the hospital in a wheelchair with a folder of information that I could simply not read let alone understand after a 12 hour brain surgery and my life turned upside down literally.

I needed help support guidance, how was I going to heal, with so little aftercare offered. I reached out to all my fellow Holistic Healers, from Meditation Teachers, to Reiki and Energy Healers, Acupuncture Doctors, Homeopathic Remedies, Nutrition Experts and of course Google….

Finally after visualizing how I can now offer others in the same situation who may not know or understand that Healing your body into Wholeness is a full time job, I have created a wonderful Recuperative Recovery Care Programs to Facilitate anyone who is searching how to fully recovery from a surgical or medical procedure or perhaps you know someone who may benefit from our Care Packages and Holistic Services. Check out our new [email protected]

Namaste

Allaine Stricklen
Yogi and Serial Entrepreneur

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

A story that illustrates my resilience :

I was told age 55 after going blind in my right eye one evening when I woke up to go to the bathroom, that I had to go to check out my optic nerve with an eye specialist. He immediately sent me to get an MRI of my brain, where I was informed I had a tumor the size of a golf ball that had been growing inside my brain apparently for over 16 years, As time stood still when I received this magnitude diagnosis, I reached down deep inside my heart and soul, utilized my many years of yoga and breath work experience to shift the imminent paralyzing fear that took over my entire being. All I could think of was my young son what should I tell him….. I asked for guidance and a miracle happened, I was led to learn more about Dr Joe Dispenza and how he healed himself from being paralyzed in a biking accident and how he learned to heal his entire body back to walking through various breathing meditation and mind movie techniques, where you visualize your future self already healed. I thought to myself well if he can do it then so can I….. I developed my own Recovery Healing Program which I decided to share with the world.

Putting training and knowledge aside, what else do you think really matters in terms of succeeding in your field?

I think other than training/knowledge, wisdom the most helpful for succeeding in my field of Healing, is the willingness to take a look at your inner thoughts, the deep understanding that living in habits of the past, do not help create your vision of the future and to move from being a victim, blaming, shaming others to taking responsibility for your inner world and learning not to judge yourself or others and I believe being successful is sharing patience, kindness and listening to others and helping them shift their inner beliefs from anger, resentment and fear, into love, peace and gratitude the highest emotions for healing.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.Helpinghandshearts.com
• Instagram: @helpinghandshearts
• Facebook: Allaine Stricklen
• Linkedin: Allaine Stricklen, Founder Co-Creator Collaborator Helping Hands + Hearts LLC
• Youtube: Helping Hands Hearts
• Yelp: [email protected]

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