We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Amber Walker. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Amber below.

Hi Amber, thanks for joining us today. We’d love to hear the backstory behind a risk you’ve taken – whether big or small, walk us through what it was like and how it ultimately turned out.

When I began my aerial yoga journey. I started doing yoga when I got medically retired from the Navy. I was diagnosed with lupus and a rare neuromuscular disease called myasthenia gravis, I had lost 70% of my mobility and suffered great nervous system and muscular issues because of the illness. Becoming a yogi while embracing ancient healing techniques which included meditating and sound healing sessions from 4-5 hours day sometimes guided me into the path way of yoga and aerial yoga. After doing regular yoga and pilates for a year, I was able to have the endurance and strength to begin Lyra, aerial hammock, and aerial silk. I am now in remission and am practicing as a professional!

Amber, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

I am most proud of my strength. I am proud of my resilience. I am proud that I never threw the towel and gave up. I am proud that sickness brought me into a deep spiritual awakening that gave me the profound strength to. Break generational curses in my family along with in my community. Having two children under 2 1/2 and being diagnosed with lupus, and a very neuromuscular disease called Myasthenia Gravis is terrifying. Having to use a walker was the worst thing that ever happened to me. I ran majority of my life and I didn’t know what I was gonna be able to do if I couldn’t run again. Two years later, I’m still battling with my legs strength. But every day I’m getting stronger and I can do more than I could do the last day. I take my days in moderation and just know my limits. I know being in remission is a lifelong journey and I just have to accept the new life for what it is. I am proud that I was able to self you and create a safe Haven in my temple for my children and I.

So every time I do a headstand for 10 minute or I do a lyra flow for four minutes or even going outside and setting up my aerial rig to practice outside for only 10 minutes, I am proud of my strength in my resilience to get stronger, build balance, physical and mental strength.

I truly want my future clients and followers to know that I never gave up on my dream of being an aerialist. The Navy ruined my body and forced me to self heal. Being in a domestic violence relationship did not take that from me either. That situation taught me to put myself first or I’ll never make it there. Seeing my dad have four strokes in one year didn’t take it away from me either. That situation told me I don’t have a lot of time to follow my dreams. I never allowed anything to take away my dreams in this lifetime. I will always follow my dreams no matter the limitations I face. I will always conquer my dreams.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

When I was in the Navy, I ended up getting poisoned and was diagnosed with lupus in a very muscular disease called. Myasthenia Gravis. I truly thought my life was over when I got the diagnosis. I began to get sicker and sicker daily. I was throwing up more than seven times a day, using the bathroom more than eight, I had lost 70% of my mobility, my body was so fragile, I would collapse on the floor randomly having episodic spasms(flopping like a fish), I would have to be helped out the car, carried places and even helped showered sometimes. It was the darkest two years of my life that forced me to go vegan, that forced me into a spiritual awakening, that forced me to get up and heal myself so I wouldn’t leave my kids on this earth without a mother before they even knew how to do read a book. I was truly fighting for my life all while trying to keep a smile on my face. And I’m proud to say that I’m doing a lot better today and I’m very grateful to be in remission.

Training and knowledge matter of course, but beyond that what do you think matters most in terms of succeeding in your field?

In my field, you have to have patience, mindfulness, balance, discipline, self awareness, acceptance and accountability. You have to have all the traits that you gain from being in meditative state. When you’re in a meditative state, you receive messages and guidance from God and your ancestors that allow you to do more and be more.

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