WELLNESS
whom I work as a healer,
medical intuitive and spiritual life coach. Everything
is sacred. Everything.
PMAG: What does fierceness mean to you in the
healing journey?
MTD: Fierceness to me is
an immovable commitment to my soul and its
worth, no matter what.
Fierceness, for me, is definitely warrior energy. It is
standing as a solid tree
in the midst of the swirling waves of uncertainty,
knowing that the roots are
deep and the branches
are wide. JOY is who we
all are. Fierceness is its
protector.
PMAG: What inspired you
to write “Fierce Joy”?
MTD: Fierce Joy came
about for two reasons.
First, I kept getting very
clear messages during
meditation to write and
tell my story, which would
heal many people from
any sense of separation
from God/Divine. Secondly, I decided to honor
what it has taken for me
to be here. It is important
to honor our suffering as
part of the sacred story,
rather than to skip over it
as so many in this modern
culture do.
PMAG: For those who are
struggling to find a sense
of fierceness, perhaps
due to past trauma, how
do you help them reconnect with it?
MTD: It starts with deeply
honoring the suffering
and trauma. Next, it is important to truly FEEL the
assault of trauma on the
system so the system can
process it. This step is so
important to the integration of a person toward
their own authentic fierce
joy. I offer a healing program called From Trauma
to Trust, which helps my
clients honor the “AUM“ in
their traumas, feel them,
integrate them and bring
them along for the rest of
their lives as the jewels in
the crown. I believe that
the greatest benefits of
honoring our traumas is
seeing the gifts and then
using the gifts to create
even more beauty in life.
A person who has worked
their trauma and trusts life
again is living in their fullest freedom and JOY. I
have experienced that
freedom so many times
I have lost count. I want
that freedom for my clients as well.
PMAG: What has been
the most inspiring thing
you have witnessed in
your healing work?
MTD: I feel that I am in a
timeless holy place when
I witness a client finally
lose their grip on their defenses. Their inner beauty
shines through and years
of holding on tight can
be dissolved. They finally
get to exhale completely.
I am so used to that happening that I can almost
count on it in my classes
and private sessions. This
happens because the
soul of a client knows he/
she is being seen and
held in their highest essence. There is recognition, mourning and consequent hope. Sat Nam.
Marsha Therese Danzig is a pioneer in the fields of yoga and wellness.
Marsha lost her leg in 1976 to Ewing’s sarcoma, and went on to become the
first below knee amputee in the US to become a yoga teacher. She is the
founder of Color Me Yoga for Children, Yoga for Amputees, and Pediatric
Yoga. She is the author of Fierce Joy, a memoir about choosing joy in the
face of suffering, as well as numerous other children’s books and yoga
products. She is a storyteller, healer and spiritual teacher whose mission is to
help people remember their freedom and heal their sense of separation.
For more information about Marsha, please visit fiercejoy.net,
colormeyoga.com, healingjoyandyoga.com, or yogaforamputees.com.