My Story

 

“My Journey from a Palliative Care Nurse to my work Now”

Ria Varsami

“Art as Therapy” Facilitator, Shamanic Astrologer, Tarot Reader, Meditation Guide & Regression Hypnotherapist.

My first Questioning of Reality - 2008

My seeking for truth started at a very young age causing me sleep anxiety. The first book I had ever read was “Life after death “ which I secretly took from a library. As long as I can remember, I had this strong feeling that there must be something much more than this reality. My official spiritual seeking started when I moved to Spain at the age of 21 to participate in “Erasmus Placement” as a Nursing Student at the University. That was the first time in my life when I met people that were questioning reality just like me. After completing my Bachelor’s studies, I decided to stay and study Medical Research. That’s where I met my best friend Enri. He was getting his PhD in Biology and I my Master’s Degree in Medical Research. We had spent numerous nights looking at the stars and trying to understand why we exist and how the universe operates. We were both lovers of Greek philosophy and spirituality. My first job as a nurse was in “Palliative Care” in 2009 and lasted for 2 years. Everyday, at least 5 of my patients would pass away and some in my hands. I came to learn about death and make peace with it, only being 24 years old. After that, I decided to move to the United Kingdom where I worked in the surgical ward for another 2 years until I got completely burnt out and depressed.

The Calling for Change - 2013

One day I woke up and clearly understood that my life was miserable. If I would continue living that way, I would have wasted this lifetime. It was my calling but I couldn’t comprehend it back then. My calling was to go to India but I didn’t know why, so I started searching for volunteering opportunities online. A week later, I decided to leave my job and my whole life in the UK. Without much thinking, I bought a one-way ticket to India. Back then, studying Yoga was not as trendy as it is nowadays. I had already been practicing Yoga for a few years and I really liked the philosophy behind it. I completed my first Yoga Teacher Training in Ashtanga Yoga. This was just the beginning. I spent 6 months in India visiting the Holy Places, living in monasteries of different traditions and attaining various Yoga and Meditation Trainings/Courses. I was desperate to find myself. One of the most powerful experiences was staying in a Buddhist Monastery in the Himalayas and taking part in a 10-day silent retreat.

I started devoting myself to my personal healing and finding my passion. My first Yoga teaching job was in Bali in early 2014 and continued in many countries. I was traveling, attaining trainings and teachings all over the world. I lived in more than 8 countries while I was teaching yoga classes, courses and retreats.

By 2017, I had facilitated over 30 certified Yoga Teacher Trainings in India and Thailand. During those 4 years, my life had completely changed from being a miserable nurse in rainy Brighton to teaching Yoga in tropical paradises. But there was still something missing.. my passion..

The dark night of the soul - 2018

In reality it was not only a night but took me many years to get through it. I was going through long-term sadness and anxiety attacks. At the same time, I was jumping from one toxic relationship to the next and living a role of a Yoga teacher which I started not enjoying. That is the moment when my deeper healing began. I started healing through “Inner Dance” , which is a Guided Shamanic Journey through music and hands-on energy healing. My old wounds started appearing, one after the other. That breakthrough brought me much closer to my soul gifts. That is when I also attained the “Inner Dance” facilitator training. A year later, I ended up living in Melbourne, organizing my first workshops and courses related to “Self Love” and offering Group Energy Healing – “Inner Dance” Sessions.

The journey to Self Love - 2019

I decided to move back to Thailand to continue my healing through “Inner Dance”. That is when I had my first Regression Hypnotherapy session. I was amazed by the deep subconscious work of hypnotherapy so I started getting Hypnotherapy sessions regularly until I decided to become an Hypnotherapist. Few months later, I came across with a Shamanic Astrologer. I was always very skeptical about Astrology and very hesitant to believe it. Beside that, I decided to receive an Astrology Reading. After my first Shamanic Astrology Birth Chart Reading, I was amazed by the accuracy of the information that I have received so I decided to learn more about Astrology. That is when I started studying Shamanic Astrology with my first teacher. Later on, I had several other teachers.

My Online work begins - 2020

I started giving online sessions to people from all over the world. After giving numerous sessions of Shamanic Astrology Readings and Hypnotherapy Sessions, I was able to witness how my clients‘ lives were transforming for the best. In this period of my life, I learned also a lot about past lives, ancestral healing, entity attachments and karmic cycles.

Being a Full Time Astrologer - 2022

After 2 years of working as a Regression Hypnotherapist and Shamanic Astrologer, I decided to follow my passion for Shamanic Astrology and focus only on that. That is when I started my Youtube Channel.

Rider- Waite Tarot comes into my life - 2023

In October 2023, I got a big impulse together with a series of synchronicities to start working with the traditional Tarot Deck of Rider–Waite. I have been very familiar with oracle cards as I have been using them since 2016, offering Readimgs to friends or using them in my workshops. From that moment that I got that particular tarot deck, I started to do daily readings for myself and I started to experience massive energy shifts related to the topics I was working on. Tarot showed me the way out of things that I was struggling for years. After spending the last 2 years working, practicing and meditating with the tarot cards regularly, I realized that Astrology was my preparation to work with the Tarot cards as Tarot uses symbols, archetypes and Astrology. Over the past year, I have been regularly offering in-person Tarot readings using only the Rider-Waite Tarot.

The reset point - from December 2024

I stopped offering Online Astrology Readings and I focused on the “Art as Therapy” Work in person and the Tarot Readings. At the same time, I have been also attaining more Courses about expressive arts, learning more about dance therapy and intuitive drawing. I also participated in several Art Therapy Workshops focusing on the dream state and Artist Expression.

Connecting the dots - 2025 - NEW PATH!

“Art as Therapy” is something that I love and have been doing for almost the last 3 years. This whole year of 2025, has been a year of connecting the dots of all of my work of the last 12 years. From my studies as a Medical Research student, from learning to work with sound frequencies and energy healing with “Inner Dance”, from my studies of the subconscious mind as a Regression Hypnotherapist, from the Shamanic teachings, from the subconscious work with the Tarot Cards and from all the “Art as Therapy” work that I have been doing in person the last 3 years (with intuitive drawing, creative writing & dancing), I realized that all the information was in us. More specifically, all this information could be accessed by activating our pineal gland. Through “Art as Therapy”, I discovered the way to open the pathway to the subconscious mind and to connect to the truth. When we express ourselves freely and engage in a creative process of making art, it has tremendous effect on our brain: it raises dopamine as it, at the same time, calms our nervous system. I also observed the clarity and the insights to be a result of “Art as Therapy” Sessions.

I’m very excited to share with you and guide you to your own process of self discovery through my Online sessions.