Anahata Ananda shares her story of pain, discovery, and transformation. Learn how Anahata found Shamanic healing as a path towards recovery from a childhood poisoned by her hate of her father, and how shadow work and addressing that pain unlocked her ability to forgive, love, and reach her true potential, and help other people do the same thing.
Anahata Ananda is the founder of Sedona’s Shamangelic Healing, she blends the compassion and tenderness of an Angel and the wisdom and strength of a Shaman to guide profound journeys of core healing and spiritual awakening. 
As a Certified High-Performance Coach, Shamanic Healer, and Soul Guide, Anahata has guided thousands of individuals through core life shifts, helping them to turn their life around and create the life of their dreams. Anahata masterfully creates a safe and loving space for inward transformational journeys that empower individuals to release their fears, open their hearts and reclaim their power.
Growing up, Anahata's childhood was bittersweet. She spent a lot of time outdoors exploring but at home it was scary. She lived in fear of her father and his volatile anger, and no one in the family really acknowledged it.
One of her earliest memories of pain was when her father spanked her when she was really young for doing something she didn’t realize was an issue. This experience planted a seed of hate for her father which made the rest of her childhood challenging.
That hate closed a part of her heart. Anytime you feel a wound of any kind where someone hurts us, a part of us shuts down and our inner child begins to withdraw, which is what happened to Anahata.
This kind of experience creates a lot of confusion around relationships in life. Anahata started drinking and smoking at a young age because that’s what she saw adults in her life doing.
Most of us with any kind of wounds are overcompensating because we usually don’t have the tools to deal with the pain. We are taught to ignore and sedate things, and anything you stuff down is going to have unintended consequences.
When one piece of your life doesn’t feel right and hasn’t healed, it’s going to attract situations where it can be resolved. Sometimes the inner healing work can take decades.
Our biggest wounds and insecurities will become our greatest superpowers later on. 
It’s easy to love the people that love us back, but it’s the people that have harmed us the most is where the test of real love is going to happen. For Anahata, her father was her greatest teacher because if it wasn’t for her relationship with him she never would know or understand what forgiveness is.
The cost of not wanting to forgive led to a lot of addiction, denial, and chaos in her life. It wasn’t until Anahata started exploring Shamanic work and examining her shadow did she let out her feelings of sadness and rage.
Darren and Donny recently did some Shamanic breathwork with Anahata. During that session, Darren reconnected with his fifteen-year-old self and recognized the pain he felt then. 
We feel the moment when we start to self-abandon, especially when surrounded by money and power. Having a commitment to yourself allows you to know when that’s happening and how to stay on the path you’ve chosen.
Anahata brought a lot of cracks in her foundation to the relationship with her husband. They managed for a while, but once the twins arrived, those cracks widened. You need the tools of conscious communication, clear agreements, and boundaries for a healthy relationship.
Her hardest point of adversity was when she divorced her husband and had to let go of the family unit that she held so dear. She could tell that staying in the relationship would be more chaotic than the alternative.
When you’re on your personal development journey, you find a willingness to look at your part in the wound. You can’t get to forgiveness if you’re still angry and hurt.
There is a parenting gap for all of us between what we needed and what we received. You need to go