About Audrey

Hello, and thank you for visiting my shop! My name is Audrey, and I am the owner of Inspirit Meditation Tools and the creator of Breathbeads.

Inspirit: encourage and enliven (someone).

 

 

 I created Breathbeads neuroplasticity tools to help myself connect brain and body with breath to heal, following a stroke (that actually saved my life) and TBI... 

A little history...I began having a debilitating migraine with some physical paralysis and spasms when I was pregnant with my fourth child, and was diagnosed with a progressive deteriorating disease (EDS) that was progressing fast.  As my symptoms increased and abilities declined, my doctors found four brain lesions in an MRI. I was unable to function independently, and had extreme difficulty even crossing a room unassisted, when I had a stroke and incurred TBI as I hit my head on a cast iron heater during the fall. I was in and out of coma for the next three weeks and had a life changing near death experience where I saw how to heal myself, if I chose to come back...

From the moment I took my first conscious breath in my body again, I knew everything had changed for me, on every level possible. From my post- stroke and with TBI vision, with a significant synesthesia, to a complete inability to regulate my volume and sometimes even language (swearing constantly) for years. My emotions were all over the place, and I realized I had been given a new reality. I relied heavily on having a mala in my hands, and I found I was healing with breath, which was great- because when I first woke up, breath was all I had! I was too weak to even sit up, after 6 years of pain management and medication for the seizures and my joints etc, and having been taken off my yoga and weight training routines and on end-of-life care. At this point I had been bedridden for over a year.

 Without that experience, and an inability to do anything else, I may have actually missed one of the biggest blessings of life...The gift and tool given at birth, that you keep until you pass, the way to cultivate and create inner bliss and healing - the BREATH!  I began really focusing and truly "seeing" the way I wanted my cells aligned, vibrating and functioning, and then cultivating a feeling of love and joy around it in the present moment. I could feel myself in perfect health and especially when I was meditating, but I was still struggling if there was any stimulus. Loud noises, wind, moving things, even if I hadn't gotten enough rest, it all affected my brain and ability to function- my processing was all over the place!

 It got easier, and I implemented tapping, yoga, meditation and all of the practices I had been building for 25 years but at some point, I realized what I really needed was a neuroplasticity tool. A tool I could carry and work with to rewire my brain with breath, by adding the sense of touch whenever I needed to. An easy neuro-hack to shift my nervous system to parasympathetic (rest and relax) instead of sympathetic (fight or flight) . 

So, I created Breathbeads!

As other people saw me with them, and started to ask about them, and saw my results, I got passionate. I started working breaths with anyone that asked about them! I mean everyone... at the grocery store, library, checkouts- really everywhere.  I still do this, because I know what a Hell we can create in our minds, and it wasn't until I came back, that I saw I built the thoughts that created my Hell... It's so hard to see when you're in it!

 I am also driven by a promise I made to myself when I first came back, A promise I wasn't really sure HOW I would fulfill- to share what I learned in my NDI and healing about the miraculous, blessed creators we ALL are, and how we have all of the tools we need given at birth to create a blissful life we love!  With each new breath interaction, I got to hear other people's stories, their journeys, and why they are currently struggling to feel comfortable in their skin. Abuse, trauma, addictions, anxiety, depression, medical issues and I realized in all of the issues/states (each of these examples also being a part of my journey so I can relate), we want to be out of the mind and body even though we really need to rewire the way the brain is responding (after you are safe of course!) and how we truly want to respond.

Breathbeads are a tool that ANYONE can use to shift their own emotional state and cultivate new pathways to connect the brain and body faster, and more proficiently by adding the sense of touch as you rewire.

So, I opened Inspirit, and here YOU are, and I am so grateful and blessed to be here, and of service! XOXO 

You are worth your time to cultivate the best connection possible, so you can function and feel your best! I would love to hear from you, and I love you!

Love Always, Audrey