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Well, I'll
tell you a bit about me, Marti Ramsey. I grew up in a
small farming
village in western
New York State
called Warsaw, many of the years coming
in those quiet
Eisenhower days after presidents FDR and Truman and
WWII. I loved
Warsaw, loved,
growing up
that way. As a child I
used to go
way up behind the house to sit high on a hill overlooking the
village and
stare for hours at the
view. It certainly
helped me unwind
as an extremely
self-conscious and
anxious child.
I didn't know
it would
help me later on as
I tried to
cope with my adult problems.
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I did,
however, have to leave my town behind after high school in order to go
on with my education. I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from
the Boston University Theater School. The letters I can put after
my name help to shorten the story of the rest of my education: MS,CASAC,MAC.
The first one, MS, is a Masters in Speech and Communication. I went
through graduate school in the late sixties, when hippies ruled and it
was cool to drink and drug a lot. I did my share, but my hunch is
that it was more to medicate my anxities abput growing up than to
be cool. I didn't realize I was becoming addicted, but by the early seventies
I was moving very far away from healthy ways to cope with life. I
then became extremely fortunate. In 1977 I found my way into recovery
from addiction. Six years into recovery I began to work in the field of
addiction recovery. The CASAC, is the credential for that field.
It means I am a Credentialed Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor in the
State of New York. My credential number is #1722. I have worked as a counselor
in the field of addictions both in New York and Florida for over
twenty years now. The third one, MAC is from NAADAC, the national
counsel on addiction. The MAC means I am a master's level addiction
counselor.
Also, In the distant
past I taught English and Public Speaking and Drama in high schools and
also then and more recently speech and communication in colleges.
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So over the
years of working in the field of addiction, I have facilitated many, many
hours of group therapy, family conferences and individual therapy.
It has been intense and at times as well as heart-rending, but well worth
it. I think that being allowed to assist in the healing process for
others has been a priviledge. It certainly has provided me with motivation
and inspiration to continue my own healing process.
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I'm also a
reverend with the Church of Life in California, a strange little group
that fought it's way through the courts to have the right to ordain people.
I have done spiritual readings, and many who do readings apply for that
kind of membership to cover themselves legally. I am also a Silva Method
Graduate and a Remote Viewer. The Silva Method is an excellent form
of healing meditiation. Remote Viewing is a very specific group process
I did not persue beyond the initial training. I also do Angelcard
Readings. Also, I have taught Light Work classes in both New York State
and South Florida the way I learned the path from my own spiritual teacher,
Doris Crawford, in Syracuse, NY. (Doris was not from the Church of Life.)
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Let's see,
what else do I do? I play the digereedoo, sachu- hachi flute, baritone
(bari) and tenor saxophones in a community band, sing ina Chorale, play
hand drums, all happilly but not that great. [I don't think I would
want to share small rooms with me!]
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I lived in
South Florida for over thirteen years. I gave up the beaches to get back
to the four seasons of Central New York State: sparkling crisp spring days,
hot summer days away from hurricanes, golden autumn days and, yes, I do
love bleak and dreary winter days which I honestly missed as well as beautiful
snowy days. I'm just a northerner at heart. I guess I'd have to be, to
love "bleak" and shoveling snow.
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About Eustress:
I learned to love full body relaxation and breathe control techniques I
got from Dr. Evangeline Machlin's voice classes while getting my BFA at
the Theater School at BU so many years ago. Since then I have managed
to combine those techniques with meditation techniques I learned from Doris
Crawford and various trainers like the Sila Method, together with my own
predisposition to sitting and looking at vistas that I mentioned before.
I have taught some form of stress management, whether I've been teaching
or counseling or ministering, for over four decades. Anyway (and
in any form) I love to teach stress management. Again my hunch is that
it's because I tend to utilize stress managemnt and eustress for myself
more when I am sharing it with others.
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I came back
to Syracuse, New York where I am presently feeling a lot of eustress
Bless you on your own healing journey and if I can assist, please contact
me.
 Healing
and Joy, Marti
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