One of the patterns I developed while growing up was to accommodate the people around me. Without consciously realizing it, I would change my behavior and who I was to please others in order to fit in and to be accepted.

Attending my first Inner Diamond class in 2001, I began learning about something called the 24 Quantum Colors of the Universe. I learned that each color had a quality or Universal Principal and when you connect with it and embody it, it creates a stronger connection with both the color and the quality.

It was 2001 and I had been doing a type of meditation for eight years and realized at a certain point, that my life had not changed significantly in those eight years … not the way I had hoped, anyway. I began searching for a meditation that could transform the emotional patterns that I felt were controlling my life. And I wanted a meditation that could quiet my mind for more than 20 minutes a day.