Meet David
EarthMentor David Nelson
Nothing in my early adult life hinted at my current life calling! After graduating from Macalester College with a degree in economics, I spent the next 20 years developing the intellectual, non-emotional aspects of my brain as a professional money manager. However, the disconnect between my outward success and inward disaffection led to my exploration of greater realities beyond what they teach us in school. During this same period, my partner Pam became a certified Integrative Coach, and I volunteered as a practice client. My experience with this form of life coaching taught me to listen to my heart, not just to my head, and I realized that my heart was no longer committed to my respectable, high-paying job! So I made the commitment to resign in the following 12 months.
During this time, I took Reiki training with the nuns at Ursuline College’s Sophia Center in Cleveland, OH and was surprised to find that I seemed to have the talent and ability to focus this healing energy. This was extremely exciting and scary to me, as I had not had any exposure to this possibility in mainstream society! I continued with Reiki training through Master level attunement, and then it was recommended that I continue my studies with Warren Grossman, a Cleveland-based energy healer who also trains other energy healers, as I seemed to have a particularly strong ability in this area. Working closely with Warren as my mentor for over two years, I learned to highly focus my abilities, and added grounding and using nature to achieve similar effects to what I had learned in Reiki. Whereas Reiki opened me to tapping into the Universal energy that flows down from above, Warren’s work opened me to connecting with the natural energy that flows upward from the Earth – and when we become conscious of this, these energies meet in our hearts. I continue to add other skills from complementary healing modalities, now including Spring Forest Qigong, which I find very effective. It’s fair to say that I am an eclectic, and my intention is to remain open to the inspiration that best serves me and others in the moment.
Spring Forest Qigong – Level 4 training
Usui Reiki – Level 3 Master attunement
Warren Grossman School of Healing – two-year mentorship
