BACKGROUND:
Ashley grew up in Hazleton, PA, which is the base of the Pocono Mountains, famous for skiing and honeymooning. Always an artist, she spent many weekends in NYC taking in dance and Broadway while being an apprentice to the Wilkes Barre Ballet Theatre Company, and later, a principal dancer in the Luzerne County Ballet Company. Equally interested in helping others, she volunteered as a candy striper until she was old enough to work as a CNA in a state-run nursing home. At the age of 18, she relocated to Pittsburgh to attend Point Park University, where she graduated cum laude in just two years with her BA specializing in dance and minoring in French. She went on to study nursing at Duquesne University, and later USF after she relocated to Tampa in 1997.
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WHY I DO WHAT I DO:
Hypnosis saved my life. After I was in a serious, life-changing automobile accident that left me unable to work, I was severely depressed and utterly lost. I was so anxious that I was unable to leave my house for weeks at a time. Even the smallest excursion left me frazzled and exhausted. With hypnosis (and Yoga and Breathwork), I was able to work through much of the physical pain, overcome panic attacks, better manage my anxiety, and re-create myself and my life.
That’s why I do what I do.
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10 Fun Facts about Ashley
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Ashley is finishing up her first meditation book that incorporates Hypnosis and NLP. She also has her own MeetUP group called: Unwind the Mind HypnoYogaTherapies.
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Irish, and born on St. Patrick’s Day, Ashley loves green so much she had a four-leaf clover tattooed on her hip.
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An avid cat lover, Ashley is Kitty Mommie to five rescue kitties: Kosha, a Siamese, Banshee, a Calico, Mudra, a Tabby, and Prana, an Oriental Shorthair.😻😻😻 And our most recent little rescue, Satya, another Calico.
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Also, as an avid cat lover, Ashley is often seen wearing leopard print whether it is currently in fashion or not. Rumor has it there is a leopard-print room in her house. (She used to volunteer at Big Cat Rescue).
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Until her late 30s, Ashley was a nationally touring dancer/entertainer and model.
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Ashley received a scholarship to attend Kripalu’s Integrative Yoga Therapy School in Massachusettes.
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Ashley has always been a bookworm; she loves cuddling up to a good book. And while most of them are career-oriented, she does enjoy Dean Koontz and Stephen King.
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Ashley occasionally acts in independent films (often horror) as a hobby. She finds it balances out her quiet Yoga/Meditation/Reiki Master persona.
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Ashley might have gone for Broadway had she been able to sing, which she cannot. Though she does adore all kinds of music from disco to rock, metal, country, classical, and opera. (Sometimes she forgets she can’t sing, so her office music tends to be more like ocean waves to avoid the temptation).
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Ashley loves challenging her own fears. She even privately toured one of the country’s top 10 most extreme haunted houses, McKamey Manor.