Life is full of twists and turns… mine has been at least. And that’s why I’m here.

I was born in Santa Monica, California and I grew up there until my family moved to Phoenix/Scottsdale. We eventually ended up in Del Mar, California when I was in high school.

I think moving as a kid influenced my love for meeting new people. It also gave me a very creative imagination and way of seeing the world. I was always good at keeping in touch with different friends and people I met along the way, starting with my first best friend who I met in second grade. We went to school for one year and are still friends to this day. My friendship with her, and our decades of being pen pals, inspired my first brand that I started after a battle with cancer in 2016/2017. It was in that difficult period that I got to ponder what I really wanted to do with my life, and starting a greeting card company with my cards and doodles was what I chose!

You could call me a seeker, even from a young age. It started in high school where I was trying to find answers to the deep discomfort and emotion I felt as a Highly Sensitive Person, I didn’t know what that was at the time, I just knew I felt things very deeply and people in my world thought there was possibly something wrong with me.

Like many intuitive people walking this world, I began questioning myself, the constructs of tradition in my family and trying to understand the meaning of life. Having cancer gave me the opportunity to start to integrate over 10 years of soul searching and start to see my life, and my sensitivity as a gift.

During my battle with cancer, I had a lot of time to slow down and start to understand what it was to be present. Being present is something that’s very easy to talk about and hope for, and for me the diagnosis and 8 months+ of treatment gave me time to slow down and really connect to myself in a profound way. The experience I had on the day I was diagnosed is very similar to NDE (near death experiences) that many people report. I had this deep, knowing when the doctor walked out of the examination room after giving me the diagnosis, in that moment, knew that I was going to be okay and was here to serve a greater mission. I had my husband (Jon A) and my mom and dad with me through all of it.

This part of my journey, gave me time to slow down, the chance to receive a lot of love from people who cared. And on the other hand forced me to face impatience inside me that many people can relate to.

Prior to having cancer, it was like I just wanted to get to the end of my life, to know if it was good. or if I did well enough. And then the diagnosis came and I realized how precious each twist and turn really was, not just the easy parts of life. It was about 2 months after finishing chemo that I had my first profound meditation.

I started meditating while getting chemo treatments to manage the discomfort. And I didn’t really feel the benefits (even though I was showing up) until about six months in. This particular meditation in June 2017, made me realize my Dharma, purpose in life, my mission:

To Inspire Connection

I took the mission to Amador Collective, my greeting card company and produced over 100 designs, sold on Etsy, shipped thousands of orders to shops around the USA, UK, and Canada. This mission of making art (birthday or romantic cards) that held special words inside them, felt so special to me and I loved being able to create a tangible product line.

Through this time, since that one meditation, I became deeply involved in my own meditation practice, meditating for up to three hours at any given time. I would be pulled into these processes of meditation and with that I started to find a clarity and language with what I thought was myself, but was really the infinite spirit of who I am, returning through me.

This process had its difficulty, but so had my whole life. I’m sure just like you.

Life shoots us curve balls (the hard things) and I finally figured out a way, in meditation, to work with those old stories and start to let them go. This is how I developed HYFI Meditation. I cleared and cleared and cleared, I found myself, I lost myself at times, and every time I returned, I kept showing up for this connection to the infinite, I began to understand myself, and my life, more and more.

Around 2019, I uncovered my ability to support other people and read their energy in a way that brings clarity and the courage to move forward. During a roadtrip in October 2019, I was deeply called to move to Door County, Wisconsin, my husbands hometown in Sturgeon Bay. I knew I had to be there, to have space, to create and to build community of clear light people in the midwest. We owned a home in San Diego and were living life at too fast a pace for what we truly wanted.

Jon, my partner in life, who I met when I was 21, has been a notable person in my life who’s helped me through my darkest times and grown with me in the light times as well. He was a professional skateboarder for many years, traveled the world, was on the cover of Thrasher magazine, and is a true dreamer who makes his vision for life real. His encouragement and support of my dreams has made much possible for me and the HYFI Community.

I began assisting with women’s circles and retreats in 2014 in Encinitas, California and discovered the power of healing in community. I am a certified Holotropic Breathwork facilitator and a certified Trauma Informed guide which means you’ll be held in a space of integrity and presence.

HYFI Frequency work is my creative, expressive, form of energy work that can help you to heighten your frequency instantly, with your own intuition and imagination as the fuel. I believe we all hold life force energy inside us that we are here to learn to direct and play with. Your work with me will help you find clarity, and inspire the adventure of your life. Whether it’s a retreat, a 1:1 session, or community event that’s calling to you, I can’t wait meet you and move through the twists and turns together!

XO, Daniela