There was a young child who laid gravely ill in a hospital bed in Caracas, Venezuela.  Facing a potentially fatal diagnosis her doctors had a medical dilemma on their hands.  She seemed to have two diseases at once, one in her liver and one in her small intestine.  Moreover their treatments seemed negatively correlated.  The medicine for her liver severely aggravated the problem in her small intestine and vice versa.  They didn’t know what else to do other than remove a part or all of her liver and or her small intestine.

She had very special relationship with her grandmother whom she called Mama Maria.  When she was a little girl they would walk together each morning as far as they could before parting ways for school and work.  Every Sunday she would walk a mile to put a quarter in a phone and talk with her grandmother.  Mama Maria was no “doctor,” yet she had a very different prognosis.  She practiced the natural spirit medicine of her Venezuelan ancestry and lived her life according to its principles.  She created a medicinal concoction for her beloved grandchild and unbeknownst to the doctors, arrived particularly early one morning to administer it.  It was intensely bitter and her granddaughter protested and pushed it away.  Mama Maria said “just a little more sweet child,” until eventually she had consumed it all.

That evening a spirit appeared to Mama Maria with a message saying her grandchild would be cured.  The next morning the child would expel a parasitic worm over 3 feet long.  Still quite weak, she remained in the hospital for some time.  Seeing her recovery and the results of some pre-diagnostic tests the doctors concluded that surgery was no longer necessary.

Years later this child grew up and received a scholarship to attend university in America.  It’s here where she met her husband and gave birth to a daughter and then her son. She named her son Daryl, which means tenderly loved, beloved, and gift of god.  Daryl is alive today because of natural medicine and it’s ancient knowledge that preserved the life of his mother and their lineage.  Balanced Alignment represents the integration of his life’s purpose with his love of Ayurveda.

28 years later Daryl found himself at an all time low. During a time of addictions, toxic relationships, and spiritual darkness, Yoga and Ayurveda were the guiding lights that led him back to stable ground.  Now happier, healthier, stronger, and more resilient than ever, he’s experiencing an entirely different life. One of joy, openness, honesty, abundance, and contentment; no longer ashamed and no longer so encumbered by the anxious and stressful nature of our modern world.

According to Daryl it is through the grace of God alone that he has received reconciliation and healing.  He believes everything happens for a reason and is eternally humbled by the opportunity to serve others on their journey of self-healing.