Today we’d like to introduce you to AsiRiana Rasa.
Thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, how did you get started?
I was originally born and raised in Japan. Soon after graduating high school, I made a life altering change, relocating from Tokyo to the U.S at the age of 21 and I also got married. Moved around quite a bit from Florida to New York, experiencing 9/11 and then came a divorce. I ended up losing everything. I was pursuing my dream as an aspiring music artist/producer. I watched my dream shattered, crumbled, and my life started to fall apart going through these darkest moments of my life.
I’m a survivor of childhood trauma and domestic violence during my marriage. The reason I got married so young was to escape from an already troublesome childhood and my life growing up in a very unstable family. However, jumping into the marriage amplified the worst of my wounds and got me into a crisis that was way out of my control. In that moment I had to completely surrender and then help came magically. Some profound near-death experiences completely shifted my perspective on my life and snapped me out of a victim mentality and a hopeless situation. I was given a second chance at life, starting my life over in Los Angeles. Being in California has contributed to huge personal growth, awakening in my personal and spiritual journey.
The lifelong depression and PTSD have also led me to lose my voice eventually, prevented my ability to sing, and also my hearing after my post-ear surgery, which has been my issue for many years. I had to let go of most of my music gear and studio equipment and I remember how painful and embarrassing that was to visit the pawn shop due to financial hardships followed by my divorce. It was extremely bitter and painful to give up and let go of your passion and dreams. However, my dreams never died and only changed their form. There’s a saying, “energy can’t be destroyed but only be transformed,” and you’ll find out if you keep reading!
I’ve shifted from survival mode to being of service to others and finding meaning and purpose during my awakening stage of living in Los Angeles. From being suicidal at age 9, prescribed a heart attack prevention pill in my mid 20’s, I was extremely blessed to finally see my life from a completely different perspective in my mid 30’s. I was obsessed with reading all types of self-improvement and personal help books attended many conferences and went deep into my healing journey. I felt like I was put on a hero’s journey and a wounded healer’s path to help others after my transformation.
I became very fascinated with holistic healing modalities like meditation, energy healing, healthy eating, how our diet can impact our mental health, and regular exercise to keep our mind and physical body functioning in our favor. Because of these practices, I drastically slow down or even reverse my aging, and people don’t realize I’m nearing my big 50. I’ve earned back some time I felt I lost being miserable in my 20s and 30s. I was eager to share my healing and transformations, and becoming a transformational retreat facilitator would be my new career path. However, while attempting to become one, I went into sound healing.
I have put my music artist career dream aside for a long time and focused on building my holistic healing business and community events. L.A. was the mecca of these new holistic wellness trends like yoga going mainstream, and I am thrilled to be part of healing the world with sound movement. I started hosting local sound baths, and the next thing I knew, I was booked for festivals, being interviewed, and even had the opportunity to be invited to private events and facilitated sound bath in front of Rev. Michael Beckwith from Agave International! Around that time, I was also co-hosting and DJing for the Ecstatic Dance events (a sober, drug and alcohol-free conscious dance for healing and personal empowerment). But the Universe had its plan to circle me back into music, however, with a different plan and vision than I initially envisioned. First of all, I thought I was already too old to be going back into pursuing a career as an artist.
Moving to Austin has accelerated that process and continues circling me back to music. Hence, Austin is called the music capital of the world. I’m at the right place and at the right time. Finally, coming from LA with few contacts in Austin and needing to start all over again felt overwhelming, and it was a rough start during the transitional period. Life in CA became comfortable, and I wasn’t even planning to relocate out of CA until the pandemic hit. As things have gotten intense and worse with the lockdown and social restrictions, I realized I no longer resonate with what was politically happening in CA. I knew I had to make another life-altering decision. And the move to Austin was meant to be as I started to make new friends and connections, so the opportunities came. I was booked for a main stage headliner DJ at Austin’s Ecstatic Forest Festival last year, which was insane how that happened. And this year, I was invited back to the festival but with an even crazier opportunity because instead of DJ-ing, this time I’ll be singing and performing as an artist with my favorite international DJ and producer Mose who’s well-known in the Ecstatic Dance and conscious communities around the world. I’m incredibly honored to collaborate with Mose, representing Austin’s local artists!
This year, I’m finally gearing up to release my original music after pausing it for over 20+ years, and Austin was the place to relaunch my music career with a new vision and purpose. The purpose is to bring sound healing more mainstream and sound as a medicine to be widely accepted in our society. There are many exciting new collaborations in the works with other Austin locals, sound healers, and wellness professionals, and I’m incredibly grateful to be here now.
I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle-free, but so far would you say the journey has been smooth?
Unfortunately, I’ve had to endure many obstacles—serious ones and many challenges along my journey. One of the worst has to be the series of childhood trauma, including sexual assault, racial discrimination, and bullying at school, because these experiences took my childhood away. I had to grow up pretty fast. My sense of security and trust has been completely compromised, and these events embedded a program in me to live the story of the victim; life is hard and unfair from a very young age. However, today I see it as the backbone of my strength, a gift, and a blessing in disguise. I am an alchemist who can turn setbacks, roadblocks, and obstacles into opportunities and create miracles instead.
Thanks – so, what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I have been a musician most of my life. Besides DJing and producing music, I do many things in association with the holistic healing arts world. It became my life mission to use my gifts as an artist to share my message and educate the public about spirituality, healing, personal empowerment, and bringing balance and harmony back into our lives. The primary healing modalities I work with clients are energy healing like Reiki and sound medicine. I facilitate weekly Sound Bath and healing classes locally at the yoga studio and various event spaces. I also coach people about meditation, breathing techniques, healthy eating, and mindset to transform their lives. It always pushes me to become creative at creating new digital content, retreats, events, and coaching programs, so I’m constantly developing and improving my offers. I don’t have anything huge accomplishment to be proud of in my life at this moment; however, I was noticed for my voice to get a job at a major record label to demo for a major artist and called in to perform with chart-topping billboard artist before transitioning from entertainment industry to wellness. My singing voice has been the most complimented wherever I share it. What sets me apart from others is that I’m extremely resourceful in my artistry and versatile. I can be a recording artist/performer, DJ for one minute, and the event and retreat facilitator, producer, Shamanic healer, medicine ceremonialist, life coach, designer, and engineer. I enjoy doing all of these and constantly live for something creative and an opportunity to inspire others.
What would you say has been one of the most important lessons you’ve learned?
The biggest and most important lesson I learned in my life is how to love myself. Because of my childhood trauma and programming, I always felt that I was never good enough, never accepted, and struggled to understand my self-worthiness. It took me such a long time to build up my self-esteem. I’ve always put someone else on a pedestal, overworked to please others to gain their love, affection, approval, and loyalty. I seldom got anything back in return or reciprocated other than feeling used, abused, or even left with a sense of betrayal. Stop looking for all the answers outside of myself and begin to see I am the source of my reality and creations, and that mindset helped me to become responsible for all my actions. They realized how I was self-sabotaging my success, being caught up and conditioned to choose to see myself as unworthy of the love and respect I deserve. Although it was unfortunate I had that programming for so long; ultimately I was the only person to change that filter or perception to let go of my old story and beliefs. I am thankful to have come to the realization of things, and all my life lessons to get me to this point of understanding myself deeply.
Pricing:
- Mindset & Breakthrough Sessions
- Intuitive Life Coaching & Healing Sessions
- Book for Private Sound Healing/DJ & Live Sound Medicine Journey Performance
Contact Info:
- Website: www.InfiniteLoveHeals.com, www.AsiRianaRasa.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Asiriana.ascensionlightworker/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiRiana444/
