David’s Personal Journey

Born in the South Bronx, N.Y. I was raised with love and nurture by my beloved Puerto Rican Mother and Argentine Father. Though filled with such parental nourishment, as a young child I began to experience the visit of exterior forces and unseen realms. My first recollection of such experience was at the age of two when I became aware of spirits, human souls, and elemental creatures, that would whisper, hit, and pull me out of bed. These forces made my bedroom their playground. In those early years I found that the power of God was the only thing that could protect me. To be more specific, it was the power of prayer and the acknowledgement that God existed and not just the belief, that saved me from these haunting experiences.

I was raised as a Catholic, even serving as an altar boy in my local church. Sadly I did not find this faith to be of help in finding the answers to my experiences, nor did it quench my spiritual thirst. At the age of twelve, I began to set out on a personal odyssey that involved ruminating further on the occurrences I was experiencing. I continued to ask God, “Why have you brought me here?” and more importantly “Is this power to see the unseen, a curse or a gift?” and “Is this my destiny or a doorway that needs to be shut?“. Continuing in my search for an answer I set out to study the occult, joined various religious and mystical schools of thought, and practiced yoga and meditation. I later got into martial arts studying Tae Kwon Do, which led me to find my spiritual father. A man named Sean McLeod who taught me Gung Fu, Ketsugen Karate, and Japanese sword fighting. His spiritual curriculum lead me into the way of the inner warrior, but essentially the greatest lessons was that of love for humanity and for myself. In addition, I started delving into the healing arts with therapeutic touch, Reiki, and my own rendition on massage work.

My struggle continued and between my late teens and my early twenties, I was labeled or diagnosed with diabetes, prostate cancer, and scoliosis. Somehow I found the strength to not allow myself to be scared. I knew the answer was within and I simply continued on my quest. After years of working with people I decided to get formal training. In 1995, I graduated as a Licensed Manual Therapist, from the Swedish Institute College of Health Sciences in New York City. Since then I’ve worked in various medical clinics, high-end spas like Avon Spa in Trump Tower, and I opened a successful practice in Manhattan. At the beginning of my career, I empirically saw that Massage Therapy did not produce long term results. I wanted to learn how we could enhance our health, be proactive with our life and if need be from above, die with dignity.

Throughout the years I continued my training with leading experts in the field of Osteopathic Manual Therapy, such as Dr. Sharon Weiselfish in Integrative Manual Therapy, with Dr. Dallas Hancock in Craniostructural Therapy, and with Dr. Bruno Chikly in Lymphatic Drainage Therapy. Later I got into the field of Neuro-psycho-immunology and Psychosynthesis. It was an exciting road that allowed me to gain knowledge and experience, but I found myself being a sophisticated mechanic only utilizing a mecho-energitic model of therapy. I felt that there was a void in the healthcare I was providing for my clients. The void was the ‘why’. Why do we truly get sick?, Why do we have bad relationships?, Why do we get spiritually lost?, etc. I prayed to be shown the next step in my evolution.

One night two years later at a lecture, I met an Osteopath named Solihin Thom, D.O, the founder of Ontological Kinesiology. He touched upon all the dynamics I’ve seen in life and what was missing in my practice. Intrigued by his philosophy of Ontology and his unique modality, I invited him to my office so that I may witness his work. I was profoundly amazed that his modality allowed the client’s body to talk about the etiology or root-cause behind their problems. Furthermore, the body prescribed the solution and proper natural therapy. Being a student and a practitioner of Solihin’s work, I felt empowered.

I put his modality and philosophy to practice with my own issues. I finally knew that my health issues were at last going to be resolved. One day, before my twenty sixth birthday, I came down with a sinus infection. In my urgency to not have this affect my festivities, I got a fellow practitioner to address it by helping me clear the infection through gaining an inner understanding of it. Yet I did not listen to my body’s wisdom and two days later I woke up, sat on my bed, and a wondrous sneeze occurred. All I remember was hearing the crack on my spine. I stood up arched over like the hunchback of Notre Dame. My mother immediately wanted to take me to the ER, but I laughed telling her that I knew the cure was that a change must take precedence in the now. It was about embodying the Life Forces model, specifically living in my truth and my integrity. I was dishonestly portraying myself with many people. The mission was to set things right through conveying the truth to them. Each time I accomplished this task my spine got straighter and straighter. Later, after 3 years of working through this pattern, among other patterns, my scoliosis resolved without any medical treatments.

All these modalities gave me advanced skills in diagnostics and widened my understanding about the mobilization of physical and internal structures of the body, mind-body connection, and verbal and non-verbal dialogic systems. I was finally professionally satisfied!

During all those years of building my professional career my mystical experiences of the unseen kept increasing. I found neither spiritual practices nor most religious paths to solve my inquires. Until one day I acknowledged that my search for an answer was orchestrated by my will-power and mind and not by asking the Almighty and surrendering. I prayed asking for guidance and the message received from above was to use the virtue of surrender. I decided to let go of the spiritual path I was in; being a Sun dancer of the Lakota Nation in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Starting from nothingness and looking for guidance each day I took time to surrender to the Divine in a stripped and vulnerable state. It was definitely a different spiritual muscle than prayer. I found myself at the end dialoguing with God in an intimate way, stripped from rituals or dogmas. After months of practicing surrender, I experienced a spiritual crisis that informed me that my path was to follow Islam. I investigated and participated until one beautiful Friday during a sermon in the Mosque, I declared my faith among hundreds of women and men. I proclaimed to follow a monotheistic truth of Oneness and the prophet that brought this religion to our reality. While saying these words, I felt my entire being transformed. Every cellular membrane was like a slate board with writings of all my history and experiences of my ancestry, which were being blown away clean. I cried, being embraced by this fellowship and I felt whole. That night for the first time in my life after years of sleeping with the nightlight on, I finally felt inner peace. For the first time nothing of the unseen realm came to bother me. I found my truth which was that having an outer path of worship (religion) was essential to my spiritual growth. Later I found my inner component of worship called Subud. A path of inner surrender that allowed my soul or inner content to awaken, be purified, guided and continuously feel the power of the Almighty.

My journey has provided me with answers by living my life through worshipping the Divine (inwardly and outwardly) and following the Life Forces model. It has resolved my health conditions and propelled me in my self development. My passion now is to inspire others to discover their ability to heal and that they are never alone in the midst of their disarray. The Divine is an inexhaustible resource and the path to it is within each one of us.

Today I am an educator and practitioner in the field of verbal and non-verbal Therapeutic Dialogue, Ontology, Constellation Work and Natural Therapies. I’ve had the honor of traveling internationally, and experiencing local cultures, and traditions. I love traveling and continue to learn about all fields of life. This is what fuels my work and passions. I provide a Life Forces model to address all health concerns and self development goals. I help individuals by empowering them to unite their inner and outer life thus reclaiming their inheritance and sit in the throne of a noble human being.

I invite everyone to take a human journey into their inner selves and gain the mastery to resolve life’s challenges. I will be your companion and friend to help unite your inner and outer human.