36. Navigating Addiction, Trauma, & Sobriety Through a Relationship to Spirit with Vedic Astrologer Daryl Rocco

“As long as there’s breath there’s still hope for a change.” - Daryl Rocco. Addiction is not a moral failing nor an unrecoverable disease. Addiction is often a way we learn to lessen the pain of overwhelming trauma and isolation. In this episode, my dear friend Daryl Rocco shares her story of what it took to get sober after a lifetime of interpersonal and intergenerational trauma. She discusses learning to rely on others, surrendering to a higher power, and being willing to feel her emotions.

We also discuss:

• using substances as a way to numb out and flee from painful emotions
• The role of trauma and abusive relationships
• AA and mandated treatment
• hitting rock bottom and having a spiritual awakening during sobriety
• handling challenging mystical experiences

Daryl Rocco is a licensed vedic astrologer/teacher, ayurveda practitioner, yoga instructor with over 19 years of experience, Reiki Usui 2 energy healer, psychic, and experienced paralegal. In 2004, following a series of life-altering losses, Daryl discovered the yoga mat and its community. As she began to recover, she gravitated naturally toward yoga teacher training and instruction. She became qualified in both vedic astrology and ayurveda not long after she began studying vedic astrology and ayurveda in earnest. Daryl employs the ancient teachings of yoga, ayurveda, and vedic astrology to assist her clients in returning to a state of harmony with themselves, others, and their dharma. She uses spiritual instructions, energy and elemental combinations to assist clients back to their original, balanced, authentic selves. Her ultimate dharmic path is to contribute her energy, time, and support to other practitioners, students of life, and all sentient beings, as service to and of the light comes naturally to her. Daryl's dharma is energetically aligned with her commitment to the conscious community.

Links:

Daryl’s Website: https://www.soulsankalpa.com/

Daryl’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/soul_sankalpa/

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