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I'm excited today to talk to Riza. Riza is here because she is just certified in the embodied vision method in the belief coaching. And I'm so excited to talk to her. Riza is also a graduate of Resonance and just such soul, living in The Netherlands from The Philippines originally. And Riza is the creator of the Nourish and Flowers Method, where she combines techniques like embodied vision work, massage, how to overcome stress and burnout.
Relinde:And she combines all of that and does magical work with women for us to release all that stress and our limiting beliefs and just be lighter. So Riza welcome. So nice that you are here.
Riza:Thank you for having me, Relinde, and the beautiful introduction. And I'm so glad, yeah, to be here with you and to be able to share your method and your certification, actually. I'm so glad to have the embodied vision certification now.
Relinde:Yes. Yay. I'm very proud of you. Would love, let's dive right in, Shelley. I would love for you to talk about, because you experienced as a participant, some of the group embodied vision sessions that I do within Resonance, right?
Relinde:I'd love for you to go back for a moment to that maybe first session or first sessions that you did. And what was your experience there? Like what is it that resonated with you in those sessions?
Riza:Well, when I joined Resonance, and you included, we have these sessions, Embodied Vision sessions, I was really grateful because not all business coaching programs have this side of it. And it really resonated with me a lot. And in the beginning, especially the first, I think first two, three sessions, when we went through the whole session, it was for me a relief that I could actually release and find out, look into the things that are blocking me business wise. And it's not just business wise, it's really my personal blocks with regards to my self worth and yeah, scarcity and money, money blocks. So, and of course that goes deeper and deeper in every session that we had.
Relinde:Yeah, beautiful. I love how you right away say that because we do the work, the Embody's Vision work within, I do it within my two business programs, Resonance and Elevate. And they go much deeper than just, we think sometimes, oh, I need to have the belief that I am rich, you know? And yes, you need to have that belief, but sometimes that belief is connected to such deep things like parents, our parents. And so it's a lot of what you say, worthiness and personal healing that can come up.
Relinde:Do you remember if you want to share one of the beliefs that you found through this work that was really transformational for you?
Riza:With me, of course, sometimes common thing is something about money scarcity. But when I look back and went deeper, it was also the experiences I had as a child being in The Philippines. My parents are also artists and that especially at the time, a lot of belief that artists don't earn enough or cannot ask actually the compensation or the equivalent of what they're worth. So that was something that came up and I thought I worked through that already, but it's really, you know, in my subconscious still. So that was one of the things that came up.
Riza:And also growing up in The Philippines at the time, when politically it was quite a challenge, very difficult. That also had such a big effect on me because I saw how my parents would struggle with budgeting because of that. Yeah. So it's So would you
Relinde:say also the country, the culture, there's always, that there's never enough. Yeah.
Riza:Yes. And also the belief or maybe it's a religious belief, maybe that's part of it, but to stay humble, but staying humble in a way that you actually don't also put yourself out there. Anyway, that's my experience. I recently was in The Philippines and it's not really like that anymore, which is nice to see. Nice.
Riza:Yeah, it depends, I think, where, the exposure of a person is now. Now life, scope is wider and everything, but at the time, that's what I grew up.
Relinde:What you grew up with. Yeah. And that's anyway, the thing with the beliefs. I love that you bring that up and how nuanced you are. And we sometimes were like, my country or my mother or my teacher really didn't mean to pass on a limiting belief, of course, or to teach me something limited.
Relinde:It's not about blaming or shaming anyone, but it can still 100% be your experience or what you took away from And I can also see that that can change in a country over time. Yeah. What did you notice? Because I mean, I'm going to ask these questions because there must have been something with you experiencing these sessions that you thought, I want to be able to use this with my clients too, which made you decide to do the certification program. So what were the shifts that you saw?
Relinde:Like how did you feel different? Did you see difference in your life, in your work, in your business? What was that?
Riza:For me, I feel more empowered in the sense that I, for example, allowing myself to be more seen. I'm still work, I mean, I'm doing it bit by bit, it's improving, but it's more the feeling I have inside that finally like the belief that actually I do have a lot of experience, I do have a lot of skills, I actually have a lot of certifications, and now it's really about time to see myself, appreciate what I have, that I can share them, because I've been wanting to help people. And having this, for example, learning the embodied vision is, it's almost like the missing link in all the different skills or tools that I have. So it has actually, it's like the last drop that completes my toolbox or the program that I want to share and contribute to the world. Love that
Relinde:so much. And this is where that magic of doing resonance and embodied vision both comes together, right? Like integrating your expertise. I love that you say that embodied vision didn't feel like, oh, another modality, I already have so many, but actually one that deepens and integrates the one that you already have.
Riza:Yeah, definitely. Definitely. Yeah. Yeah. And I'm so grateful for it.
Riza:Thank you so much.
Relinde:Yeah, I'm grateful for people like you. And honestly, this certification program, you know, that I've been doing it kind of really small scale behind the scene in the past years, and 15 plus people now have been certified. And it is for me such a honor. And it feels very, how do I say, I'm so grateful for you doing that work with other people because it really gives me a very deep, beautiful, warm, fulfilled feeling that this ripple effect goes on through you. So you're equally grateful for you for stepping in there.
Relinde:I also know that doing this work on yourself and also in holding space for others brings up a lot, and that is sometimes deep and emotional and confronting. And there's really a part of shadow work, part of it. It's not always just fun. And that's also what I honor that, you know, you have the capacity to go there, to be with that, to go through that and then see the transformation from it.
Riza:It's so beautiful to see definitely the transformations that I see during the session even. Just of course a day, a week after, I would also receive feedback and that's always beautiful to receive, but also during the session itself, when they show their process, what they're going through during the session. And I mean, I have the same when I receive the sessions. Yeah, it's
Relinde:Give an example maybe of a client of what you've seen shifting or what you or anything they realized without, of course, you know, giving us details personally. But can you share some of the things or one thing that you've seen somebody go through that really, yeah, felt, felt beautiful and and transformative?
Riza:Yeah. Well, the one of the common things that I see among the people I've worked with already is the realization and the awareness that they receive when they work on a belief that when they go deeper, where it comes from, the source of it, that we can really go back that far to find where the belief comes from. Because it can be from parents, it can be from your own personal experience as an adult. It can be the past life and that, you know, that click when it happens. And at the same time, the shifts that happens in their body and in their energy.
Riza:Yeah. It's just so palpable. I mean, it's so beautiful to see because afterwards, when they've also released, for example, or they can they feel the shifts happening during the session, then even literally how they look, you can see the difference. It's not just the physical shift in their face. It's how they sparkle afterwards.
Riza:That's so beautiful to see. I
Relinde:love that. Yes. Yes. Literally more energy can flow, more chi can flow. They are more in touch with their life force energy, I would say.
Riza:Yes, that and more in touch with themselves, with their heart. And that's the most empowering part and grounding as well. It's not just like, I feel nice. Of course you have that. But it's really that connection with yourself and being present with yourself, with your body as well.
Relinde:Yeah, yeah. Beautiful, beautiful. I want to circle back for a minute where you said I already did many certifications. Maybe show shortly what kind of certifications you've done and how that worked for you, that this work fit in that so nicely, that it was like the glue or how you said it, like the last missing link.
Riza:Tell me a little bit more
Relinde:about Well,
Riza:I've done, I started massage, giving massages as a child actually with my dad also
Relinde:In The Philippines? Is that
Riza:in the In the culture there.
Relinde:Yeah. Beautiful.
Riza:Yeah. And the culture there, I mean, we're very touchy with each other. So it's not something that we're uncomfortable with. But as a child, my dad would already, yeah, almost every time he needed it, I would massage him or walk on his back. So I knew already where to find, you know, where the knots are, for example.
Riza:And at the same time, as a child, I was already interested with energy work. And it's a bit part of the culture, I suppose, and with supernatural things.
Relinde:Yeah. Tell me more, because you want to share a bit more about that? What do you mean by that?
Riza:Yeah, yeah, supernatural stuff, like, for example, when we would go into a place in a nature area, then we would always say to the earth spirits like, Tabithabipo or Excuse us, can you please move aside so we will not walk on you, for example. So it's just really that connection with the nature and having that respect as well. Yeah. So that, and I also grew up in a family where my mom is Catholic, my dad was Protestant, and we went through both churches. And for me, I didn't actually see the difference.
Riza:So, and I grew up thankfully that I was told, okay, the love in your heart is the most important thing. And then, yeah, so that, and I mean, I'm so grateful.
Relinde:That's beautiful. Yeah, that's beautiful. And that's school that I trained in already for seventeen years now, I don't know, many years, they say all healing comes from the heart. So that's beautiful. When you say that, I'm like, okay, so you already had all that.
Relinde:So you have this from your family.
Riza:From my family. And then I, yeah, I went into dance professionally, ballet, modern musicals, corporate work. But the thread of that was really the massage. So when I came here to The Netherlands, so that I have something formal, I went into follow different massage modalities and also different healing modalities and also giving readings and some of them would is pranic healing, the reconnection or the connective healing. There's so many things I can't remember at the moment, but sport massage, I did pregnancy massage, and I also followed the anthropocopical way of massaging.
Riza:So one of the students of Rudolf Steiner, or who followed Rudolf Steiner, a Dutch person named Volker Benning, he has a method, so I'm one of the few who do that also as well. And I also do Hebrew numerology readings and working on my Human Design certification. So bringing everything together and qiqum as well, I do. Yeah, yeah, awesome. So bringing everything together with embodied vision and with the method that I developed is really having that stage or steps on how to work with a person's problems, for example, when it comes to burnout or being overwhelmed or stressed.
Riza:Yeah, so for example, having first reading or the massage part and teaching people how to relax first, for example, and then from there going deeper and, yeah, to the next level, for example. And one of it is actually the embodied vision method where they can really sort of zoom into a belief that will help them release. And then, yeah, and later on, then we go further in their journey as well until they feel empowered, feel themselves more and connected with their heart and soul.
Relinde:That is amazing. Yeah. And exactly. And when you bring all that together, I can imagine, by the way, like if you do a session like this and you have bodywork massage, because one of the big things is to release, to let go, you can deepen your subconscious mind and the energy can flow. With your bodywork in combination, oh my gosh, I want you to do a session like that on me.
Riza:I would love to. I would love to.
Relinde:That would be amazing. That would be really Yeah. Yeah, wonderful. Riza, I'm so grateful that you want to share your journey, that you wanted to share this with us here. Is there anything else that I didn't ask that you wanted to say before I go into where people can find you?
Relinde:But before that, like, is there anything else that you wanted to share or say today?
Riza:I just want to be sure that all of us, we all hold love in our hearts. Sometimes it's difficult to find that. I've experienced it as well that sometimes we go through life and with all the challenges that we face, sometimes the love that we hold instead of really feeling it in our heart and in our body, it goes only into the head and it stays as an idea. That's why it's so important to go through this process. Ask for support.
Riza:Ask for support so that we can, we don't only hold the idea of love in our heads, but really feel it back again in our heart, in our body, in our soul.
Relinde:Wow. I love that. Thank you so much for sharing that. That is so beautiful. With that, with an open heart and so much love for the amazing being you are, the amazing human you are and the amazing work you do.
Relinde:Where can we find you? If you want to people want to know what you do, if they want to get in touch with you and maybe even in The Netherlands and they want to have a massage less and body vision session, which I think is awesome. Where can we find you?
Riza:You can easily contact me through Instagram. My handle is rizadeleongregorio. I believe it will also be in your show.
Relinde:Yes. We will make sure that this link is in the show notes. So yeah, absolutely.
Riza:Yeah. And I will be having upcoming sessions. Once again, I'm opening up sessions, one on one sessions for massage and online sessions for embodied vision, for example, and other methods, and also group sessions in Groningen, The Hague, maybe Amsterdam. So that's where I'll be at the moment.
Relinde:Amazing. Okay, that sounds brilliant. So definitely go to Riza's Instagram. We'll make sure to share the link. Thank you so much, Riza, for sharing your story today.
Relinde:It's so inspiring and empowering and beautiful and unique. Thank you so much for listening if you were here. And I'm going to say have a beautiful rest of your day and see you soon. Thank you
Riza:so much.
Relinde:Bye. Thank you for joining us today on the Choosing Ease podcast. Remember to subscribe so you never miss an opportunity to connect. And I'd be so grateful if you could share your thoughts in a review. Join me next time as I continue to explore the powerful skills and strategies that will help you to let go of everything that keeps you from fully sharing your genius.
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