So how did Grinman Healing Journeys begin?

 A personal story…

 

A few years back, my late grandfather suffered greatly from having knee problems. There weren´t many treatments for his kind of pain, and he was not the type to take pain killers. I was taking my first course in Tao Shiatsu Therapy, and when I put my hands on his knees he told me, ¨Yaron, you have electricity in your hands. Go make a business out of it".

 

 So I did. I went and learned Swedish massage, Tao Shiatsu, Energetic healing, Rebirthing and more (full list on a different post). I started giving treatments both for fun and to cure and to help deal with medical problems including cancer, fibromyalgia, difficulties with getting pregnant, and other physical and emotional conditions (the two are more related than most are willing to admit).

 

The years went by, I started working as a masseuse and a healer, until my grandfather past away at the age of 91. I was on a short vacation in Dharamsala India taking another meditation and massage course when I heard the news.

 

I continued with my journey and crossed the border to Nepal and fulfilled my life-long dream of completing the 14 days trek of the Annapurna circuit and made it to the height of 5416 meters. I remember myself bathing in the hot springs of Tatopani on the way down, thinking I want to do this for as long as I can, and I really want to visit the Machu Pichu.

 

In September 2013 I left my country and embarked on a long journey in Latin America, and have been traveling ever since. I wanted to share all this abundance I was experiencing with my friends and family. I wanted other people to taste the Chirimoya and Maracuya shakes in Peru and Bolivia, to see the sloths and the starfish in Costa Rica and Panama, to surf in the Pacific ocean, to gaze at the stars on a telescope from the Atacama desert in Chile. I started writing a group email, and to create itineraries for tours in Latin America, both to the well known touristic places, and also to more exotic, hidden havens that I found on my journey.

 

So now I am doing what my late grandfather Grinman told me to do – I am making a living from healing people, and also carrying on his tradition of leading groups on tours.

 

At the same time (2013), my father has just retired from 30 years of working for a big company, and assembled a group of friends and family to go with him on a trip to Chile Argentina. The friends and family that have travelled with him to South America became the first customers of Grinman Healing Journeys and are now traveling with us to many other magical locations.

 

There you have it, that’s how it all began.