Chrysalis Healing Center

Rebecca Bowman is beginning to recognize herself as a second-generation enlightened soul. A full-time working mother of two boys, she has been navigating a period of self-discovery and exploration through energy healing.

Along the way, she completed the Unity Field Healing course with Steve Kingsbury at the Chrysalis Healing Center, one of several experiences that supported her growth and awareness.

What follows is a reflection on her journey, shared in her own words.

When I chose to step onto a healing journey, I did not realize how deeply that choice was rooted in something unresolved within myself. What I came to understand is that much of this path began years ago, with the quiet regret of never truly learning from or helping my father before he passed.

My father was a spiritual teacher and a channel. Growing up, I struggled immensely with that world, even though I knew, deep down, that I carried a connection of my own.

As a child, I could see people’s auras. I used to call them “rainbow people.” My father tried so hard to help me embrace those gifts, but the weight of societal norms took hold of me instead. I was teased, judged, and called names because of what my father did for a living.

So, as a teenager and into young adulthood, I pushed back hard. I distanced myself completely, convincing myself I just wanted a “normal” life, or what I thought normal was. I separated myself from spirituality, from my father’s work, and from a part of myself I did not yet know how to honor.

My father became ill in July of 2014 and passed in September that same year. He was, without question, one of the most spiritual people you could ever meet. He had followers from all over the world. If you have ever seen the movie Big Fish starring Ewan McGregor, that story captures the essence of my father perfectly.

Growing up, he would tell me wildly unbelievable stories about the people he met, the places he traveled, and the healing he helped facilitate. At the time, I truly thought he was exaggerating, if not outright crazy.

Then came his funeral.

All of those people showed up. They shook my hand. They told me their stories. Every single one of them confirmed the stories my father had told me for years. In that moment, I felt an overwhelming mix of awe, embarrassment, and deep regret. I realized I had the most incredible teacher right in front of me all along, and I never allowed myself to learn from him.

Since my father’s passing, I have been on my own healing journey. I have explored unity consciousness and become a Unity Field Healing practitioner, expanding into other forms of energetic work and continuing to deepen this path, including working toward becoming a Reiki Master. Along the way, I’ve been blessed to meet some amazing soul friends who have inspired me and pushed me even harder to continue this journey, knowing it is where I am meant to be.

Even with all of this growth, it never crossed my mind to incorporate crystals into my own practice—until very recently.  When I began researching new ways of working with energy, I was drawn toward crystals almost instinctively, and more specifically toward the Vogel crystal.

And then something extraordinary happened.

On the exact day a Vogel crystal chandelier bed for energy healing was being delivered to me, I stumbled upon an old radio recording of my father as a guest on a show from 1988. My father always held a crystal in his hand when he channeled. It was truly his baby. Through that recording, I learned something I had never known before. That crystal had been physically handed to him by Marcel Vogel himself.

What are the odds?  I no longer believe in coincidences.

My brother still has my father’s crystal. It has since broken, though he continues to hold onto it. As for me, I have come to understand that the crystal itself was never the point. The timing was.

I think that because he was my father, it was hard for me to hear him as a teacher when I was younger. Now, I understand that I am meant to receive these lessons exactly when I am ready. I am meant to have these moments now.

Everything unfolds in divine timing.