Hello dear friends, family, and community,

My name is Aimeé Noemí Peña, Anandini Devi Dasi, spiritual name.

SHORT SUMMARY

I’m taking a sacred pause from medicine work to deeply heal my body, complete a water fast in Bali, and transition into becoming a full-time artist. This fundraiser supports my medical healing, art education, and the creation of prayer-infused artwork as I move through a profound period of transformation.

FULL STORY

I’m opening my heart and inviting you into a very sacred chapter of my life — a chapter of healing, truth, and transformation that I am living and painting in real time.

This campaign is called Painting My Healing Journey, because that is exactly what I am doing: healing my body, listening deeply, and transmuting this season of my life into art, prayer, and service.

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Why I’m Taking a Pause From Medicine Work

I have made the conscious and ethical decision to step back from serving medicines for a period of time.

Not from burnout.

Not from disconnection.

But from integrity and sacred reciprocity.

Sometimes a healer must pause — not to abandon service — but to return to it from an overflowing, embodied place. This pause allows me to heal my body, honor my nervous system, and remain in right relationship with the medicines I serve.

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Medical & Healing Background

Before stepping into this healing retreat, I underwent initial medical evaluations that revealed several concerning findings, including:

• An enlarged pancreas

• A tumor in my left armpit

• Calcification in my digestive system

• Ongoing women’s health issues

At that time, additional testing was being considered to explore potential serious conditions. After deep reflection, prayer, and listening to my body, I made the intentional decision to pause the pursuit of a formal diagnosis and instead enter a profound healing container centered on purification, rest, and spiritual devotion.

This choice was not avoidance — it was intentional sovereignty, guided by trust in my inner wisdom and the path unfolding before me.

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My Healing Path — Water Fast in Bali

I am currently in Bali, where I am deep in an extended water fast retreat supported by colonics and careful supervision.

As of now, I am around Day 10 of the fast, and my body has been releasing long-held toxins as part of this purification process. This experience has shown me that deeper healing is still unfolding and that allowing myself more time here — including a gentle nourishment phase followed by a second fast — is the most supportive path forward.

Rather than rushing recovery, I am choosing to honor my body’s timing.

Following the completion of this extended water fast, I will enter a seven-day darkness retreat. This time in darkness is an intentional space to go deeply within — to integrate what has been cleared, to listen inwardly, and to seek greater clarity and alignment with God and Source. This final phase also allows space to receive inner visions, including visions for my artwork, so what is emerging through this healing can take form through creativity, prayer, and expression.

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Healing Through Art — Painting My Healing Journey

This season is not only about rest — it is about creation.

I am actively painting my healing. Each piece becomes a prayer, a witness, and an offering. One of the central works of this journey is a prayer painting I have been creating for over a year — a living altar reflecting healing, ancestral release, and spiritual realignment.

This campaign also supports my transition into becoming a full-time artist, allowing art to become a primary vessel for medicine, meaning, and service.

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Art Education & Art Therapy Certification

Funds raised will also support:

• Formal art classes to refine technique and mastery

• Professional art supplies and materials

• An Art Therapy Certification, allowing me to integrate art-based healing into the Iboga Clinic where I help Addicts and Veterans with severe PTSD and support others through trauma-informed, non-verbal integration practices

This education helps bridge ceremonial work with grounded therapeutic care.

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How the Funds Will Be Used (6-Month Healing Container)

Your support helps fund:

• Medical and healing-related expenses

• Extended water fasting and recovery cycles

• Living stability while I step back from medicine work

• Art supplies and studio needs

• Art education and certification

• Time and space to paint, document, and heal without financial pressure

This is not one expense, but a six-month container for healing, creation, and integration.

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Gratitude & Sacred Exchange

This fundraiser is rooted in reciprocity, not charity.

• $55 and up → You’ll receive a print of my artwork

• All donors → Held in my daily prayers

• $2,222 donation → A commissioned oil painting created with your chosen subject and my artistic vision

Each offering is prayer-infused and given with gratitude.

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Gratitude From the Heart

I want to express deep gratitude to everyone who has already supported me along the way. I have not walked this path alone, and I carry immense appreciation for every prayer, message, and act of kindness I have received.

I am allowing myself to receive so my cup may overflow — and from that fullness, I will give back to the world with greater clarity, strength, and devotion when I emerge from this metamorphosis.

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Closing

Thank you for witnessing me, supporting me, and walking beside me during this sacred transformation.

With love and gratitude,

Anandini Devi Dasi

Blessings and May peace be with you