About Anya
Like many people, I have lived through things that leave a mark. The traumatic loss of my mother. The disorientation of immigration. A deep, relentless pain that I could not name or locate, it was a part of me since 12 years old. What kept me going was one fierce belief: that I would find my way through? And an unwavering gratitude for the people, energies, and spirits who showed up for me when I could not show up for myself. I am originally from Belarus. I left before the war, though the war came not long after. I studied at the Academy of Arts, then moved to New York, where I made and sold custom artwork for living and worked in service. My largest sale was 25 paintings to a Denver residential complex – true luck! I also worked in art studios in New York and later Miami, supporting other artists with their work. But underneath everything, something essential was missing. A piece of me I could feel the absence of but could not find. Making art, the thing I loved most, was too painful. It confused me. I could not create. I could not do art at all. I was constantly surviving. Then I found the teachings of Buddha and Dharma. Slowly, through practice and study, something began to shift. My real turning point came when I found one of my teachers, someone who completely changed the direction of my life and opened the door to scrying.
I had always sensed things. Felt things others did not mention. I recently began to actually see, and I am fully committed to developing and honoring that gift. My grandmother was a clairvoyant, an energy healer, and an astrologer. It runs in the blood.
My work comes from practice, and I strongly believe that daily commitment is very important for change and for where you want to be. From sitting in concentrative meditation, observing, and learning to stay present with what really is now in front of us. For a long time I felt that something was off, that I wasn’t fully myself, and that shaped the way I learned to listen, to see, and act, which was very similar to running away, wounds that wouldn’t heal. What matters to me now is not the struggle itself, but what it made me go through, but even then, until I learned commitment, it wasn’t “it”.
Through art and ritual, I work with what is already within you, mental entanglements, karmic threads, patterns that are often invisible but deeply influential. This work is not about fixing or forcing change. It is about bringing light, attention, and humility to what is present, so purification can happen naturally, through the heart. Seeing things already is a big accomplishment and brings relief from certain confusions.
Many traditions speak about this. In Christianity it appears as confession, deep purification, the practice of honestly looking at oneself and understanding cause and effect. The practice of Vajrasattva in Buddhism. Cause and effect is a cosmic law, karma, stronger than our small, relative ego. It is not personal; it is simply how things move and unfold. Death is inevitable, and there is nothing unnatural about it.
I want to offer you my support and share what I already know. Learning never stops for me, but I do want to be that help and shoulder for you to step onto the next level. I can’t turn the light on for you, but I can help point out where the switch is. Real understanding comes through experience, through practice, repetition, and willingness to sit with what arises, with embracing it.
Taking refuge daily, correct view, and pure conduct is essential for healing and for going beyond old patterns. We are naturally drawn to this because growth and healing are part of our nature. Dissolving is a natural part, like breath, like anything, impermanent, that is our nature. When attention returns to the heart, many things begin to untangle on their own.
Through my work, I invite daily connection, with the heart, with practice, and with the Divine. This does not belong to one religion or form. Through any tradition, or beyond form altogether, it is possible to connect with spirit and to grow it. What matters is devotion, sincerity, and the choice to show up every day.
