
Sharia Des Jardins currently lives in Winchester, VA. Raised by hippies and cowboys makes a back to the Earth view point is second nature to her. Ecology is very important to her as she is one of the first in the generations to grow up with Earth Day. Sharia strives to live a plastic and chemical free life. Though not entirely plastic free as the world makes that nearly impossible. She has been the co-chair of the Zero Waste Committee of Sustainable Tucson for several years now. As well as a former board member and co-chair of the Envision Tucson Sustainable Festival. Sharia is also a Tucson Master Recycler.
Living car free most of her adult life hasn't been a hardship. A bit more time or using public transportation makes more sense to her than driving a beater that isn't up to the job of creating cleaner air. A car has its place and certainly its uses but many times can be unnecessary. Currently Sharia does have a vehicle but still makes conscious decisions about when to use it and getting as many things done during one outing as possible rather than making multiple small trips more frequently. Many of the standard consumables have never been a priority to her. Not only saving money, but saving landfill space as well.
As a young child one of the many places Sharia's family lived was on an apple orchard in Virginia. An open wound was exposed to the pesticides used on the trees and sent her to the hospital for five days fighting for her life. The ongoing struggle to heal the issues stemming from that blood poisoning have led her to look at a more natural way of living in the world. Organic foods, less chemicals in her living and working environment have become daily practices. Natural healing modalities such as homeopathy, massage, chiropractic, acupuncture, kinesiology, vitamins, herbal teas and tinctures have allowed her to life a healthy life without all of the side effects that Western medicine cause her to suffer from. A basic training in VA in Swedish massage and Touch for Health Kinesiology have given her a hands on approach to how the body works and what we can do to help us heal ourselves. She also trained in One Brain, a holistic method to defuse stress related issues that are keeping you from having control of your life.
Spirituality has been a large part of Sharia's life. The teachings of the Inayatiyya Order, formerly the Sufi Order International, as well as the loving kindness of her Roman Catholic grandparents and their only wish that she have a relationship to the divine have given her great freedoms to explore what that is. As a Coordinator in the Order she has lead classes, meditations and put together retreats. She created the Young Adults program for the Order offering training for youth ages 15-25 and then added more for Tweens, ages 10-14. Currently she is leading the Children's Universal Worship. She has also been studying the path of the Shamanic Animists through Shamanic Journeying both in AZ and in OR for over 20 years. Sharia is a certified Shamanic Animist Minister through ISA, Web of Life Church, in Tucson, AZ. In January of 2022 she is also certified as an Animist Pastoral Counselor. Sharia is also certified as a Life Transitions Spiritual Care Giver as a Healing Cherag and Healing Conductor with the Inayatiyya Order. Having presided over weddings and memorial services she is well aware of the process of life.
Sharia's other passion is photography. Her love of nature and iconic imagery is her playground. You can check out some of her work on Facebook. Her images can also be found on products made by Redbubble, an international company. She has an Etsy Shop that will be up and running again soon with wonderfully colorful greeting card collections. From time to time she also models in front of the camera as a body positive plus size model.
If you are interested in talking about death and dying, check out the link to the Facebook group below. Sharia is the admin and hosts in person events periodically. She is looking forward to the end of Covid in order to resume those gatherings. Her history of personal loss is long and varied. The most recent being one of her siblings, aged 37, in May of 2021 and her beloved mother in September 2021 at the age of 68.
Sharia Stats:
ENFP
Love Languages: 9 Acts of Service, 9 Quality Time, 9 Words of Affirmation, 2 Receiving Gifts, 1 Physical Touch
Enneagram type: 2
Gallup Strengths Top 5: Connectedness, Individualization, Strategic, Learner, Activator
ACES test: 9/10
Human Design: Time Bender/Manifesting Generator
Living car free most of her adult life hasn't been a hardship. A bit more time or using public transportation makes more sense to her than driving a beater that isn't up to the job of creating cleaner air. A car has its place and certainly its uses but many times can be unnecessary. Currently Sharia does have a vehicle but still makes conscious decisions about when to use it and getting as many things done during one outing as possible rather than making multiple small trips more frequently. Many of the standard consumables have never been a priority to her. Not only saving money, but saving landfill space as well.
As a young child one of the many places Sharia's family lived was on an apple orchard in Virginia. An open wound was exposed to the pesticides used on the trees and sent her to the hospital for five days fighting for her life. The ongoing struggle to heal the issues stemming from that blood poisoning have led her to look at a more natural way of living in the world. Organic foods, less chemicals in her living and working environment have become daily practices. Natural healing modalities such as homeopathy, massage, chiropractic, acupuncture, kinesiology, vitamins, herbal teas and tinctures have allowed her to life a healthy life without all of the side effects that Western medicine cause her to suffer from. A basic training in VA in Swedish massage and Touch for Health Kinesiology have given her a hands on approach to how the body works and what we can do to help us heal ourselves. She also trained in One Brain, a holistic method to defuse stress related issues that are keeping you from having control of your life.
Spirituality has been a large part of Sharia's life. The teachings of the Inayatiyya Order, formerly the Sufi Order International, as well as the loving kindness of her Roman Catholic grandparents and their only wish that she have a relationship to the divine have given her great freedoms to explore what that is. As a Coordinator in the Order she has lead classes, meditations and put together retreats. She created the Young Adults program for the Order offering training for youth ages 15-25 and then added more for Tweens, ages 10-14. Currently she is leading the Children's Universal Worship. She has also been studying the path of the Shamanic Animists through Shamanic Journeying both in AZ and in OR for over 20 years. Sharia is a certified Shamanic Animist Minister through ISA, Web of Life Church, in Tucson, AZ. In January of 2022 she is also certified as an Animist Pastoral Counselor. Sharia is also certified as a Life Transitions Spiritual Care Giver as a Healing Cherag and Healing Conductor with the Inayatiyya Order. Having presided over weddings and memorial services she is well aware of the process of life.
Sharia's other passion is photography. Her love of nature and iconic imagery is her playground. You can check out some of her work on Facebook. Her images can also be found on products made by Redbubble, an international company. She has an Etsy Shop that will be up and running again soon with wonderfully colorful greeting card collections. From time to time she also models in front of the camera as a body positive plus size model.
If you are interested in talking about death and dying, check out the link to the Facebook group below. Sharia is the admin and hosts in person events periodically. She is looking forward to the end of Covid in order to resume those gatherings. Her history of personal loss is long and varied. The most recent being one of her siblings, aged 37, in May of 2021 and her beloved mother in September 2021 at the age of 68.
Sharia Stats:
ENFP
Love Languages: 9 Acts of Service, 9 Quality Time, 9 Words of Affirmation, 2 Receiving Gifts, 1 Physical Touch
Enneagram type: 2
Gallup Strengths Top 5: Connectedness, Individualization, Strategic, Learner, Activator
ACES test: 9/10
Human Design: Time Bender/Manifesting Generator