Like the prolific hummingbird pollinator he loves, Vasco Gaspar flitted from singing in a band to studying psychology, happiness, mindfulness, meditation, and more, asking himself, “what is life wanting to live through you?” In meditation, he learned to wait, trusting his heart to alert him when something didn’t feel right such as a choice to give away a book instead of selling it, to quit a corporate job, or refuse a lucrative job that was not aligned with his values. He also learned to wait for his heart’s inspiration – a signal like a tiny bird, hovering, as if to say, “Yes. This way.” In dire circumstances, an opportunity miraculously appeared where “every single criterion they asked for was something I had gathered since the moment I quit my job and stepped into the unknown.” From there, Vasco was able to begin pollinating all he had gathered into awareness-based trauma-informed healing and the awakening of higher consciousness for human flourishing.
