Greetings Friends!

Thank you for taking the time to visit this page. Three years ago my daughter was diagnosed with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Her case is quite severe and according to the doctors she needs major spinal surgery as soon as possible. We have however, for the time being, chosen a different path, believing in her body's ability to heal.

While we respect the doctors' view of her condition and the need for surgery, we also believe that the body has the ability to heal, and that we can avoid this very expensive and intense surgical procedure — at least for now — through natural healing practices, giving her the tools to manage this condition throughout her life.

We are currently in the midst of a very urgent time in her journey, undertaking an intensive series of healing and corrective therapies. I truly wish that we were able to cover all the costs involved, but we are not. Alternative therapies are expensive, and due to having my daughter full time with me this past year, my ability to travel and work has been greatly restricted.

I am humbly asking for your support for my daughter's healing journey. If I have in some way supported you on your life journey and you are in a position to make a donation, we would be deeply grateful. We also ask for your prayers and blessings for my daughter as we truly believe in the power of prayer and the power of LOVE. It is uncomfortable for me to ask for financial support, but if we are going to be able to do this, we need the help of our community.

Support

If you would like to make a donation, a private donation via venmo or zelle is best as it is direct.

You can use this link for both options - https://ritamhealingarts.com/the-ritam-payment-portal/

or email me at [email protected]

My venmo is @soulnadi / saul david raye / zelle is linked to 310.500.0979

or you can use the link below. Thank you :))))

Over the last few years, I have watched my daughter go through this difficult time, learn how to face it and begin to find in herself courage, discipline and openness to explore her healing and spiritual path. In this last year she has developed much more physical pain — truthfully, she lives with pain on a daily basis. Although she has learned how to manage it and found certain practices that help her, and she continues to push forward.

She is exploring her faith, learning how to breathe, how to tap into her body's own energy and resilience, and to believe in herself. She is going to church, she is working out, and though some days are very difficult, she keeps at it. She does not want to have surgery and believes she can heal.

So my friends, if you feel inspired to support her journey and are able to do so, we are truly grateful for your help. And if there is some way that I can help or support you on your journey, please reach out. I teach every week online and will be traveling and teaching a little more over these next months to support others in these intense times and to raise funds for Lila's journey.

We are raising funds for:

• A series of 20 advanced Rolfing sessions
• Healing sessions — physical therapy, massage, cranial sacral therapy, quantum healing
• A week at a specialized scoliosis therapy clinic or a two-week Ayurvedic Panchakarma treatment

• Post surgical care, In the event that we do have to have surgery

• Travel costs
• Help with living expenses during this time

The Last Year

I wanted to share a little more about the journey of this past year. In October 2024 and March 2025 we visited a specialized scoliosis treatment institute in New York. We started a GoFundMe account, which some of you have donated to — we are truly grateful! This helped cover many of the costs, but with travel and living expenses, we were not able to cover everything. The clinic is very effective, but also very expensive. A close family friend recently paid for my daughter to return to the clinic, and she was able to achieve a 4 and 8 degree reduction in her lumbar and thoracic curve. This week I am taking her to work with a master healer and bio-mechanical specialist to work with her fascia. We are also undertaking a long series of Rolfing sessions, and we are working with other tools to help re-pattern the electrical, emotional, and energetic patterns in her fascia.

All of this costs a significant amount of money and we are unable to cover all the costs on our own.

We are using this platform because it gives a place to share information and there are no platform fees taken out as is the case with 'gofundme.' If you would like to make a donation to Lila's healing journey without using this platform, please contact me. [email protected] or you can use this link - https://ritamhealingarts.com/the-ritam-payment-portal/

Please specify 'Lilas Healing Journey'

I have dedicated my life to the healing arts and will continue to do so — as a yoga teacher, musician, and practitioner of Thai Yoga massage, and various other healing modalities, I have worked with thousands of people. It is a blessing to support others on their healing path, I offer sliding scale where I can, making things available for free to people in need or donate my time to other causes, that I believe in. I truly believe in natural and spiritual healing, the power of community, and the principle of mutual support. If there is some way I can be of service to you, please reach out.

We are also open to other thoughts, ideas, therapies, and of course your prayers and well wishes.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and connect with Lila's healing journey.

Wishing you health, peace and prosperity,

With love and gratitude, Saul David Raye