Jewels Athena
Guiding You From Stress To Success
Modern Mystic, Hatha and Kundalini Yoga Teacher, Reiki Master, Breathwork Facilitator, Meditation Teacher, Akashic and Theta Guide, Certified Holistic Health Counselor, International Retreat Facilitator, Energy Healer, Public Speaker, Film Producer
Namaste, I’m Jewels Athena,
My goal is to help people in high stress lifestyles create INNER PEACE and become MORE SUCCESSFUL with LESS EFFORT. Whether you have an intense corporate job, you are a stay at home mom raising the family and managing the household or are in a life transition, it is my goal to help you move from a LIFE OF STRESS to a LIFE OF SUCCESS.
I have been successfully guiding clients for over 15 years. With the onset of covid, I restructured my business and now offer online SPIRITUAL AWAKENING and STRESS REDUCTION counseling, guidance, trainings, workshops and virtual retreats online. The core of my work is to guide you in you empowerment to embrace the new paradigm and new world.
Bio
Prior to her healing and awakening, Jewels Athena had a robust corporate career working in the music, entertainment, fashion, and marketing industry in New York City. She began her NYC career at the World Famous Z100. She then moved up to National Director of Sales and Marketing for XM/Sirius Radio, iHeartMedia and later CBS Radio. She produced events for the famous NYC Fashion Week while carrying the role of the Vice President of Sales at the trendy fashion PR Firm, The Bromley Group and co-produced a movie, Brooklyn Rules, staring Alec Baldwin. She understands how to bridge the spirit world yoga into the modern city lifestyle.
A duel citizen of Greece and America; Jewels Athena was born to a Greek Goddess of a mother and an inspiring American father who worked in accounting by day and as a magician as a love and hobby. In 2009, shortly after losing her beloved father to a crippling disease, ALS and also losing her job in the US market crash, she embarked on a 1-year spiritual pilgrimage to India and Nepal. This was her catalyst to leave her live and career in New York. She relocated to California and opened doors to a reiki chakra balance studio in Santa Monica called Shine Your Light.
It was in California where she met her spiritual mentor Guru Singh and began studying and teaching Kundalini yoga, her passion. She has traveled to 52 countries visiting and learning from different cultures.
Jewels Athena is a public transformational speaker, leads international yoga retreats and workshops based on healing and awaking. She has traveled to 52 countries visiting and learning from different cultures.
She facilitates international retreats across the globe in the Greek islands, Thailand, Laos, Bali, Tahiti, Nepal and more. She has been living in Thailand since 2015 where she leads yoga and reiki teacher trainings and workshops.
Guest speaker on Radio and Podcasts
BAREFOOT TO BANGKOK
MY INTERVIEW WITH “LIVING OVERSEAS”
In this video, travel expert, Jim Kellett shares with you a story of reinvention. How Jewels Athena left her six-figure salary and now lives on an island in Thailand. She will tell us her story of making her way, barefoot to Bangkok. Jim and Jewels talk about the cost of living on an Island in Thailand… And she’ll give us a tour of her house, and show us her healthy, island lifestyle.
TRAVELING THE GLOBE ON A SOUL WITH JEWELS BERTRAND
SELF CENTERED WITH CYNTHIA OCCELLI ON UNITY RADIO
Learn how one woman went from corporate powerhouse to spiritual master. From New York City to the sacred temples in Nepal, Jewels Bertrand has traveled and transcended the stress and heaviness of modern life. Discover how to reveal your spiritual essence, tap into the collective consciousness of joy, free yourself from emotional obstacles, and bring spiritual power into your life, wherever you are now.
THE HOLISTIC WAY
Jewels Athena Bertrand discusses How To Go From Stress To Success during this episode of the Holistic Way with Todd Hart
My Spiritual Re-Awakening
My Spiritual Re-Awakening happened in the heart of New York City. I was in my early 30s, at the height of my career in the music and media industry. I was making fists loads of cash, living in an upscale Manhattan condo, eating out at the best restaurants and living what I thought was the American dream. That dream died when my beloved father told me he was going to die. He had fatal disease, ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. A di-ease that would completely paralysed his body until he could no longer walk, eat, speak or breath. Sadly his mind and brain would remain sharp as a tack. My father’s loving spirit became a prisoner in the shell of his decaying body. This is the nature of ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease. At the young age of 63 he died. It was then that I realised there was more to life than a big pay-check and a flashy lifestyle. I was lost and confused. But one thing I knew for sure. It was time to find my true spirit. I left my job and the big city lights and focused solely on my soul. My journey took me far across the globe and into my soul. My pains and struggles were the very catalysts to my spiritual awakening. And awaken I did, with spirit awakened, I realised I must teach others how cope with loss and stress, how to wake up and live!
I am still traveling the globe. For nearly 20 years, I have dedicated myself to learning and healing, studying intensely with Masters of Spirit in the traditions of Kundalini yoga, Buddhism, Sacred Sciences and the divine feminine teachings of Mother Earth. Straddling the worlds of esoteric eastern philosophies in a modern world...I devised a system to help you connect to your power. It is a form of Modern Mystic Healing. I guide my clients in with the very tools that were most valuable to me to shift my life from chaos, to cha-ordic to balance and order. My transformational retreats and life-awakening coaching programs are infused with these elements. And they transform!
Whether it’s your body, mind, spirit or lifestyle… It is my Soul Purpose take you on the Soul Journey from Where You Are to Who You Are so you can Shine Your Light, Big and Bright!
But before I get into that, let me share with you a little about my story of my journey from Stress to Success. It might resonate with you and inspire you to embark on a healing path too.
My Personal Journey
Bright Lights • Big City
I’ve experienced some amazing highs and some downright crippling lows until I learned to take control and find my balance. I’ll share with you a little bit of my healing journey.
My career was a successful one. At 19 years old, I landed a job rock radio station in my hometown. This led me to a career in the music and movie industry in New York. I was ecstatic! I grew up in a small town, in the smallest state in the US. Now I had a prestigious career producing rock concerts, negotiating million-dollar marketing campaigns and hanging out with celebrities. I even produced a movie starring Alec Baldwin. Life felt great!
Dark Night of the Soul
Right at the height of it, I faced the biggest challenge of my life. My father, who was my biggest 
inspiration, was given a death sentence by his doctor. At 51 years old, he found out that he had ALS also known as Lou Gehrig’s and would slowly become paralyzed throughout his entire body and he would die in a matter of a few years.
Facing the Illusion
On the outside, my life was amazing. I was living in Manhattan, had a prestigious corporate career and had loads of friends. Yet on the inside I was crumbling. My stress levels were at a maximum. I was eating poorly, not exercising and on a slew of medications. Medication for anxiety, depression, sleep, stomach issues, migraines and antibiotics because I was always getting sick.
I talk about my journey in this interview…
The intensity of it all was difficult for me. Battling to continue the success in my job my father was dying brought me into a downward spiral. Not knowing how to cope with it all, I swallowed anti-depression pills given to me by my doctors and numbed my fears and anxiety with martinis over business deals at trendy restaurants. My American dream turned into a living nightmare. I felt like I was racing through life in the middle of a five-lane highway with no brakes in my vehicle.
And then it happened, a full course collision. My father died and less than a year later the market crashed and I lost my job. In a matter of 15 months my entire life as I knew it ended. I was a single woman, no father, a $500K mortgage and no job. And, my 13-year-old dog and 19-year-old cat died too.
Waking Up
I knew I had to take control of my own health and wellbeing. Western medicine and conventions had failed me. If anything, I was getting worse. My first step was yoga. I was very new at it, but I was starting to see the light. I loved it so much that I became certified to teach. I got another prestigious job at CBS Radio. By day, I was a corporate warrior and by night, I was teaching my advertising clients how to unleash their inner spiritual warrior. But by now I knew this was no longer the life for me. After 11 months at CBS, I quit and left NYC. I needed a new way to live. I had know idea how I would survive. But I trusted. And like a phoenix rising, I rose through the ashes…
Transformation!
In this transformation, I heard the call to serve. To share the tools that helped me to transform my life and live STRESS FREE! I now travel across the globe sharing tools, tips and magical spiritual healing.
I host yoga retreats and workshops world-wide, and offer private coaching on-line or in person sessions.
Journey with me across the globe to the core of your soul.
If you are ready to get on the road to your health and wellbeing and shift from Stress To Success, sign up for free tools and tips. Want to go further… send me an email for a free wellness consultation and we can set up your customised healing plan.
Peace and blessings…
Jewels Bertrand
Training
I am always learning. I am an avid student of the ancient Sacred Sciences. Although I have been attuned to the ways of meditation, yoga and the spirit world since a child, I made the conscious choice to dedicate myself to the healing path in 2005 where I started my daily yoga practice. Below are my qualifications and certifications.
2005 – Began my daily yoga practice
2007 – Yoga Teacher Training Certification in Core Strength Vinyasa Levels 1 and 2 with Sadie Nardini in New York
2009 – 200 Hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training Certification with Himalaya Yoga Valley in India
2009 – Reiki Level 1 in Nepal
2010 – Certified Holistic Heal Counselor from Om Wellness in New York
2011 – Reiki Level 2
2013 – Reiki Master
2014 – Reiki Master Teacher
2014 – Aroma Therapy Training
2014 – Kundalini 220 hour Certified Teacher (KRI Certified) under Guru Singh and Yoga West in Los Angeles, CA
2014 – Kundalini Level 2 Master Teachers Course – Conscious Communications
2015 – Fly High Yoga Ariel Teacher Training in Bali, Indonesia
2016 – Thai Buddhist Healing and Karma Cleansing in a Thai temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand
2017 – Kundalini Level 2 Master Teachers Course – Mind and Meditation at Neydo Tashi Chöling Monastery in Nepal
2017 – Buddhism and Meditation Studies – Tushita Meditation Centre in Dharamshala, India
2017 – Tibetan Singing Bowl and Brain Wave Entrainment Therapist from Swami Chaitanya Krishna in Kathmandu, Nepal
2017 – Kundalini Level 2 Master Teachers Course – Authentic Relationships – Dashmesh Sadan (home Yogi Bhajan) in Anandpur, India
2017 – Study in Buddhist Meditation – Nilambe Buddhist Meditation Centre in Sri Lanka
2018 – Kundalini Level 2 Master Teachers Course, Lifecyles and Lifestyles at Neydo Tashi Chöling Monastery in Nepal
2018 – Theta Healing Therapy and Advanced DNA Activation – Koh Phangan, Thailand
2018-2020 – Shaolin Qigong training with Master Teacher Shi Heng Zuan Laoshi
2020 – Akashic Records Training with Shakti Cabral in Koh Phangan, Thailand
2021 – Tantra From the Heart Levels 1 and 2 with Leonie Louise in Koh Phangan, Thailand
2021 – Breathwork Facilitator training focusing on rebirthing with Prem Luca at Samma Karuna in Ikaria, Greece
Karen Bromley
Toally fab Jewels! Inspirational!
Gordon
Outstanding Jewels, congratulations! Are you really living barefoot 24/7/365, don’t you own any shoes anymore? What changes have you noticed on the bottom of your feet?
Jewels Bertrand
Thanks Gordon! I do wear my shoes now… from time to time. But I made it over to Asia barefoot as a testament to leaving much of my past materialistic life behind. No more prada! LOL. Changes in my feet, a bit more dirty 😀