Arlene De Angelis
Taking notes while walking back to myself.
A lifelong wonderer, looking to understand life — and to create one I love.
If something I’ve written has struck a chord within you —
hi. I’m Arlene.
A pilgrim of the path I humbly share.
Here to walk with you as you find your truth.
The Story Behind the Work
For years, built on the outside
while quietly falling apart within.
The questions arrived early. Too early for the answers that were available.
A tireless reader, drawn to philosophy and the inner life from childhood — understanding was a first form of shelter. Curiosity, a way of holding the world together.
For years, everything poured outward. Into work, into love, into building things that stood. On the outside, everything held. Leading construction teams of hundreds. Producing results. And inside, something kept asking to be heard.
Then came the illness without a name. A body sending signals no one knew how to read. No diagnosis. No map. Just a body that would not be ignored anymore.
That is when the search stopped being intellectual — and became a matter of survival.
Engineering did not get left behind. It turned inward. The same logic that asks what makes a structure hold — applied to a life. To the self. To the invisible architecture beneath everything we build.
Decades of searching followed. Not in a straight line — but in the way real paths move. Through the body, through the unfinished stories, through the inherited patterns. Through everything that had been waiting to be seen.
What emerged was not a method. It was a synthesis — of a scientific mind, a heart that broke and chose to heal, and a spiritual practice that has been deepening ever since.
Why This Work Exists
There is a gap between who you are
and how you show up in the world.
Most people feel the distance — between the life they believe is possible and the one they are actually living. They work harder. They try again. The distance remains.
What lies underneath is not a lack of effort — it is a lack of presence. Of coming home to yourself.
The Self-Love Journey exists because I’ve been walking that distance myself. And because the path inward — through the body, through the unfinished stories, through the inherited patterns — is not a detour. It is the only way through.
What this work offers is not a method. It is a space where what needs to surface can surface. Where what needs to heal can heal.
Training & Credentials
The formation behind the work.
Engineering
Civil Engineering — PUCMM
Full academic merit scholarship. Analytical foundation that permeates all her work.
Engineering
Master’s in Construction Administration — PUCMM
Complex systems management. The same logic applied to the inner world.
The Body as Teacher
Polyvagal Institute
Safety, Connection, and the Human Experience. Nervous system, inner safety, and connection. Competitive scholarship.
Somatic Wisdom
PESI — Certificate Program in Traumatic Studies
Complex trauma and somatic healing. In progress. Competitive scholarship — Dr. Bessel van der Kolk.
Patterns & Lineage
Systemic and Family Constellations
Certified facilitator. Release of transgenerational patterns and healing of the family field.
Energy Field
Life Force Energy Healing — Level 2
Deborah King Center. Vital energy as part of the integral healing process.
Inner Practice
Inner Engineering — Shambhavi Mahamudra Kriya
Sadhguru. Daily practice since July 2023.
Isha Facilitation
Yoga Veera — Isha Institute of Inner-Sciences
Authorized facilitator. Inner Engineering Introduction, Yoga for Wellbeing, Upa Yoga.
Mind & Consciousness
Dr. Joe Dispenza
Advanced student and volunteer at six retreats internationally.
Spiritual Roots
Self-Realization Fellowship — Kriya Yoga
Student of Paramahansa Yogananda. Deep and sustained contemplative practice.
Perennial Wisdom
Contemplative Philosophy
Seven years of deep study in perennial philosophy and ancestral wisdom.
Spaces
Professional Expert in Space Harmonization
The space we inhabit is also us.
Stay on the path
If this resonated —
there is more where it came from.
Articles, practices, and reflections for those walking the path inward. No noise. Only what matters.
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