Sutures of the Soul

This book will change your life, and it is by no means a “light read”. This book is how one comes to understand oneself in all the humanness of being present.

It begins with a fracture — a disconnect between the body, self-identity, and the relationship to the world.

This is a story of alchemy. Once empty, lost, and lonely in the beauty industry — surrounded by everything she once dreamed of from inside — Christina found herself searching for something deeper. After overcoming addiction, disordered eating, and the mental afflictions they carried, she set out to travel the world alone, determined to understand humanity and her purpose.

The journey opens in darkness, revealing the raw, unvarnished reality of where addiction can lead. Meditation became a lifeline, introducing her to the transformative power of yogic philosophy. The mountains called, and with them came a life-changing relocation to Colorado — a rebirth from a dance with death into a new, liberated existence.

But the past had not released its grip. Returning to Ohio, Christina was unexpectedly arrested and held in jail for an undetermined time. Within those walls, meditation became more than a practice; it was survival. Patience and persistence revealed themselves as truth: nothing lasts forever, not even this.

Daily yoga practice led to entrepreneurship, to moving across the country, and eventually across the world. Yet the demons of the past lingered. Trauma, long buried, began to surface — awakened by new encounters with people, places, and experiences. Sacred space emerged at a silent meditation retreat in Northern Thailand and again, with renewed force, at a mountain lodge in Nepal. Poetry unlocked a voice that had been frozen in time.

As the heart opened — through yoga postures, breath, and presence — magic became real. Eyes once dulled in grey now watched a blood-orange sun rise over a still lake, reflecting the clearest blue sky. The study of yoga, Buddhism, anatomy, and Chinese medicine brought lightness and play into the body. To love unconditionally, with compassion, proved to be life’s most precious gift. In time, the student became the teacher.

Sharing a meal became a sacred act — a reminder that connection is among life’s greatest treasures.

The final pages offer a fresh translation of The Yoga Sutras by Patanjali, yoga’s foundational text, rendered from Sanskrit with lived understanding.

This book is for anyone who has ever felt like a caged bird and longed to fly.