The guiding force for Ria Ray’s life is the exploration of the human soul. She describes this exploration as what she uses to measure the choices she makes in all aspects of her life, including her healing work, artistry and creativity. Through all of the multifaceted aspects of who she is, what she does and what her work represents, Ria Ray hopes to inspire people to choose their deepest truth. As a facilitator in a variety of media, she embodies compassion. Authentically exploring her own path gives her this ability.

The fact that her life’s journey has been filled with challenge and tragedy allows her to fully inhabit a vast range of human emotions. She has a visceral understanding of the precipice we all negotiate as we strive to live with acceptance, develop discernment, and learn not to judge ourselves harshly, while simultaneously keeping an open heart, open mind and ability to live lovingly. Born in Trinidad and Tobago of Indian descent, her family emigrated to the U.S. where she grew up in Washington D.C. and worked in the fashion industry in New York City. Tragedy struck when Ray was twenty-seven and her entire family of origin (father, mother, sister, brother and uncle) died in their home, of carbon monoxide poisoning. The shock of this experience propelled Ria onto a path involving years of study into the healing and creative arts. It initiated her ability to inhabit a great vortex, from which her work arises.

Ray’s work includes painting and multimedia art, transformative healing sessions for individuals and groups, and the creation of products that are tangible reminders of Self-love and global peace.

Ria Ray lives, works, loves, plays and creates with her husband and children in Santa Monica, California