Meet Amy Michelle

We had the good fortune of connecting with Amy Michelle and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Amy, what was your thought process behind starting your own business?

Let me start by saying that there was never any thought about it. I am so very different, so very unexpected, so very… well, outside of the box. Plain and simple, I do not fit in a box, in a circle, or even, in a triangle. I barely fit inside this human body I have been gifted. When I was a little girl who was asked the question “What do you want to be when you grow up?”, I would jump with glee and say “Judge! I want to be a Judge!” but little did that Little Amy know that she would have to “work for the system” and that would never work for her “can’t conform” and “meant to march to the beat of her own drum” mission on Earth. Instead, she realized that Judgement (or Her Inner Judge who would take the Inner Stage) was her Odometer to assess whether an environment, a person, place or thing is in alignment with the highest Integrity available. Imagine that being growing up and ending in one of the Big 5 Accounting Firms back in 1994! Preposterous indeed and quite the Cosmic Funny!! She ended up in Corporate Finance for a decade after a few years playing the role of an Auditor and finally, found her Wild Woman could be freed from the bondages of any system when working with dogs. Dogs became the best teachers she have ever had and the grandest reflections of her Inner Environment and let’s be honest, dogs and systems are like two different planets.

Dogs guided the way once I let them and leaning into their lead was the best direction I ever followed. I went from running day camps to hosting overnight boarding to spiritual dog training to running what is now called The Haus of Zen where I house a virtual space as a catalyst for ANY and ALL conscious transitions to those waking up and deciding to stay on the planet to usher in the New Lovolution, a return to Anima, remember our Original Soul, to embody Love & Nature as one, and align with the natural system.

You tell me? Does any of what I just said sound like a being that could work for or under or around or within ten feet of an unnatural system?

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?

I am Unexpected. I was born to excite, to delight, to surprise, to shift, to ignite, to question EVERY THING about ANY THING while at the same time, offering compassion and radical acceptance for our Human Plight, for our Human My-nds.

Born an Unexpected Pure Sacral Generator, the only thing you can expect is the unexpected. My Aura makes me UNIQUE and it always invites intrigue and wonder and radical growth IF you are willing and open to changing before your very eyes. No matter the topic, the matter, the subject, the challenge, the problem, the complaint, I will always and in many ways illuminate the empowered opportunity for growth within you. I will help you remember how to transcend whatever it is.  I am your guru NO WAY! You are your Guru. YOUR Inner-G matters most. When you meet me, you dare to enter the Innerverse, reflect in the Mirrorverse and find yourself bedazzled by the Universe filled with signs, synchronicities and serendipities. Life is never the same once we meet. That is the promise I can make with 100% certainty. We soar past possibilities into the Land of Probability & Certainty.

I am a Catalyst for your next and perhaps even, greatest transition and you’ll do it with me while you are awake and aware and conscious, eyes wide open and heart leading your way. We dive into the deep Innerverse, that reflects THAT which you have refused to face until we meet. I bring every Galactic and Quantum tool I have curated over the years for the HEART Gallery as a Docent would for an Art Gallery. I show up when the seasons change like Mary Poppins with a Modern-day Medicine Woman purse filled with magic ready to bedazzle, enchant and astound. As a Quantum Healing HEARTist, I help you remember who you are, awaken your unique Divine Talents you haven’t embodied yet and guide you how to use your Brilliant Mind to seek external cues of alignment. Have you ever been to Disneyland? Ever been on every ride at the park in one day and then wanted to go back for more the next day because it was so exhilarating and you were filled with VIBRANT LIFE FORCE? Well, that’s the Unexpected Ride you can expect with me!

“What’s in that bag Mary Poppins?” they asked. A Lady never reveals the contents of her purse or her Heart until the time is “just right” for that “spoonful of sugar” and then, and only then, will the “medicine go down” with sheer delight.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
From PHX airport, we zoom-zoom over to Mythical Coffee in Gilbert in my “Barbie” aka my Caribbean Turquoise Blue Mini Cooper Convertible where we enter what I can only describe as a mystical place in which I feel instantly at home. At Mythical, everyone is welcome, all shapes, sizes, personalities, forms, pronouns, and sexes are cheered and served up with a big dose of unconditional House Drip L-O-V-E accompanied by one of the best avocado toasts on an extra toasted slice of Noble Bread (local to Scottsdale, AZ) and a of course, an extra hot decaf quad dirty spicy chai latte with oat milk. Um, yes, I am THAT girl! Ahh… take me there like right now!

Since we spent half of our morning sipping it away at Mythical and we’ve stayed past the kitchen closing @ 2p, we’re now feeling that hunger for more and head just a few minutes away to Linden Organic for everything organic, gluten-free, vegan and delicious when it comes to house-made smoothies, freshly-extracted juices, to-die-for buckwheat crackers, oof, don’t forget the vegan ice cream sandwiches and wait, actually lunch or brunch or early dinner… house-made Vegan Caesar salads or a “Tuna” sandwich. Can we say “salivating” in this very moment?

Ok, now that we’ve stuffed ourselves like Tofurky’s on Thanksgiving, we head to our AZ local “5th Avenue of Scottsdale” for a late afternoon latte at Cartel to jolt the brain to focus on collecting some personalized wearable creations at unique places like Giving Bracelets or eye-popping kitschy wear at Leela Market’s two locations on the same street.

When we think we’ve had just about enough, we’d find ourselves headed home to Queen Creek with one last stop in mind: Zen Life Yoga, a little oasis in the middle of Queen Creek that you might miss unless you know and now, you know. Zen Life offers an Om Away From Home (TM pending) in a very cozy and family-run studio with so many beautiful practices and workshops to choose including Kundalini, Meditation Evenings, Astanga, Iyengar, Vinyasa Flows, Yoga Nidra, and my personal favorite: Yin Yoga to stretch that SHIfT out!

Upon waking the next morning, we have two options: the edible organic botanical garden in the middle of Queen Creek on any day of the week OR if we’re talking about a Saturday, then, 100%, we’re zip the road fifteen minutes to Rhiba Farms for the best little “now you know it’s there” neighborhood organic farm that the city/town is not permitted to spray within 50 feet! This is my private slice of Organic Heaven. Gusto and Mark will welcome you like family. Go early when they open (7a) for the farm fresh chicken and duck eggs, greens, even farm-grown loofahs… yes, I said LOOFAHS that grow in big pods in the desert! Au Natural for Bathing at the end of an adventurous twenty-four hours with me all over the San Tan Valley, to Gilbert and Scottsdale and back!  Wait!  You asked about a weeklong trip?  Hah!  That’s easy!  REPEAT!!

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
3 key and cooperative components come to my awareness as I receive this question and remember how I arrived here today in this very moment in Time.

The First: A standard Black and Tan neurotic yet Divine dachshund named Nicky “Buddy”, who rescued me in 2008 and changed my life forever with his fight and his might for life. He lived 18 years. Nicky taught me how to communicate without words. He ignited my Inner-G. He gave me a reason to stay grounded here. He was the reason, the switch that flipped the awakening within me. “Momma, you are NOT an Auditor; you are NOT an Accountant. You, Momma, are a HEELER.” The only gurus in my world are 4-legged and Nicky was my first Guru to bring me to my knees in prayers of gratitude. Ever wonder about DOG spelled backwards?  Now you know why I bow to them.

The Second: A soul sister named Carie who I met when my outer world was falling to pieces and my inner world was just waking up to shine. This Galactic Human being named Carie showed up out of thin air in 2014 when a Divine Timing Train was leaving the station in a different direction than the direction of the life I had planned. When I met Carie, I couldn’t explain the bond. It was the kind of connection that you dream of your entire life, the kind in which you finish one another’s thoughts and share your very own language; the kind of relationship in which you feel seen, understood and completely validated in all of your idiosyncrasies and nuances; the kind of friendship that changes the trajectory of your life right before your eyes. Carie was the Sacred Mess-ender that I contracted with, who I called in to remind me of my mission here. “Amy, time to wake up now. The Planet needs you to remember now.” What I woke up to and who I have become and what I embody today is because of the Fated Moment in Time when I sat in front of Carie in a class that turned out to be the prelude to the work I now offer to this planet.

The Third: A book named The Little Soul & The Sun: A Children’s Parable by Neale Donald Walsch that Carie’s Mother, Mimi, actually introduced me that same day that I met her daughter in 2014. This book changed my life that day and again and again and one that I have gifted so many times you’d think that I was an Ambassador for NDW. When I read that book, I cried. When I reread that book, I cried. Spoiler alert: there has not been a single time that I have read that book and not cried. It is life-changing; it is truth; it grabs your heart, your soul and your ego and soaks them together in a warm bath of milk meant for Oracles and Deities and you leave this milk bath soothed, closer to Source and in awe of Remembrance.

Other: Receiving you when you are ready, exclusively and Word-of-Mouth only like the VIP that you are @ amy@thehausofzen.com

Image Credits
Make-up by Alexia V. Synergy Beeauty Photo Credit: AnfieldPhotos04