Living in the Pink

From head to toe, home to work, dawn to dusk, her immersion in pink has meant so much more than just the love of one colour.

Curiously, “no one has ever asked me why,” she says. Delving into her story, she outlines how her transformation was brought about by several things: a simplification of life in order to shed a shopping addiction, a nurturing journey of self-love, and, above all, a desire to be in service to her—the divine mother.

The conjunction occurred three years ago when SharmaRay’s mother transitioned into the spirit world, she says. The experience of her mother passing initiated a journey of healing and simplifying for SharmaRay, of new boundaries and wholeness, of playing and pampering, all made manifest in the colour pink. “It was a commitment to the calling of pink … Because my life is all about holistic arts. About the search for wholeness and coming home to myself. And in order for me to become something, I have to try it on.”

So, try it on she did, and her clothes, her environment, and even her work in healing touch have remained exclusively pink ever since. “My outside world is a reflection of who I am already,” she says, summing up her epiphany in three simple words: “I am Love.” She places her hands over her heart and elaborates: “To me, pink is a representation of unconditional love. It’s that soft mother love. It’s fluffy, it’s cotton candy, it’s sweet. It’s all in here.” It’s a gift from her mother that was completely unexpected, she says, because their relationship had always been conditional and tumultuous, filled with resentment, unmet needs, and chaos.

“filled with pampering, nurturing, and being taken care of. For me now, it’s about finding love within rather than from others. Being sovereign to ourselves.”

Here at her home, SharmaRay projects this energy into a space where she shares that love and healing with people who are drawn to it. Her Pink Pampering Palace, which started out as a mobile market stand, is now a pink cabin nestled into a lovely, forested property.

SharmaRay has every intention of holding onto the pink in her life, including the Pink Pampering Palace, as a place to turn to when needed. All this might seem a little strange to some, but SharmaRay seems to be at complete ease within herself.

“I know that to some people, my volume might be too loud. But I’m not in your face. I’m in my centre, and I’m boundaried. You can pull away or you can be curious, because I have nothing to prove. I’m 56 years old now. I’ve learned that I am enough. I don’t need to measure up to somebody else’s standards.”