The Moment I Realized I Could See Energy

The Beginning of My Journey Into Energy Healing

My journey into healing work began more than thirty years ago, long before I understood what energy truly was or how deeply it influences our lives.

At that time, I simply had experiences that I could not explain. I sensed emotions in people and spaces very strongly, and occasionally I perceived colors or sensations that seemed to exist beyond the physical world. But I had no framework yet to understand what these experiences meant.

Everything truly began when I was nineteen years old in my hometown, Ljubljana in Slovenia.

Around that period of my life I had also gone through an important change. Throughout my teenage years I had been deeply involved in classical ballet and later jazz ballet, which had been a big part of my daily routine and passion. Dance shaped my discipline, creativity, and connection with my body.

But a couple of years earlier the group I danced with had disbanded, and that chapter of my life gradually came to an end. For the first time in many years I found myself without the physical activity and creative outlet that had been such an important part of my life.

Looking back now, I can see that life was quietly preparing space for something new to enter.

One day, while walking through the narrow streets of the old town, something caught my attention. It was a poster announcing a Hatha Yoga course. At that time — in the late 1980s — yoga was still something very unusual in Slovenia. It was considered exotic and mysterious, nothing like the widely practiced discipline we see around the world today.

For reasons I couldn’t explain, I immediately felt drawn to it.

Before I had time to overthink it, I signed up.

The First Experience That Changed Everything

Every week we practiced yoga postures, breathing exercises, and short meditations. At first meditation felt unfamiliar. My mind was full of thoughts and questions while I tried to “think of nothing.”

But gradually something shifted.

I began to observe my thoughts the way you might watch clouds passing across the sky — coming and going without holding onto them. My body relaxed more deeply and I started experiencing moments of profound calm.

At the time, I wasn’t searching for spirituality. I had grown up in a Catholic environment, but by the age of nineteen I had already outgrown that framework and no longer felt connected to it. In fact, I wasn’t looking for any new spiritual teachings either.

Yoga, for me, was simply a fascinating new practice that helped me stretch, breathe deeply, and relax.

Or at least, that’s what I thought.

One day, after we finished practicing the asanas, our teacher asked us to lie down on our mats and close our eyes. We went through a few breathing exercises, and then she invited us to visualize our favorite color.

I was completely relaxed when something unexpected happened.

Not the way we imagine colors in our mind, but vivid, bright waves of color appearing in front of me, almost as if I were seeing them with my open eyes. They moved like a flowing rainbow - constantly shifting, intertwining, and expanding.

The colors felt alive.

I was aware that my body was lying in the room with the other students, yet at the same time I felt surrounded by something incredibly beautiful and loving. Instinctively, I knew that what I was witnessing was more than simple visualization.

It was my first conscious experience of perceiving spiritual energy. Even today, when I think back to that moment, I can still recall how vivid and alive those colors felt.

I remember not wanting the experience to end. Even when I heard the instructor guiding us gently to the next part of the meditation, I stayed with the colors a little longer, simply observing them in awe.

When the meditation ended and I opened my eyes, I was deeply moved by what had just happened.

Understanding the Experience Years Later

At the time, I had no idea what the experience meant.

It took years of study, exploration, and many other spiritual encounters before I began to understand it more deeply. Through reading, personal practice, and further intuitive experiences, I gradually realized that what I had perceived that day was not simply imagination but a manifestation of spiritual energy.

Over time it also became clear to me that this experience carried a deeper spiritual significance. Through my research and continued exploration of the spiritual realm, I came to understand that such experiences of light and color can sometimes appear when a person begins opening their perception to higher energetic dimensions.

For me, that first encounter felt like a form of gentle guidance from the spiritual world — an angelic presence quietly guiding me forward and opening my perception to a reality that exists beyond the physical one.

Searching for Answers

Naturally, the experience sparked a deep curiosity in me. I wanted to understand what had happened and what exactly I had experienced.

Today it is easy to search for information online, but at that time things were very different. There was no internet, and books about spirituality were rare in my country. Most discussions about the spiritual world were still largely confined to traditional religious teachings.

So I began searching the old-fashioned way.

I spent hours in libraries looking for books about meditation, metaphysics, consciousness, and spiritual energy. Whenever I heard about someone who had knowledge in these areas, I asked questions. I attended lectures and courses that slowly began appearing as interest in spirituality started growing.

The more I learned, the more I realized how vast the unseen dimensions of existence truly are.

Over time my exploration became deeper and more personal. I began consciously working on strengthening my connection to my inner world and learning how to quiet the mind so I could listen more clearly to my intuition.

I studied different spiritual traditions, healing methods, and metaphysical teachings. I observed human behavior and the energetic patterns behind people's emotions, reactions, and life experiences.

Gradually, my extrasensory perception developed further.

What began as spontaneous visions during meditation slowly evolved into a more conscious and intentional connection with the energetic and spiritual realms.

With time I learned how to open my body to stronger and higher frequencies of energy, how to receive intuitive information more clearly, and how to work with this awareness responsibly.

The development of these abilities did not happen overnight. It unfolded gradually over many years through study, personal practice, and life experience.

And in many ways, that process is still unfolding today.

A Path That Continues to Evolve

My path continues to evolve.

With every new insight, every experience, every client, and every new idea that emerges, the creative spark within me awakens again. It constantly opens new possibilities for how this work can grow and how the knowledge I have gathered through years of connection with the spiritual realm can be shared with others.

Each step brings deeper understanding and new ways to help people reconnect with their own energy, their inner wisdom, and their life path.

It is a continuous process of discovery, learning, and sharing what I have been privileged to experience.

Why I Share This Work

Over the years, what began as personal exploration naturally evolved into the healing work I now offer to others.

Through energy healing sessions, intuitive insight, and spiritual guidance, I help people understand their own energy, release what no longer serves them, and reconnect with the deeper direction of their life.

Helping people reconnect with their own energy and inner wisdom has become my life’s work.

Through this blog I share some of the experiences, insights, and lessons gathered along this journey - and how reconnecting with our own energy can help us live healthier, more balanced, and more meaningful lives.

If this story resonates with you, feel free to share it with others who may also find inspiration in it.

Violeta Burja

Multidimensional Seer • Spiritual Healing Channel • Energy Healer

For those who feel called to explore their own energy and life path more deeply, I offer individual healing sessions and intuitive guidance. I am also available for speaking engagements and guest talks on topics related to energy awareness, spiritual development, and intuitive perception.