Hello I’m Malinda

I am here to help you blossom into the fullness of who you truly are. To walk the path of your own heart, reconnect with the essence of yourself, and radiate your light into the world.

My Awakening Story

My journey began in 1994. I was living in North Carolina when I felt an intense pulling in my gut that I couldn’t explain, only that it was time to listen. Following that inner voice, I left my marriage and moved back to Tucson, my birthplace, with roots deep in the land of the Native Americans.

What followed was not an easy beginning. I found myself in a relationship with a man who introduced me to the world of energy, past lives, and karma. But who also kept me locked in a cycle of control and physical abuse. It was a Native American woman who did Akashic Readings who finally helped me see a way forward. Her work propelled me out of that situation and toward a new life in Florida.

In Florida, I became a Licensed Massage Therapist in 1995 and threw myself into learning everything I could — past life regression, meditation, intuition, manifestation, psychic abilities, and more. I read voraciously. I sought healing in every form I could find. Yet something was still missing.

During a Shirodhara treatment while studying for my hot stone massage certification, a deep trauma surfaced that I had no conscious memory of. I discovered I had been sexually molested as a child, beginning at the age of five. All at once, many of the patterns of my life began to make sense. It was time to go deeper.

I was determined to heal what was buried within me. I sought medicine ceremonies and sacred healing experiences across the world, from the mountains of the Andes to the jungles of the Amazon to the oceans of Bali. I kept searching for the key that would open the door to fully trusting my own intuition and connecting with Spirit.

I found that key in 2017, when I was chosen to attend an advanced program with Sadhguru alongside 750 others. It was a four-day experience that opened my heart to the Divine in a way nothing before had. I came to understand that I had been protecting my heart my whole life, that beneath all my giving and healing, I had not truly felt worthy of being loved. As that shifted, everything opened. I became able to see, hear, and connect with Spirit and my guides in ways I had been searching for for decades.

I opened my own massage practice in 2010, building a thriving business entirely by word of mouth, and continued deepening my spiritual studies across many modalities over the years. Healing was not just my work. It was the center of who I was.

Then, in March 2021, I lost my son. Nothing prepares you for the loss of a child. Even though he was 38, he was still my child. I spent five months at his side, caring for him and watching him decline, until he took his last breath in my arms. I had carried a quiet knowing since the day he was born that he would not make it to forty. I had pushed that feeling deep within and never spoken it to anyone, hoping with everything in me that I was wrong. I was always denying my inner knowing. His passing brought my life as I had known it to an end. I closed my practice, ended my relationship, sold my home, and with absolute faith, I surrendered completely to the unknown.

I bought a house in Tucson, sight unseen, nestled in the Catalina Foothills, a return to my roots, to the land of the Native Americans, to where my journey had first begun. I went into a sacred cocoon of healing and spent two years rebuilding my home entirely by myself.

Emerging from that cocoon, I felt lighter, clearer, and more deeply connected to life than I ever had. Out of that transformation, Desert Starr was born: a private healing retreat in the Tucson desert where I now hold space for others ready to surrender, heal, and remember who they truly are.

My Path as a Priestess

I have walked the path of the priestess for many lifetimes, and once again, I feel her call deep within me. Answering that call, I stepped fully into a sacred journey of training and initiation – Awakening the Priestess Within me. I now embrace all that I am with an open heart, flowing in love and grace, and embodying the wisdom of all that we are.

My training led me to Egypt, where I walked with the ancients, and to France, where I followed the path of Mary Magdalene to deepen my connection with the Sacred Divine feminine. 

Today, my work is woven from three decades of practice across many modalities:

  • Intuitive guidance and soul-centered healing
  • Energetic activation and frequency work
  • Channeling and Akashic readings
  • Integrated Energy Therapy (IET)
  • Sacred ceremony and spiritual teaching

Whatever name you use for the divine: God, Goddess, Source, Creator, Spirit.

All are welcome here. There is no right or wrong. There simply is.

I am here to hold sacred space for those who are ready to evolve, blossom, and radiate into the fullness of who they truly are.

A Channeled Message I Received

I once asked the Goddess why I had never been in love. This is the message I received, and I want to share it with you:

“You have been in love with life itself. Wanting the best and seeing the best in every being, opening your heart to the infinite possibilities of life and beyond the illusions of this reality. Being in love doesn’t just exist with another, but in all of life. You are the embodiment of this love, that radiates from your being with every step you take. Remember who you are. When you alter from who you are, take a breath, open your heart and radiate through your smile, your heart, your wisdom, and shine your light. Be the lighthouse in the ocean of lost souls.”

So when you feel you are lacking something, it may be right in front of you, disguised in another form. Go and consciously create the magic of your life. Love fully — it is all around you.

My Priestess Vows

I vow as a Priestess to be committed to:

Serving others as I serve myself, with love, compassion, understanding, and complete truth.

Surrendering to the flow of life, flowing in harmony with nature’s rhythms, and trusting that everything happens in divine timing.

Being a clear and open vessel to the Goddess in all her many aspects, and to the Universe, deeply connected to Spirit.

Holding sacred space for prayer and ceremony, so that I am in greater harmony with myself and with the world.

Fully embracing all of me, with a complete understanding of my life’s purpose and mission. Living, thriving, and speaking my truth with an open heart.

Being fully present in my heart, mindful that my thoughts, words, and actions emanate love and radiate positive energy into the world.