Viva was highly psychic as a child but early difficulties in the family caused a shutdown of her natural abilities. At 19, she began to re-awaken, as lifelong parental illnesses she experienced caused her to seek beyond standard medical diagnostics and lean toward the investigation of 'bio-energetic soul imprints and karmic conditions'.

Throughout the next two decades Viva began a private investigative journey of 'experiential psychic healing.' This journey enabled her to directly experience several non-traditional healing modalities, many of which were steeped in mystery or occult related societies of the times.

Such studies have included; channeling inter-dimensional entities, ethereal guided hands-on-healing, reflexology, axitonal alignment, shamanic journeying, rebirthing, transpersonal psychology, Huna Philosophy, meditative healing, Hawaiian breathwork, soul regression, sacred site visitations, interspecies communication, organic nutritional counseling, physical body cleansing, energy healing, Native American healing rituals, Buddhist teachings and DNA & consciousness research.

For 14 years she has directly orchestrated an inter-species and inter-element communication research project in effort to connect the consciousness of all living things for 'awareness raising' & humanitarian purposes. Such work can be found at www.starkittys.com and www.bluechakra.blogspot.com.

Viva has attended workshops and/or worked directly and extensively with many world known and pioneering natural / psychic healing advocates, human consciousness visionaries and conscious-ness raising grassroots groups. Currently practicing visionaries include; Barbara Brennan, Jason Schulman, Donna Thompson, Christina Pratt, Herwig Schoen, Aimee Carruth, Angel Gail Konz, Barbara Brodsky, Joanna Seere, Dr. Marcy Prisco, Amy Bortner, Gene Dillman, Peaceweavers, Dharmawara Mahathera Bhante, Ravenwalk, George Hanson, Kate Solisti, Cathy Malkin, Steve Rother, Lyn Buchanan,  Tim Collins, Jane Doherty, John Welshons, Dr. Young, Kirkridge & Columcille, Robert O. Williams.