I have a vibrant, strong and warm personality with a highly developed sense of humour, behind which is a serious, enquiring, thoughtful, caring and compassionate being. My wisdom and open heart have been shaped through the fires of deep suffering and unconsciousness earning me the peace, joy, power and light I experience today. I have a deep love and understanding of people.  Living inside this extrovert is a hermit who revels in solitude, nature, music, reading, meditation and reflection.

What does Natalia Baker do?

I see myself as opening doors, whereby those who pass through, take steps towards fulfilling their great potential.

Here are some of the ways I engage with the world:

• Facilitating a variety of courses,
• Public speaking (23 engagements in 2008),
• Leading retreats and a mystery school,
• Writing articles for publication in three journals,
• Running full moon meditations for the Cape Town public and
• Counselling when I have time.
• I have made 12 professionally recorded meditation CDs and plan two films and a book.
• SABC3’s Free Spirit used me as their resident book reviewer for many years and also made films about my life and work.
• Other recent television work includes features on Naturally You (DSTV Health Channel) and Journey to the Core (SABC3).

All this work fills me with passion and purpose, and gives me meaning and fulfilment. It succeeds many years as a lecturer at the University of Cape Town.

Published in Odyssey Magazine : February/March 2010

A new world is in the process of emerging, but not without severe labour pains. Natalia Baker looks at the characteristics and qualities of the ‘new human' and how levels of mastery and self-love are necessary to be in tune with the emergent energy.

We are clearly in a deeply transformative cycle, undergoing a quantum shift. The outer systems of our world – economies, health care, environmental issues, education and so on – only change to the degree individuals awaken. It might therefore be valuable to look at who we are becoming and what qualities we express to assist in making these changes so as to participate fully in the new consciousness.