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- Rozaliya is an L.A.-based mystic alchemist who runs spiritual retreats for celebrities and the global elite, but her life wasn’t always about chakras and crystals
- Although she found success and wealth as an entrepreneur at a young age, something was missing
- Then came a trip to Bali that changed everything — and led her to leave the life she’d known behind
Rozaliya, an L.A.-based mystic alchemist, is quietly trusted by Hollywood’s elite and global entrepreneurs to lead them on spiritual retreats for “awakening” — but her life hasn’t always about chakras, crystals and sacred methods.
“You can’t guide a soul through struggles you’ve never faced yourself,” she tells PEOPLE.
Hailing from Bulgaria, Rozaliya became an entrepreneur at a young age, launching modeling and advertising agencies. She went on to obtain a master’s degree in business and produce major TV shows and fashion events.
Later, in Germany, she lived in luxury homes, traveled often and spent summers on the French Riviera.
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Despite all the success, she felt something was missing.
“I was living the life most people dream of, but I was burned out and not happy,” she says. “I knew there must be a bigger mission for why we live this life.”
Her homeland of Bulgaria one of the oldest and most spiritual lands — and despite feeling like she was born with natural intuitive and psychic gifts, those abilities began to fade as she dedicated her life to work.
Then a trip to Bali that changed everything.
There she met a martial artist who taught her the power of the mind and the magic of awakening the inner warrior. She also saw people living with almost nothing — just bananas and rice — yet radiating joy, while the wealthy around her remained deeply unhappy.
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She began to see things from a completely different perspective. The two worlds clashed within her: material security versus mental freedom.
Confused, she asked a priest for guidance. His answer was simple: “Make silence.”
So she left everything: her husband, her family, her possessions and all the excess wealth she had earned. “I didn’t want to be dependent on money or other people.” she says. “That was a jail, not a life. I wanted to know the truth of life, and silence was the only way.”
The almost two and a half years she spent alone in silence in Bali became the beginning of her awakening.
Later, she spent six years in Asia with a Dzogchen master living in Nepal and Bali, meditating in caves, fasting, learning, serving and teaching. Through this, she discovered her true calling: not to remain hidden in seclusion, but to return to the modern world and help others.
She has since helped billionaires navigate complex deals, guided artists through spiritual rebirth, and supported CEOs in rediscovering their true calling.
Her work includes teaching more than 120 kinds of meditation and working with over 200 types of crystals. In fact, she’s created a crystal jewelry line inspired by sacred codes, which has become a favorite of celebrities like Janet Jackson and Billie Eilish. “Crystals are living beings,” she explains. “They are stabilizers that free us from the misery of the mind.”
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Even with her success, Rozaliya says she always returns to silence.
“When you connect to your secret self even for a few minutes you stop being a victim and become a warrior,” she shares. “Life becomes more meaningful, and happiness arises naturally from within.”
