By the time I was a young man, I had already survived more than most people do in a lifetime: the kind of start that either closes you down or cracks you wide open. For years, I wasn’t sure which it had done to me.
Then, in 2012, I had a near-death experience in a car accident.
For a few moments, I was gone. And in that place beyond the body, I felt more peace than I had ever felt in my life. I came back knowing two things I still live by: tomorrow isn’t guaranteed, and today is happening for you. Nothing had ever happened to me. It was all happening for me: every loss, every wrong turn, every hard season, preparing me for a purpose I couldn’t yet see.
I came back different. Not fixed. My life didn’t magically get easy, and my body still remembered everything it had been through. But I was awake. Surviving doesn’t heal you. Healing is learning to see what happened as a scar, not a wound.
So I stopped waiting: for permission, for the diploma, for the title, for the money to show up. I started doing the things I loved and sharing what I learned as I learned it. I’ve meditated every day since 2008. I write. I make music and guided meditations with crystal singing bowls. I make soap by hand. And I’m penning a book.
The Work
Everything I share comes down to three simple moves, in order: Recalm the body. Reframe the story. Reclaim your power. The body first, because nothing lands until it settles. Then the story, because a calm body can finally hear a new one. Then your power: leading your life with intention.
I’m not here to be your guru. I don’t have a pedestal, and I don’t want one. I’m a way-shower: a few steps ahead on the same road, with my hand out. Take what resonates, leave the rest, and always trust your own knowing.
Where To Find Me
- Guided meditations and sound journeys: Zane Baker 1111 on Spotify and YouTube.
- Writing, and the guides that go with my videos: my Substack, free to read.
- Handmade crystal soaps: Mystic Soaps.
- One-on-one guided meditation and personal coaching: work with me.
If you’ve ever felt like you came from nowhere, like the odds were never yours, like you were too broken or too far gone to matter, hear this from someone who’s been to the edge and back:
You’re not too late. You’re not too broken. Tomorrow isn’t guaranteed, and today is happening for you.
Still here, against all odds.
May the best manifest. 🌞
