About Jiayuh Chyan

Who Am I

I am the author of the international bestseller and award-winning book Your Key to the Akashic Records and Blossom Through the Akashic Records. I have been working with the Akashic Records since 2014 and teaching since 2015.

But I did not start out as a spiritual teacher. Far from it.

I was born and raised in Taiwan and came to the United States in 1988 to attend graduate school. I earned a master’s degree in Applied Mathematics–Actuarial Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and spent 20 years working in corporate America as an actuary.

I was a confident career woman. I trusted logic, analysis, and practical results. I certainly did not expect my life to take me into the world of energy healing and the Akashic Records.

My Spiritual Journey

My spiritual journey began during one of the most difficult periods of my life.

After 17 years of marriage, I found the courage to leave in 2005. I was also grieving the child I lost through miscarriage and carrying the guilt of not being there for my father’s funeral. All of these sorrows just about brought me to my knees, even as I continued to manage everyday life.

Then, in March 2006, I had my first energy healing experience.

I was blown away by how deeply it affected me. Even with my analytical mind as an actuary, I could not simply dismiss what I experienced. I began studying and practicing Healing Touch on myself and soon realized that energy work was helping me manage stress and move through life’s difficulties in a way I had never experienced before.

Then the healing began.

Over the next several years, I studied and worked with different healing modalities and began helping others. Even so, I went through my own period of disbelief and resistance. I questioned the experiences I was having and the gifts I was discovering in myself.

Little by little, I learned to accept myself for exactly who I am and embrace the gifts I had been given.

How I Discovered the Akashic Records

About eight years into my spiritual journey, I wanted another way to help people.

Many of my clients came to me with questions about difficult situations in their lives. I wished there was a way I could help them find their own answers rather than simply giving them what I knew from my own experience.

I wasn't exactly sure what I was looking for, so I started searching the Internet.

That was how I came across the Akashic Records.

At first, I was intrigued. But I was also skeptical.

I realized that the Akashic Records were what I had heard about growing up as the “Book of Life.” I had always thought the Book of Life was just one of those stories older generations told children. I couldn't believe it might actually exist.

The idea that I could access information about my own soul and get guidance whenever I needed it sounded almost too good to be true.

I remember thinking, “What if it is true? What if I can really get help from my own soul?”

But another part of me argued, “I am just me. Wouldn't someone need some special magical power to do this?”

So, yes, I was skeptical.

Eventually, I decided to take a beginners’ class in Massachusetts. During the class, I was surprised to discover that I could actually feel and see things during the exercises.

Then something even more unexpected happened.

I received guidance from my Records that I needed to become a certified teacher and teach this work myself.

I did not want to believe it.

But I couldn't stop wondering:

What if I was meant to be a teacher?

I followed that question.

In 2014, I completed my first Akashic Records teacher certification, and I began teaching in 2015. What I thought would be the end of my training turned out to be the beginning of a much longer journey.

I continued learning, teaching, and deepening my understanding of the Records. Along the way, I went through additional teacher training, gained experience in curriculum development, and eventually developed my own teaching program. Over the years, I have continued refining my approach through teaching and working with students from around the world.

Why I Teach

The Akashic Records have changed my life in ways I could never have imagined when I first discovered them.

They have helped me find clarity during difficult situations, make painful decisions, move through major life changes, and become more willing to honor my own spiritual authority. They have also helped me see myself and other people with greater understanding and less judgment.

My own journey taught me that spiritual growth doesn't happen all at once. I have grown little by little and layer by layer. I have learned to listen more closely to my heart, accept myself more fully, and honor my own spiritual authority—even when doing so meant making painful decisions.

The Records have supported me through some of the biggest transitions of my life.

In July 2015, after two decades in corporate America, I chose to retire and devote myself fully to my work in mind, body, and spirit.

And I have continued to grow through this work ever since.

Today, I bring together the analytical discipline of my former career, years of experience in energy healing, more than a decade of working with the Akashic Records, and more than a decade of teaching students from around the world.

My books and certification programs have grown out of that journey.

I don't believe spiritual learning is about simply collecting information or earning a certificate. For me, it is about discovering something for yourself, growing through what you learn, and allowing that growth to become part of how you live your life.

That is the journey that brought me here.

And it is why I continue to teach.