Maria's partner Lynda Yraceburu was born Lynda G Tari. [...]
Lynda's "lost gypsy art of healing" looks like a mish mash of palmistry, massage, chakras, meridians, etc. - all with the Yraceburu woo woo spin. Lynda markets herself with all the usual Nuage claims - secrets, world renowned, initiations. With the added lure of gypsy "color".
Lynda lived with Juliette de Bairclai Levy for a period of time. While there she became Grandmother's healer, and was infused with Juliette's Gypsy Wisdom. She continued to be imbued with Vas Pesh through a variety of teachers and hap-circumstances.
There are a few red flags about Lynda Y. and her alleged methods.
A) "Gypsy"
The term 'gypsy' is used by outsiders, the prefered name is Roma and Sinti ('Rom' means 'human').
B) Palmistry
Palmistry is no R&S tradition. More precisely: it is not done among R&S themselves. Palmistry was sold to gullible gadje (Non-Roma and Non-Sinti) to contribute to the group's income. It is therefore not based on R&S traditions or religions.
C) "Lost" arts/Gypsy Wisdom/religion
Generally speaking, R&S did and do not share their traditions with outsiders, and did/do not even teach them their language. It is therefore not very likely that Linda Y was taught any "gypsy wisdom".
Generally speaking, R&S in Europe accepted xtianity. There is no reason why they would deal with "chakras". Since meridians are part of altmedicine practices based on Chinese thought, it is even less probable this would have entered R&S traditions.
D) Doing a search for "Vas Pesh" only brings up sites mentioning Lynda and Maria Y.
E) Juliette de Bairclai Levy
Again, most sites Google presents in a search for this name are sites mentioning Lynda Y, plus a few sites/ forums discussing pet foods, since de Bairclai apparently wrote a book titled "The Complete Herbal Handbook for the Dog and Cat". Not very much traditional R&S. Other than Lynda Y.'s claims, nothing indicates de Bairclai Levy might have seen herself as a Roma or Sintizza.
F) The names
Neither Tari nor de Bairclai Levy sound convincing for a name of a Roma or Sinti family.
In European countries, R&S families will have names quite common in the respective state they live in, or in former times, mostly lived in. That is you get German, English, French, Spanish, Polish, Hungarian etc names.
What you will not get is names hinting at a noble descent ("de", or "von" etc), or Jewish family names.
To give a few examples:
Spanish musician José Antonio Reyes is of 'gitano' background, so e.g. is Paco de Lucia whose real name is Gomez. A football player is called José Rodriguez Martinez.
A French musician: Bireli Lagrène
Two Brits: Ian Hancock (linguist and R&S rights' activist), Ron Wood/Rolling Stones is also said to be from an R&S family.
A Greek musician from an R&S family: Kostas Pavlidis
Germany/Austria/Netherlands:
Just listing the names of well-known musicians brings about names like Reinhardt, Weiss, Rosenberg, Winterstein, Spindler, Adler. There are other names, too, e.g. Rudko Kawczynski (president of a European R&S organistion), but he was born in Poland and his parents migrated to Germany.
