Hello, Kia ora

I am a healing-arts practitioner, educator, author, and seeker currently based in Ōtepoti (Dunedin), Aotearoa New Zealand. Originally from California, I have been teaching yoga, meditation, and creative writing for over twenty years in diverse settings including Hawaiʻi, the Swiss Alps, Colorado, and New Zealand.

I have formal training in Iyengar and Ashtanga yoga and am registered with Yoga Alliance. I am also a Master Practitioner of Energy Medicine in the tradition of the Q’ero mystics of Peru, and I have worked in energetic healing for more than twenty years.

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In my work, I weave movement, breath, creative writing, and energy medicine to support people to reconnect with themselves, regain agency, and explore the interplay between body, mind, spirit, and story. As a published poet and creative-writing educator, I also centre the power of narrative, voice, and embodiment as pathways for healing.

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I am known for my warm, grounded, and curious presence, and for my capacity to hold space for emergence, transformation, and belonging. I offer sessions that are invitational, integrative, and respectful of each person’s lived experience.

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My areas of focus include:

• Yoga and meditation (trauma-sensitive and embodied)

• Energy medicine and shamanic healing (including soul retrieval, cord-cutting, and energetic clearing)

• Creative writing and expressive arts for healing

• Nervous system regulation, embodiment, and reconnecting with life’s natural rhythms

• Holding space for people navigating identity, transition, injury, recovery, or awakening

 

As part of the Wai team, I bring a blend of somatic, creative, and energetic practices, complementing talk-based therapy with body-based, expressive, and transformational modalities. I feel deeply aligned with Wai’s relational, culturally attuned, and trauma-informed kaupapa, and I value the collective space we create together.

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