I am passionate about supporting you heal from whatever happened to you, transforming old beliefs and habits that no longer serve your highest good, so that you can feel safe, confident, and more connected to your intuition and your own sacredness by developing a sense of True Belonging -- to the Earth, to yourself, and to the Divine.
I was born and raised in Germany and lived in Paris for a while until the pristine beauty of nature called me to British Columbia in 1996.
My personal experience of birth trauma and childhood abuse, and all that this entails later in life, led me to try out many different means and modalities in order to heal and grow: yoga, counselling, meditation, self-help books, support groups, horses, somatic therapy, energy healing, psycho-therapy, tantra, breathwork, shamanism...
And then I studied those modalities that I found to be most helpful in order to deepen into them, and they became my way of life.
Working for over 20 years as a peer counsellor, support group facilitator, shamanic practitioner, and integrated bodyworker showed me that my true passion is to share this wisdom with those who are healing from similar life experiences, and I much prefer to teach you the tools you can use to heal yourself.
Bodywork was the beginning of my formal training. I studied massage at The Healing Bodywork Centre in Vancouver, BC, and earned a Certificate in Integrated Bodywork in 2007. Later that year I was also initiated into Usui Reiki.
This hands-on approach has offered me a good understanding of how the body stores traumatic memories, and how it can be released.
Peer Counselling is the foundation of everything I do. My empathic listening skills and my ability to create a safe container for another’s healing are the basis for all other healing modalities I use. I earned the Certificate in Peer Counselling from the University of British Columbia in 2007 and deepened into Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) as my primary approaches. I have been facilitating peer support groups for many years and volunteered with S.A.R.A., a non-profit society, supporting survivors of childhood abuse and sexual assault.
Shamanism has opened me up to connecting with the non-human and non-material worlds on a very deep level and I live an animistic way of life. I apply shamanic principles in my healing work through earth-honouring, nature-based rituals.
I began my first apprenticeship in a North-European tradition in 2008 and since my initiation in 2012, I have been taking regular trainings with different international teachers in ancient Germanic and Norse practices.
Being Priestess of the Goddess provides a lovely balance to the more linear "masculine" structures of the other modalities, and my healing work is steeped in the mysteries of the Divine Feminine. I was ordained Elder Priestess of the 13th House Mystery Tradition in 2014 and offer A-Year-And-A-Day priestess initiations through group training and individual mentorships.
Horses have been an important part of my life since earliest childhood. They keep me grounded and true to myself. I was trained in Equine Facilitated Wellness (2016) as well as Equine Assisted Learning (2017) and I had the immense privilege to partner with my equine family of three generations. The two older mares have now crossed over and I am currently looking to partner with a new herd to be able to continue this powerful work.
Yoga has been the foundation of my personal practice since my mother introduced me to Hatha in the 1970s. Yoga’s gentle yet profound healing capacity has always helped me work through my own issues in an embodied way. In 2016, I earned the Certificate in Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma, Resilience and Emotional Well-Being at Langara College in Vancouver and I'm happy to include Trauma-sensitive Yoga in my holistic approach to healing as a beautiful embodiment practice.
Tantra had a profound impact on my personal life and was my first initiation to the Goddess. One of my esteemed teachers is a Yogini of the Kashmir Shaivism and Vedanta traditions and heir to three ancient lineages transmitted from woman to woman since the origins. Over the course of four years of studies, I have been initiated into the mysteries of Kashmir Shaivism and been attuned to three of the ten Mahavidias (goddess energies): Kali, Chinnamasta, and Shodashi. I have also studied Tantra for Sexual Healing with a Western instructor of neo-Tantra. Traditional Tantra as I apply it in my healing processes is the 'Yoga of Presence', the art of being fully aware of all sensations, internal and external, of being sentient in this moment, because the Here and Now is all there is.
How can I guide you on your journey to wholeness and belonging?
