A little about me
I’m a breathworker, rest teacher, and embodiment guide.
Think one-part witch in the woods, one part nerdy weirdo who’s been obsessed with bodies for as long as she can remember.
I’m a queer femme. I’m a witch. I’m a creator of things. I’m a dork. A Libra sun, Gemini moon, and an Aries rising. A former rock and roll party girl who doesn’t drink any more and loves to be in bed by 10pm. A intersectional feminist and an anti-capitalist who’s constantly unlearning the bullshit of colonial capitalism.
At the root of everything I do is the question of how we can embody otherwise.
I work with creatives, witches, queers, and changemakers, supporting them in becoming more embodied. We use breath, somatics and rest to help them learn the language of their body, navigate their nervous system, and tune into the truth of who they are, what they need to feel fully alive.
My work is queer- and trans-centred, trauma-conscious, and centred around unraveling colonialism and capitalism from the ways we relate to our bodies.
I’m curious about the ways that we can exist (thrive even!) beyond the destructive systems we currently live within. How we create something better, starting within our own bodies, our ways of moving through the world.
Capitalism and colonialism have robbed us of connection to ourselves, one another, the living world, and magic. Coming home to our bodies is a powerful reclamation and reimagining of those connections. I believe that our bodies and practices can be microcosm of liberation that spirals out into the world.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
These are the golden threads that weave through everything I do.
All bodies are good bodies
Exactly as it says on the tin: bodies of all kinds are celebrated here. Including - especially - queer, trans, fat, disabled, and BIPOC bodies.
Each of us has a complex tangle of history, story, experience, capability, and capacity woven into our body. All of you is welcome here.
Practice and praxis
This work unfolds at its own pace, it’s our job to show up and practice. Each time we do we discover something and with devoted repetition we forge new pathways.
Coming back to yourself is an everyday practice. Embodiment is a skill.
It's lighter than you think
“If I can’t dance I don’t want to be part of your revolution” – Emma Goldman
This is meaningful work but it doesn’t have to be serious. Embracing pleasure, play, and fun as fundamental parts of your life is a massive rebellion to a world that wants you disconnected and joyless.
Our bodies are political
This work doesn’t exist in a glittery bubble detached from the rest of the world. The personal is political. Our bodies, our stories, and our practices are political.
Reconnecting with our bodies is an act of resistance and an important part of unravelling systems of domination and supremacy.
There is no right way
There is no checklist to follow. Perfection isn’t an option. Dogma should be interrogated.
Mistakes, curiosity, and imperfection are part of figuring out what works for you. I can’t tell you The Answers, but I can help guide you as you reacquaint yourself with your inner wisdom.
Queerness and courage
Whether you identify as queer or not, this work invites you to interrogate assumptions and tell uncomfortable truths so you can be fully who you are.
You’ll learn to stay with yourself in discomfort, and step by step bravely learn to walk our own path.
Lineage
The paths I’ve followed and the web of wisdom from all who came before me.
Alchemical Alignment - Trauma Resolution & Embodiment of Spirit. Joseph Saine (lead teacher)
Mystery School. Leila Sadeghee and Jaliessa Sipress
Composting Capitalism. Megan Leatherman
Finding Flow - Advanced Nervous System Care for Thawing Freeze Dynamics. Rae Halder
The Magic of Yoga Nidra. Pip Roberts
We Will Dance With Mountains. Bayo Akomolafe (lead teacher)
Breath Work. Jennye Patterson (lead teacher), Sounds True
Breathwork Teacher Training (200 hour). Chauna Bryant (lead teacher), Breath Liberation Society
Called Mentorship. Naomi Absalom
Simple Yoga Nidras - Trauma Informed Yoga Nidra training. Theo Wildcroft, Nourish Yoga
Yoga for Connection, Healing, and Resilience. Mei Lai Swan, Yoga for Humankind
Tarot for the Wild Soul. Lyndsey Mack, Soul Tarot School
Mindful Strength Teacher’s Intensive . Kathryn Bruni Young (lead teacher), Mindful Strength
Foundations of Trauma Sensitive Yoga. Alexandra Cat, The Trauma Center
Liberate Teacher Mentorship. Naomi Absalom
Yoga Teacher Training (200 hour). Naomi Aanand (lead teacher), Yoga on the Lane
…among countless workshops, classes, podcasts, books, and embodied life experience.
My approach has been greatly influenced by the work of adrienne maree brown, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Sonya Renee Taylor, Audre Lorde, bell hooks, Resmaa Manakem, and Tyson Yunkaporta. I extend deep gratitude to them.
I’m also deeply grateful for ancient wisdom traditions that have informed my practice, and my teachers’, including yogic philosophy, Buddhism, Indigenous spirituality, and earth-based worship, ritual and magic.
Breath, rest and magic are all inherently cultural and political. Healing the separation of mind/body, self/other requires that we acknowledge the systems that created such a divide, and how they manifest in spiritual, healing, and embodiment practices today. I’m committed to ongoing learning, accountability, and repair around the colonisation of embodied wisdom traditions.