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ABOUT

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"Keep on Being Weird"
Holistic Guide for Women 
Educator, Coach, Priestess
Carrier of the Wise Woman Tradition
 
 

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I research the nature of being, walking the spiral path of the feminine & soul initiation.  
As a guide, my work explores the multi-faced nature of what it means to be a human woman in this time.
I stand for & with the magick
of womanhood, of the body, the mystery. 

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MY STORY 

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Born in New York City, my life took an unexpected shift I when I arrived in the holy land of Canaan in August 2013 to study Arabic. With a budding career in social-justice oriented politics and journalism, I left the US for what I thought would be 6 months to study and connect first hand to the realties of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

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Completely to my surprise, this land had other plans for me, and very soon I found myself awakening,  thrust into the path of my deep healing journey.  Living close to the land for the first time in my life, I was  introduced to the worlds of plant medicine, shamanism, sacred music, conscious sexuality and feminine awakening.

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Suddenly I found deep belonging, connection and an unwinding path of deepening self-acceptance. 

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This was a relief, a soothing, to my inner being who for years and years experienced a fundamental loneliness and not-enoughness. Connection with the magic of the cosmos, a longing suppressed from childhood, also began to reveal itself to me.

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As my journey evolved, I joined the unique community of Israelis and Palestinians doing ecological peace work in the Jericho desert. During this period, I experienced new heights of love and connection, truly miraculous moments of deep peace, and yet I also experienced sexual  violence, and the destruction of my naivety. It was there where I was initiated into the gate of Trauma. 

 

Slowly slowly, through this initiation I began to heal developmental wounds and trauma, further returning to myself. In the process, I began to study (and never stopped!)  a wide spectrum of somatic & spiritual disciplines.

 

I dove into sexuality, sensuality, feminine embodiment,  trauma & the nervous system, movement, wholistic psychology & holistic healing. I discovered the wisdom of my body, the power of stored unconscious memory, emotion and experience.  

 

Incredibly, I discovered my ability to connect with the mystery through my female cyclical nature, my womb, my sex and my heart. This wisdom continues to blow me away day after day.

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In my journey I've healed from chronic yeast infections & UTIs, sexual trauma and debilitating anxiety.   

 

13+  years later, still traveling , I let go of journalism, but I’m still committed to being a part of creating a different kind of life on this planet. 

 

Today, I dedicate myself to Womb & Fertility Care - from the spiritual  to the somatic - personal & collective-liberation work.  I immerse myself in the overlap of personal and societal, of spiritual and material, sacred and mundane. 

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Qualifications  & Training

MA  School (Current) 

  • Womb Continuum Care - hands on, hands in pelvic care and womb tending. 

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The Temple Training - Highden Mystery School

  • 6 week residential  training diving into the mysteries of Soul Initiation. 

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Medicine Somatics -  Somatic Coach, Embodied Trauma Guide, Movement Facilitator ( 250 hours) 

  • Cutting edge somatic technology & full spectrum embodiment with Maya Night 

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Gyneocosophic Guide ( 450 hours)

  • Gynecosophia - the Wisdom School of the Complete Woman

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 Fertility Awareness Method Educator 

  • Certified FEMM teacher

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Feldenkrais NeuroSomatics Practitioner (4 years, 800 hours)

  • School of Ruty Bar

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 School of Mystery, Sacred Dance & Feminine Arts (300+ hours)

  • with Zola Dubinikova including 2 month intensive in Goa, India

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 International School of Temple Arts (ISTA)

  • Spiritual Sexual Shamanic Graduate and Assistant (Level 1, 2 & 3)

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Yoga Instructor (800+ hours)

  • 600 hrs Vinyasa and Non-Dualism with Roxi Stolk, Michmoret Israel 

  • 200 hrs Katonah Yoga with Founder Nevine Michaan and senior teacher Abbie Galvin NY, NY 

  • Additional training in Yoga for a Happy Back with Rachel Kretzman

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My happy place is eating figs and/or blackberries straight off the bush

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