About me
My story
From a young age I was set on the dream of becoming an artist. At university I studied Fine Arts, where through painting I explored the connection between canvas, body, nature and something I couldn't quite grasp yet... In 2013 life took a turn as my healing ~ awakening journey began, initiated by the death and grief process of my grandma. Over the subsequent 2 years, my spiritual awareness gently began to unfold and Reiki began to enter my consciousness in weird and wonderful ways. In 2015 I finally met my Reiki Master and was initiated as a Reiki Practitioner which ignited a deep internal fire. From there, my journey accelerated as I met my first teacher who guided me on a deep, beautiful and often gruelling journey of Sufi teachings which live with me until this day. In 2016 my partner and I left the UK in search of land to build our own home and live in peace and close connection with nature. We now reside in the Mountains of South Portugal.
In 2019 I birthed my daughter into the world with all the wild, raw power that comes with childbirth ~ another awakening process, and this ushered in my embodiment journey. Until that point, I had primarily been bypassing my own suffering, I was largely disassociated from my body and wore many masks and defense mechanisms well. Carrying and birthing a child no longer allowed for that, and the first 3-4 years of raising my daughter faced me with the most intense surfacing of all previous pain and suffering I had repressed. Slowly I began to look my shadows in the face, I had no choice. And little by little, I built capacity to be with the pain, allowing it space to breathe, to be seen, to be felt. Each time being able to release a little more and piece together the internal puzzle of my past. I experimented with ways to be with and alchemise the suffering and developed an array of practices to bring more disassociated ~ afraid ~ ashamed ~ grieving parts of myself back to the present moment. I observed how releasing repressed emotions, moving with the pain body, tracking sensations, energy work & sharing in safe spaces (to name a few) are powerful ways to transform suffering, create liberation and experience huge shifts in wellbeing, awareness, truth, connection to self, life & nature, creativity, purpose & vitality. My experience of life over the last 12 years has had many waves of subtle yet transformative shamanic experiences, soul reclamation, connection to a deep sacred intelligence through meditation, movement and the immense healing power of solitude in nature & her medicines.
I am deeply passionate about women's healing, empowerment & womb wisdom. I feel called to serve in our Collective Sacred Remembrance by reclaiming the wisdom & power in the lost rites of passage of menstruation, menopause & childbirth. I believe in the ability of rapid transformational healing, whilst also honouring the need for gentleness and slowness in our healing journey. I view any physical symptoms as clues and portals into deeper states of suffering and therefore ~ wisdom. I am inspired by the deep intelligence of Mother Nature and in the body's ability to heal itself. I see every challenge surfing in our lives as an opportunity to release deeper limiting beliefs. I have come to all these notions through experience, nothing I teach or offer is a concept alone, everything I bring I have literally experienced and alchemised in my own mind~body~soul connection. Concepts are important and helpful to gain perspective and dig deeper, but essentially the 'real' work is done when we embody these teachings.
As an embodiment guide and energy healer, I work firstly on the energetic level. When we work together, I feel your energetic imprint and intuitively guide you. I receive 'knowings' and create the space for you to journey deeply into the spaces that are ready to be seen, felt, released, transformed and healed. From there, you will experience an expanded state of awareness, a deeper connection to yourself and greater ease, love and joy in your life and relationships.