About

“My first greatest teachers were my grandmother’s hands as they moved on my womb like an endless landscape, the body of my first love as I felt the heart of spirit move through the palms of my hands, and plants, water & stones at a childhood pond.” - Madeleine Michal

Here is some of the education that has informed me in the past 25 years. I acknowledge the gifts & privilage of acquiring this knowledge, and have great reverence for knowledge that streams through transmissions, intuition, experience, immersion in culture and lineages, connecting with plants and people, and other non “institutional” means. 

 

I have spent extensive time living on different lands globally including Palestine / Israel, India, Peru, and Brazil, immersed deeply in living & learning through earth, eros, heart, and plant & amphibian dietas. I am committed to continuing this path centered in integrity and heart.

MA - Art Therapy & Psychotherapy: Clinical Psychology/Mental Health Counseling. Antioch University, WA USA

BFA - Fine Arts & Developmental Psychology. Emmanuel College, MA USA

Intimacy Educator: Sacred intimacy & sexuality work (hands on). In person training & hands on study and practice. Trained with creatrix Caffyn Jesse

Somatic Trauma Release Breathwork Facilitator: Trained with creatrix Beta Lisboa

Kambo Facilitator: Training, Initiation, and Dieta at Kambo Naturalista Peru with Deyan Gajic & Robinson Montilla.

Somatic Plant Medicine Integration Facilitator. Trained with creatrix Atira Tan 

Theta Healing certification: Vibration of voice - Heart Song technique with creator Noam Paz Ananda

Reiki I and II with Libby Barnett

Soul Collage Facilitator: Intuitive visual arts collage technique with founder & creatrix the beloved late Seana Frost

Process Painting including Point zero painting with creatrix michelle Casou and Painting from the source with the late Creatrix Aviva Gold.

Studies and practices in Vajrayana Tantric Buddhism and Tibetan Bon Dzogchen traditions some including: Several tantric studies, yoga, ritual, dance with Monika Natharaj worldwide. Feeding Your Demons studies and practices in person with Lama Tsultrim Allione at Tara Mandala. Several Vipassana MMD meditation retreats including receiving guidance from the late honored Romo Dr. Hudoyo Hupudio at Brahma vihara Arama Buddhist Monastery Bali.

Cobra Breath: Ipsalu Tantra International. In person with Nayano

Embodied Ethics: The Institute for Embodied Intelligence

Somatic Based Interventions Trauma workshop with creatrix Arielle Schwartz

Decolonizing Nonviolent Communication with creatrix Meenadchi

Cultural Somatics with creator Resmaa Menakem

Birth Doula certification: Simkins Center at Bastyr University, WA USA

Ayurveda foundational training: Ayuskama Ayurveda Institute. In person with founder Dr. Arun Sharma

Herbalism self study: April Graham’s She is of the woods