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
Bellow are some of the education that has informed me in the past 25 years. I acknowledge the gifts & privilege of acquiring it. I am in great reverence for humans and cultures sharing ancestral knowledge infusing it with life and care. And for knowledge that streams through transmissions, intuition, experience, communing with plants and people, and other non “institutional” means.
I have spent extensive time on different lands globally including Palestine / Israel, India, Peru, and Brazil. Immersed deeply in living & learning through earth, eros, heart, plant & amphibian dietas. I am committed to continuing this path from a place of integrity and reverence.
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