My journey towards preparing myself for the work I’m slowly bringing into the world now, has been a nonlinear, perpetual and rhizomatic unfolding with many mentors and teachers I am deeply indebted to along the way. I can’t capture all that I have gathered in my lifetime in a simple site bio, but I want to uplift the people who have blessed my life with their wisdom, and also show up in authenticity about where I come from, what I prioritize in my life, and what learnings have shaped who I am today.
Below is a list of teachers and trainings that have brought me to the place I find myself in now. I want to share the resources that have helped me to connect with my own inner wisdom and if you see something here that you’d like to learn more about, please feel free to reach out and we can discuss it. I don’t endorse every teacher here that I’ve learned from, but I would like to acknowledge and honour the history I have had here with each of these teachers and also be open to sharing my experiences with these teachings in community.
I will also continue my lifelong commitment to continued learning as a perennial student who never tires of the felt sense of starting over again, with a beginner’s mind, as The Fool.
2004 - Level 1 NCCP Coaching & First Aid Level C - National Coaching Certification Program, BC
2008 - Labour and Birth Doula Certification (CLBD) - DONA International
2011 - Perinatal Loss Intensive - By Perinatal Loss Counselor, Miriam Maslin
2013 - Dance & Movement Instructor Certification - By Aryn Savard, Dance Instructor and Coach
2015-6 - Mindful Motherhood - By Mindfulness Instructor, Stephanie Curran, R.TCM.P
2016 - Birthing From Within - By Pam England, Birth worker
2018 - Grief As Initiation - By Death Doula and Instructor, Sara Kerr, Ph.D
2018-23 - Mindfulness Daily - By Tara Brach, Ph.D and Jake Kornfield, Ph.D
2019 - Trauma Informed Yoga Training for Yoga & Healthcare Providers - By Nicole Marcia, MA
2019 - Crossing the Veil - By Death Doula and Instructor, Sara Kerr, Ph.D
2019 - Mindfulness: What is it, Where it comes from, and How to Practice - Naropa University
2019 - Of Stone, Bone and Water - By Griefworker, Shauna Janz, MA
2020-1 - Community Care in Troubling Times - By Griefworker, Shauna Janz, MA
2020-2 - Oracle: Feminine Shamanism - By Carlotta Mastrojani, Love Alchemy Healing
2020 - The Church of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad Crew - By Spring Washam, Author
2020 - The Gifts of Mother Earth: Awakening with Plant-Based Medicine - By Spring Washam, Author
2021 - Dream, Believe, Soar: Vision Quest - By Spring Washam, Author
2021 - Ecstatic Birth - By Debra Woods, Birth worker
2021 - Divine Feminine Training I - By Karyn Crisis, Author, Scholar and Musician
2021 - Radiant Beings: Psychic & Intuitive Training - By Theta Healer, Cinnamon Girodengo
2021 - Metaphysics 101 - By David Pilz, Ph.D
2021 - Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction - By Mindfulness Instructor, Stephanie Curran
2021 - Reiki Level I, 11, & III - By David Pilz, Ph.D
2021 - Reiki Level 1V, V, & Instructor Level - By David Pilz, Ph.D
2021 - Advanced Master Program on the Treatment of Trauma - By the National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine (NICABM)
2021-2023 - Mistress Class: School of Femme Domination - By Mistress Colette Pervette, Ph.D
2021-2 - Roots to Resiliency - By Griefworker, Shauna Janz, MA
2022 - The Dark Night - By Spring Washam, Author
2022 - Non-Violent Communication - By Marshall Rosenberg
2022 - Foundations of Somatic Abolitionism - By Resmaa Menakem, MA & Author
2023 - Jungian Somatic Foundations - Jane Clapp, MA & Author
2023 - Heart of Restorative Justice: Building the Core of Reflective Practice - Canadian Justice Institute
2023 - In progress Gender Diversity Basics Course - Transfocus Academy, BC