Yoga and Ayurveda are considered “sister sciences” in that they were historically and culturally taught and practiced together.

Yoga is a science, philosophy and architecture for going within and exploring the transpersonal aspects of being alive; a coming home to the infinite that is threaded throughout all of life.

Ayurveda is a science, philosophy and framework for engaging with life in a holistic, regenerative, rhythmic way that supports ones capacity to engage in yoga in a meaningful, grounded manner.

The teachers we are down lineage from: Indu Arora, Ryan Kurczak, Dr. Lad

Somatic Experiencing® is a body-oriented therapeutic model that helps address trauma, stress and undigested experiences that were too much, too fast, too soon. Developed by Peter Levine, Ph.D., it is the result of the multidisciplinary study of stress physiology, psychology, ethology, biology, neuroscience, indigenous healing practices, and medical biophysics, with more than 45 years of successful clinical application.

Animism is the belief that all life forms are ensouled- sentient, alive, and communicative.

It is the bedrock of precolonial, prehistoric cultural practice and cosmology that embedded the human experience within a living world.

Animism serves as a way of perceiving, participating and being in the world in a way that cultivates belonging, regeneration and interconnectedness.

Teachers we are down lineage from: Gabriela Gutierrez, Sharon Blackie, Daniel Foor, and my well ancestors of Irish, Scottish, and English descent

Expressive arts is a multi modal experience that embraces creativity as process not outcome.

Through poetry, music, visual arts, theater and the like one can return to their inner knowing and uncover insight.

“Mythopoetics refers to the practice of working with story, symbol, poetry, and myth to deepen a sense of meaningful connection to the world and one’s soul path through it.”

-School of Mythopoetics

Approaches that are sensitive to the reality that we are vulnerable to trauma and/or circumstances that are overwhelming, where our needs for safety, belonging, and dignity aren’t met and therefore, lead to unconscious patterns and beliefs that constrict us and need to be met in a titrated, resourced, relational way to untangle them, increasing our capacity for being alive and being ourselves.

A decolonial approach to social work and mental health that questions and opposes dominant power structures and systems of oppression that hinder individuals and groups from living an equitable, empowering, fulfilling life.

Exploring practical, grounded, ancestral ways of connecting and being in relationship with something bigger than yourself as an orienting center.

Holistic considers the whole you- mind, body, spirit. Rather than focusing only on thoughts or behaviors, we address the interconnectedness of your mind, body, and spirit.