My Body and My Work are at once Archive and Oracle
My approach moves like a river, drawing from chaplaincy, traditional medicine, psychological and somatic practices, and a trauma- and carnage-informed perspective. Each tradition informs, supports, challenges, and invites the others into further conversation.
Rooted in ritual and grounded in earth practices, in dialogue with Eastern and Western lineages, alongside neuroscience and in communion with the unseen, this approach tends to both the wounded personal psyche and the divided collective body.
As a mixed caste, queer, non-binary person, I am committed to the inseparability of personal liberation and kinship - in echo and in divergence. I am also committed to placing these lineages in dialogue so we may co-remember our wholeness.
Vajrayana (Tantra) Buddhist Chaplaincy
I am trained by Tulku Pema Khandro to teach shamatha (abiding in tranquility) meditation, and as a mindfulness teacher and mentor by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.
I am currently in a seven-year Master’s Program in Tantra and Sutra in the Gelugpa tradition at FPMT’s Nalanda Monastery. Under Lama Tsultrim Allione, I am engaged in an eight-year study and practice program in the terma cycle of Dzinpa Rangdröl (“Natural Liberation of Clinging”), a Dzogchen treasure revealed by Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje, a yogic lineage that combines the teachings of Machig Labdrön with the Dzogchen methods of direct realization.
My chaplaincy path has included the Sati Center, Union Theological Seminary’s RISE program for Women of Color in Ministry, Year of the Black Woman with Dr. Pamela Ayo, Movement Chaplaincy with Faith Matters, and now the Vajrayana Spiritual Care Foundations program with Yangti Yoga.
I received a Woman Leader in Buddhism grant from the Frederick Lenz Foundation and was a Sacred Writes Fellow at Northeastern University, where I trained in making classical religious philosophy relevant to the contemporary world. I am a Commons Fellow at the Western States Center, training in the role of faith leaders in preserving democracy.
Trauma-Informed Approach
I have certifications in Traumatic Stress Studies with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk and in Polyvagal Theory with Dr. Stephen Porges. I am also certified as a Coherence Coach by Dr. Bruce Ecker, with a focus on transforming treatment-resistant trauma. I am trained in Integrated Attachment Therapy (Level 1) to support the healing of early relational wounds through inner child work. In addition, I have completed a certificate program in Sex Therapy and am certified as both a Tibetan Medicine (Sowa Rigpa) Counselor and a Psilocybin Facilitator.
Carnage-Informed Liberatory Practice
I am a certified Nonviolent Communication (NVC) teacher. My studies include Political Extimacy© (formerly Somatic Extimacy) with Dr. Kesha Fikes, which explores how trauma and transformation move through the body in collective, relational, and political contexts. From Aaron Johnson, the founder of Grief to Action, I am learning Touch Activism in which consensual, platonic touch is a site for healing intergenerational grief. I have trained in Somatic Abolitionism with Resmaa Menakem, centering the body’s role in racial trauma.