I am an accredited Massage Therapist and Coach. My work focus is on the reclaiming and protection of innocence. Upholding our authenticity is what I dedicate my life to. For the past 4 years I have been working on a methodology of bodywork consisting of bringing the Taoist principles and the Tantric body focused healing tradition into the Western framework and therapy practices. Since a teenager I have explored different approaches and practices that teach the art of listening to the body and soul. Now my current work comprises of working with clients with massage using the tools gathered from the traditions of Taoism and Tantra and various massage modalities taught in the West. I believe that our self-actualization depends on us inhabiting our bodies. Creating a sense of safety and belonging within our bodies makes space for us to effectively live our lives and elevate our consciousness. I am here to help you inhabit your humanity and support you in purifying the relationship you hold with yourself. My hope is that together we can journey ever so slowly and tenderly into the places you have kept shut but are longing to open.
BIO
I was brought up in Riga, Latvia, but at a young age I was sent to Brighton, UK, which soon became my second home. My Latvian design art studies continued with performance art studies in London in 2008. In 2011 as a way to dedicate myself to my healing of trauma, to form a deeper connection to my body and my creativity, my own therapy and healing took precedence, exploration of various spiritual modalities begun. In 2016 reoccurring night dreams beckoned me to leave the life I knew and called me urgently to follow a path of using my hands and my energy to help people heal.
As a child I was a quiet kid, introverted and reflective. Growing up I hated pretending. I was bad at it, and it would hurt me to try and put on a show to please others. I avoided it at all measures. If I performed, I could only be myself. If I was asked to tell the truth, I could not lie. I found it confusing that people were not communicating about that which was actually going on in them at the time, that they seemed to be always trying to talk about other things, this was confusing for me. I kept thinking: why can't we just be who we are, talking about how we actually feel and what we actually want right now? Why is everyone talking about everything but that?! I suffered greatly from living a life society and parents demanded of me, trying to fit into a system that did not seem to be made for people like me. I went along with it for some time, but I was depressed, deep down I was like: ''Wait, this is what I came here for?! This just sucks! Have I really come here to do this?! Why am I asked to do this? This is painful.'' I suffered greatly, feeling deep sense of non-belonging, a sense of traumatized dissociation was a normal day-to-day state for me. Who on earth created a system where you take humans at their most developmentally vulnerable stages, put them into schools, tell how to be, what to do, how to think, how quickly to think, how quickly to get something done, how to dress... What kind of a system takes advantage of such vulnerability? In hindsight, I don't think I was an unusual child, turns out many feel like this in their childhood. Except, at a young age, something in me which I would like to call, a whisper from my soul, a flame of sorts that would never go out, kept begging me to make a promise. The promise was: promise to not give your innocence away. My work is me keeping my promise. My work is how I continue to be the whisper reminding others of the promise they made with their soul. Sometimes a consistent gentle whisper throughout our life is all we need to keep the fire of our soul longings burning.
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HISTORY:
2018-2020, London
2012-2015, worldwide
SKILLS:
- 1 year of trauma therapy work
- 3 years of massage, energy work experience
- 5 years of facilitating and leading groups
- 4 years of performing, directing, designing and devising of performance and theatre
- 10 years of yoga, breath work, chi qong, body work, tantric practices
- 4 years of practicing fine arts & design - textiles, graphics, painting, sculpture & theatre design.
BIO
I was brought up in Riga, Latvia, but at a young age I was sent to Brighton, UK, which soon became my second home. My Latvian design art studies continued with performance art studies in London in 2008. In 2011 as a way to dedicate myself to my healing of trauma, to form a deeper connection to my body and my creativity, my own therapy and healing took precedence, exploration of various spiritual modalities begun. In 2016 reoccurring night dreams beckoned me to leave the life I knew and called me urgently to follow a path of using my hands and my energy to help people heal.
As a child I was a quiet kid, introverted and reflective. Growing up I hated pretending. I was bad at it, and it would hurt me to try and put on a show to please others. I avoided it at all measures. If I performed, I could only be myself. If I was asked to tell the truth, I could not lie. I found it confusing that people were not communicating about that which was actually going on in them at the time, that they seemed to be always trying to talk about other things, this was confusing for me. I kept thinking: why can't we just be who we are, talking about how we actually feel and what we actually want right now? Why is everyone talking about everything but that?! I suffered greatly from living a life society and parents demanded of me, trying to fit into a system that did not seem to be made for people like me. I went along with it for some time, but I was depressed, deep down I was like: ''Wait, this is what I came here for?! This just sucks! Have I really come here to do this?! Why am I asked to do this? This is painful.'' I suffered greatly, feeling deep sense of non-belonging, a sense of traumatized dissociation was a normal day-to-day state for me. Who on earth created a system where you take humans at their most developmentally vulnerable stages, put them into schools, tell how to be, what to do, how to think, how quickly to think, how quickly to get something done, how to dress... What kind of a system takes advantage of such vulnerability? In hindsight, I don't think I was an unusual child, turns out many feel like this in their childhood. Except, at a young age, something in me which I would like to call, a whisper from my soul, a flame of sorts that would never go out, kept begging me to make a promise. The promise was: promise to not give your innocence away. My work is me keeping my promise. My work is how I continue to be the whisper reminding others of the promise they made with their soul. Sometimes a consistent gentle whisper throughout our life is all we need to keep the fire of our soul longings burning.
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HISTORY:
2018-2020, London
- Massage & energy work practice (holistic and sexological bodywork)
- ITEC QCF Diploma in Holistic Massage Therapy
- Taoist bodywork / Emotional Detox massage therapy London
- Work with the organizations Terre des Hommes, Marudam School Farm. Supporting the welfare of teenage orphan girls using tools of performance making, dance and bodywork to empower teenage females and children.
- Environmental education, organic farming (a way of life that deepened my knowledge, excitement for simple, environmentally conscious living and incorporating this way of life and philosophy into my work.
- Emotional integration massage therapy training.
- Teaching self-empowerment workshops and techniques across the world for the last 5 years in schools, retreat centres and for clients 1-on-1.
- Working with women in groups and individually - supporting women's healing and empowerment.
2012-2015, worldwide
- WHAT ABOUT INTIMACY? co - designed and taught worldwide with Jamie Catto - workshop content designed to improve and deepen the relationships in our life.
- WIMP - directed and designed an independent theatre project. WIMP is a one man theatre show exploring the more hidden archetypes of a man living in today's western world.
- BA in Performance Design and Practice, Central Saint Martins, London University of Arts
- Foundational design degree in Textiles design, Riga School of Design and Art
SKILLS:
- 1 year of trauma therapy work
- 3 years of massage, energy work experience
- 5 years of facilitating and leading groups
- 4 years of performing, directing, designing and devising of performance and theatre
- 10 years of yoga, breath work, chi qong, body work, tantric practices
- 4 years of practicing fine arts & design - textiles, graphics, painting, sculpture & theatre design.