My work is rooted in a transformational relationship with the body and the land as the ultimate teachers and wisdom keepers.​​​

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My journey spans many realms, from the world of fashion and storytelling to the depths of healing arts and Earth-based wisdom. Beginning as a model at 15 years old, I witnessed intimately the impact of female objectification and disembodiment, which led me to explore a personal path of body-based healing, AKA coming home to my body.

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Prior to this discovery, I received a First-Class degree in Business from King’s College London, where I specialized in entrepreneurship and law, but soon found myself falling ill under the soul-numbing pace of the urban rat race. I decided to leave London to study Yoga and Reiki in New York City, where I later became an apprentice to a world-renowned herbalist and teacher of European indigenous medicine. It was here that I had my most radical (and rude) awakening.

 

You can read more about that chapter here: Baba Yaga & Her Stinging Nettles! 

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Growing up in South Africa, I have long been committed to examining and unraveling the inherited patterns of our colonial patriarchal culture (a lifelong and often brutal journey of uncorrupting the body, mind & soul...). A journey that began with my initiation at the Standing Rock Indigenous Protests in 2016 and deepened through the somatic abolitionism work I did with Dr Resmaa Menakem and the Rooted Village. During my time as Program Director at Canvas Institute NYC, an arts and civic engagement space, I witnessed how amplifying community-driven creativity can serve not only as a political tool of liberation but also as a profound pathway to healing.

 

As a lifelong devotee of the Earth, I have been called to walk the shamanic path of study and practice. Along this path, my training in trauma-informed somatic practices continues to deepen my understanding of the nervous system, while certification in Parts Work expands my capacity to engage in dialogue and reconciliation with the many facets of our inner world.

 

Together, these lenses reveal the vital role of both body and psyche in nurturing personal and collective wellbeing.

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My work centers on guiding humans to embody the change they wish to see in the world. This has taken many forms: from completing a three-year study in Modern Matriarchal Studies at the Academy Hagia under Dr. Heide Goettner-Abendroth, culminating in a thesis on rites of passage and how they shape and sustain a culture, to stepping into the role of muse within my own story and acting in films that explore women’s awakening through the storytelling of repressed female archetypes.​

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See more here.​​

When I’m not nourishing my company, Wild Nettle,  I’m supporting births as a doula, holding ceremonial rites of passage, coaching embodiment on film sets, or igniting radical passion at festivals around the world.

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As I said, permission to be multifaceted ;)

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This space is both portfolio and sanctuary, a living archive where you can witness my work, step into mentorship, or bring a piece of the magic into your own life/company.

 

I am excited to play and weave together!

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