Halie Devlin

Working with humans who identify as being in recovery is Halie’s life’s work and greatest passion. She has come to adopt SAMHSA’s definition of recovery in her work with others: “A process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential.” By this definition, MANY of us are seeking a life of recovery.

As a somatic coach, sober coach, yoga and meditation teacher, ceremonialist, and a woman in recovery for 7+ years, the work Halie does is both body-centered and spiritually-oriented. There are spiritual circles that devote their practice to transcending the body…but Halie believes with every fiber of her being that recovery is a process of remembering how to BE IN our bodies, to reclaim them as a safe and sacred space. The more we can learn to consciously inhabit our bodies, the better we heal and the more agency we ultimately have in our lives. With this in mind, Halie loves to draw upon the 1,000+ hours of training and study she has integrated about trauma-informed care, somatics, neuroscience, and more to provide you with education and practices that empower you to learn how to understand the language and deep wisdom of your body.

Victoria Simpson

Victoria’s passion for the healing arts developed through her own healing and life journey. During her mid-twenties she had an insatiable thirst to understand more about the complexities of being human. Her perception of herself and the world was filtered by the distorted lens of developmental trauma without yet having the knowledge to understand it for what it was. Wired for intensity, grasping for healing, Victoria took to India year after year for long stays. She immersed herself in many explorations, studies and trainings in different spiritual lineages and healing methodologies. All of this, yet she still felt disconnected and confused by the amounts of pain and contradiction she was experiencing. She had an abundance of tools and awareness, but deep down something wasn't shifting. She didn't feel safe or grounded in her body and the anxiety she felt didn't match her life circumstances. Shifts and integration started to happen for her when she started to bridge the gap between spirituality and science; Her teachings are inspired through spending time immersed in Eastern culture and philosophy and her passion in Neuroscience and Somatic Experiencing. Understanding the nervous system gently and gradually helped her walk the path from disconnection to gain her sense of self, her sense of wholeness. She believes safety and trust within ourselves, is one of the fundamental needs for us to live life to our full potential as human beings and that is why she encourages her students to become re-embodied and become fluent in understanding the various languages of the body.

Soni Dasmohapatra

Soni has been a yogini all her life. Rituals, prayers, mantras, and spiritual traditions make up the tapestry of her upbringing and of her personal practice. She has recited mantra since childhood and has studied Indian classical dance forms Kathak and Odissi for over two decades. Yoga, dance, and singing has helped her build self-confidence, calm her nervous system, kept her connected to her roots, and to India’s rich culture, history, and identity.

Soni continues to nurture her inspiration to share yoga’s origins in India and support students by bridging this ancient science with modern experiences in the west. Her interest in well-being led her to attaining her Reiki masters, yoga teaching certifications from Akhanda Yoga and Miranda Gray’s Moon Mother level 1. She has a business called Lunar Womb.

Soni is a strong advocate in valuing that holistic wellness is nurtured through reflexive practice. Soni's passion is to facilitate a simple daily practice so that individuals can identify their rhythms and cycles in sync with their lifestyle pattern to maintain their unique formula of balance and stability while experiencing life. Soni offers tools such as Somatic Coaching, Ayurvedic Consultations, and yoga practice/teachings to provide a diversity of healing modalities which are catered to unique individual journeys or group classes for individual and collective action to embody well-being.

Rochelle Starr

Rochelle is from Little Pine First Nation, which is located in Treaty 6 territory in Saskatchewan and is of Cree and German descent. She presently lives in Edmonton, AB, Treaty 6 territory with her three children who are from Thunderchild First Nation, SK.

Rochelle is a Ph.D. candidate in the specialization of Indigenous Peoples Education, Department of Educational Policy Studies, Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. She also holds a Masters of Education, and Bachelor of Arts, specializing in First Nation Studies and Political Science.

Rochelle's work focuses on Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous understandings of Crises (colonialism, oppression, racism, and Indigenous & non-Indigenous relationships), Indigenous research methodologies, Indigenous pedagogy, Cree language, and Leadership of Young Indigenous women, Rochelle is also the Director of the Young Indigenous Women's Circle of Leadership, a program housed at the University of Alberta which provides access to Cree language, ceremony, land, and culture to young Indigenous women. Rochelle is committed to inspiring and creating ways of being that are deeply rooted in the power of our ancestors and that are therefore life-giving and bring about love, strength, and freedom.

While this group represents our core teaching team, we do have other co-facilitators that we sometimes call upon to offer specialized lectures. HERE is a list of all of homebody’s co-facilitators.