Usha is the creator of Womben Wellness, a teacher of feminine-based spirituality, and a master of alternative wellness and plant wisdom.

She combines her knowledge and practice of the ancient Eastern energetic practices learned from her teachers, Himalayan Yoga Master Yogrishi Vishvketu and maestra Doña Maria Carmen, a Zapotec midwife and curandera.

She draws upon her education as a holistic nutritionist, childbirth educator, full-spectrum doula, herbalist, and yoga teacher trainer to create profoundly comprehensive teachings offered in a clear, accessible, and compassionate way

Rochelle Starr 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.

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.

Ivanna has 8+ years of experience in holistic wellness, specializing in somatic therapy and trauma-informed practices. As a Registered Psychotherapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, she skillfully combines body- and cognitive-based approaches to address PTSD and complex trauma in victims of war. Her work includes developing and leading mental health programs in Ukraine, focused on psychological first aid and crisis response using a somatic framework.

Dana began life finding joy in dance, feeling fulfilled by the profound connection a performer has with their body as a means to express and communicate in creative and intuitive ways. In her early teens, Dana turned to drugs and alcohol to navigate depression and chronic fatigue, spiralling into risky behaviour, drifting further from herself into numbness and isolation.

After 15+ years of running on empty, Dana stumbled upon the practice of aerial yoga and slowly began to remember the feeling of trusting her body. She met a string of gifted teachers and healers that led her to Costa Rica to take her yoga teacher training. Life began to feel wider and opportunities more abundant. Now, with 1000+ hours of education and training in various movement modalities, as well as Clinical Somatics, Dana is sharing her path full time in Toronto through classes, 1:1 coaching and therapy sessions, in workshops, retreats, and charity events.

The most rewarding moments have been guiding clients to build trust and safety in their own bodies again. She feels honoured to continue learning in each session, witnessing the alchemy of this practice unfold in magical ways. We all have the capacity to feel healthy, joyful, and at home in our bodies. This work is remembering our true state of love and connection to ourselves, each other, and all that is - somatics is a reclamation of our birthright. 

Victorias passion for the healing arts developed through her own healing and life journey. 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.

A queer sound maker, Deep Listener, and somatic facilitator, Charlie holds embodied offerings that combine somatic movement, poetry, queer ecology, Deep Listening® practices, imagination work, and soundscape creation. Charlie has been leading immersive sound experiences since 2012, and has been leading trainings in the art of sound meditation creation since 2015. As an artist they work inside the mediums of movement, performance poetry, photography, and sound/sonic art.

Charlie is in their second year of a Clinical Somatic Educator / Somatic Movement Therapist program with us here at homebody healing, and is completing their Deep Listening certification with the Center for Deep Listening. They hold a diploma in Performance Arts.

Halie is a clinical somatic educator, coach, facilitator, practitioner, mother, and founder of Embodied Recovery. Her work began to emerge in 2015 when she got sober and realized that after a lifetime of numbing, disconnecting, and running from life, she actually needed to learn how to be in conscious relationship with life if she hoped to stay sober. She dove heart-first into healing practices, personal development, and years of training/study in somatics and trauma-integrated care. She blends her lived experience with her experience as a coach, organizer, movement facilitator, trauma educator, spiritual practitioner, and community builder, to create intentional spaces to explore what it means to recover as individuals and as a collective.

Refiloe Mofokeng is a somatic facilitator and curious soul who supports visionaries in sharing their potent offerings with the world. She knows that as artists, healers and world-creators wake up to their power, fears of rejection and failure often prevent them from sharing their unique gifts. Having grown up on the internet with perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and comparison creeping into her own ability to share, Refiloe understands how daunting visibility — especially online — can be. Drawing on her own experience and the transformative paradigm of somatics, she helps people metabolise their creative fears, expand their capacity for visibility, and show up in ways that feel pleasurable. In her own vibrant words, Refiloe is a Creative Fear Alchemist dancing towards the kaleidoscope of possibility that lies beyond fear.