Hi, my name is Devyn (they/them).
I am a liberation guide in this world to support our healing through love. As a queer integrative embodiment practitioner, bodyworker, death doula, collective imagination practitioner, community organizer, and artist I aim to inspire people to liberation through joy, ease, and play. Offering tools to help us realize our body's innate ability to heal trauma, develop secure connections, and grow beyond our pain. I support people in learning to rise above reactions and stay centered through the complexities of life. Rooted in healing justice and embodied social justice praxes my work dances between body and emotional intelligence education, relationship building with ourselves and the earth, ceremony, imagination, storytelling and performance art. I specialize in sexual assault, and domestic violence healing, guiding people to rediscover the feeling of safety and security in their own bodies and in connection with others.
We are born knowing. Unburdened by the complexities of society. We want simple things - love, comfort, food, and rest. We look at the world curiously, finding joy in the sounds, lights, colors, and comforts of another's arms. As we learn how to engage with the world around us we don’t worry about doing it right or pretty, we simply strive for connection. We trust our bodies as they teach us what feels good, what we need, what we like or don’t like. In this process of innocent discovery we are also being taught how to fit into the frameworks our societies have built. Many of these frameworks were not designed for our expansion but rather for our compliance. As we grew we took on pieces of these frameworks as our truths, we made ourselves smaller to fit the boxes, dampened our own light to protect ourselves, were wounded, and learned it was unsafe to be free.
In a society not designed for us to thrive we forget ourselves. We forget that we were born as little balls of honest light. What does light do innately? Burn bright and beautiful. If we allow for our innate abilities to thrive we will burn past all that limits us, all the things we picked up that aren’t us. We alchemize our experience into the light that is our unique brilliant truth, an expression of love that is all our own.
As a healer, I gently guide clients to trust and fully harness their light. We do this by meeting all of ourselves with compassion to reprogram unwanted patterns, overcome past traumas, strengthen our emotional intelligence, and develop embodied relating skills, all through love and play. I want to empower us all to live into your vision for your life by giving you the tools live an intentional balanced life full of joy.
Philosophy
Lineages, Teachers, Training
The greatest privilege of my life is that I come from 2 lineages of love. My parents and grandparents each in their own way committed to living beautiful lives of service. They taught me that to love the world is to be in service of it. This is my core commitment to love, to be in service of the world. Which has led me to be a lifelong learner, I am constantly seeking wisdom and a deeper understanding of the world so that I can be in greater service of others.
I have participated in many trainings and certificate programs, and a large core of my knowledge has come from the numerous Indigenous medicine keepers at whose feet I’ve had the privileged of learning. It is in these spaces that I continue to learn about love and all higher forms of being, healing, connecting, and growing.
Some of my trainings include:
Embodied Social Justice Certificate by Embody Lab
Mindlight Mental Health Practitioner Certification
500hr Massage Therapy Training
Death Doula Certification - Going with Grace
Authentic Relating Facilitation Training
Reiki Level 2
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) and Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) training
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) training