About
An Invitation to Heal.
For as long as I can remember I wanted to feel at home within myself. Quite frankly, I had no idea what that meant for a long time, just that it was an inescapable yearning I couldn’t shake, a soft nibbling that provoked the very fibers of my being calling me back to balance, to truly know myself. From a young age, I felt sensitive and out of place within my body, like it was hard for me to feel comfortable and relaxed internally. I couldn’t understand why I felt distress whenever an unpleasant thought or emotion would come up. I yearned for solidity, wholeness, for self-mastery. Growing up in a single parent household in New York City taught me to rely on myself to meet my needs, as hard as it was sometimes, because true self-sufficiency meant that no one will rescue you except yourself. Maneuvering life in the hustle whirlwind that is New York City also took its toll on how I learned to function in my daily life. It felt like I was constantly running somewhere, trying to do and be and do again, seeking some external validation through my place in the ever moving chaos. Between getting my BFA degree, working and finding the means to survive in a stack of hospitality jobs that further prompted my discontent, I was a shell of myself, feeing saturated with heavy, disgruntled energy that left very little room for personal introspection, exasperating me to just want to escape it all. I knew I needed to regulate my internal state, to heal. So I made art as a means to transmute my internal landscape.
Art has been my life since I was five years old, when my grandmother took me dancing in golden throne room at the Catherine Palace in St. Petersburg. I love everything about it, the beauty of colors complementing each other, the convictions behind every line and stroke, the individuality that sits behind each creation as it is birthed as something tangible in this world. My passion led me to receive a BFA in Art History and Painting because of how it enlightened my soul. Art became my inner calling, allowing me to convey all that I feel with limitless freedom that is devoid of judgement. The creative process has helped me to focus into the present while stimulating my emotions through color and line as catalysts of courage, allowing me to face my true internal self, warts and all. Everything that’s been bottled up inside is released with intention, conviction and color play. For me, art creates a new path for the expression of emotions, a way of connecting deep within myself to recognize, accept and move out energy that no longer belongs in my body and thus regulating my nervous system responses to a more leveled base state.
Alongside my creative endeavors, I’ve made it my mission to discover different healings, teachings and tools from traditions across the globe, particularly the east. It was twelve years ago when I began to practice yoga and meditation to expand my awareness with these methods, to devote myself to finding balance and purpose. Understanding yogic and eastern energy systems drastically changed how I encompass my body, mind and spirit by interrelating all three components as one vast, fluctuating machine. As I developed my practices, a dear friend introduced me to the wonderful energy system of chakras and balancing the energetic field around our bodies and boy, and I thought I discovered the secrets of alchemy! This opened me to a whole new world of what our bodies are capable of, our ability to govern and understand ourselves through the flow of life within us, a concept that’s been around for millennia in ancient cultures yet one that we are just now rediscovering; energetic coherence. Energy governs our e-motions (energy in motion) and our emotions are what makes use human, bringing forth the ever fluctuating dance of pleasure and pain, and also creativity. The chakra wheels are symbolic patterns of our mental and physical programming. They are stored at focal points along our spine and correlate with our nervous system and organs, store our beliefs, our vitality and the blockages we’ve accumulated over our lifetime (and past lifetimes). The chakras also vibrate in connection to color and sound wave frequencies, giving me a marvelous idea to construct a creative healing modality that combines art with chakra energy healing, a method to move stagnant energy and beliefs out from our bodies in a fun, interactive way that’s uniquely catered to you. This system directly connects you to your innate healing and creative abilities, coming from your hands and eyes and emotions, alongside with me guiding, supporting and healing you. All level artists are welcome to this healing, even if you’ve never picked up a paint brush, it works exactly in a way to help you start.
I am a healer, artist and painting teacher and have been teaching painting classes to students across the country, in person and virtually.
I am accredited as the following:
*Reiki Holy Fire III® Master Healer
*Yoga Alliance 500hr Certified Yoga Teacher RYT-Trauma Informed
*Hypnotherapy Practitioner
*Meditation Teacher
*BFA Art History & Studio Art
I always knew I wanted to be of service in this world, to help others realize their potential. My natural affinity is to help ease the pain and disconnection people tend to feel, from others but mostly from themselves. As a healer and teacher, I want to hold space for you to rediscover that glowing light within, for only you can really heal yourself, and yet the teachers and lessons that come to us on this beautiful journey can help align us to the truth of who we all are, so that we may explore and play in ways that enliven our souls and make this human experience a joyous one.