I acknowledge the work occurs on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabek, and Haudenosaunee peoples. I am deeply grateful to the original stewards of this land, and acknowledge the enduring presence, knowledge, and contributions of Indigenous peoples, past and present. I recognize both the strength of Indigenous communities and the lasting effects of historical and ongoing injustices.

A note on drumming, singing, sounding, smoke cleansing practices and more…

I offer practices such as smoke cleansing, drumming, sounding, and singing with the utmost reverence. These are medicines of all people, and ancestral gifts that connect us. In my work, I use plants and methods from my own ancestry, training, and my deepening relationship with the plants of the land I live on. I do my best to avoid using the word smudging, as I acknowledge that on the land where I live, this term is tied to the traditional ceremonial practices of Indigenous peoples.

Drumming, singing, vocal sounding, and dancing practices are healing medicines shared across many cultures worldwide, including Middle Eastern & Mediterranean Lineages, Indigenous nations, Central/South Asian & Indian Lineages, European & Celtic Lineages, East & North African Lineages, and more. Frame drumming in particular is one of the oldest known musical traditions in the world and appears in multiple, unrelated lineages across many continents. It carries the heartbeat of community, ceremony, healing, and connection with these sacred practices that remind us of our deep belonging and the communal bonds that sustain us.

In my work, I honour these shared practices of drumming, singing, sounding, and dancing as a universal language that connects us to ourselves, to each other, and to the rhythms of the earth. Rhythm is innate, it is the most natural thing on the planet.

We have long forgotten many of the community rituals that bridge separation, and it is the intention of my work that we remember we are simultaneously sovereign and all one. Our survival depends on connection, on community.

I honour and respect my own ancestry. I am of East African, Indian, and Irish descent. I was raised Ismaili Muslim, a tradition with deep historical and cultural ties to Sufism, where music and rhythm are part of devotion, prayer, and community. While I no longer actively practice the faith, it remains a meaningful part of my roots, blood, bones, and childhood memories. I honour all the people who have come before me, whose legacies carry through these shared medicines and practices.

A note on Feminine Shamanic Traditions and Archetypal Work…

Some of the work I offer draws from feminine shamanic lineages and traditions, as well as archetypal and goddess wisdom. These teachings offer profound pathways into embodiment, healing, and reclaiming feminine power.

Feminine shamanic work includes connection to nature, the ancestors, cyclical wisdom, spiritual practices and rituals, dance journeying, intuition, and altered sates of consciousness. This work honours feminine wisdom across many cultures. It is my belief that this work is desperately needed during this time on Earth.

I approach these practices with humility and reverence, aware that the term “shaman” holds sacred meaning in many Indigenous cultures.

In weaving feminine shamanic practices into my offerings, I hold space for the ancestral feminine energies and archetypes that live within our very bones, inviting a connection to the wild, wise, and sacred aspects of ourselves that support healing and transformation.

This work is often inspired by, or draws from, a variety of folk, earth-based traditions, and cross-cultural feminine wisdom, but it is not synonymous with any one specific Indigenous shamanic tradition.

It is my truth and my path to steward this work, and I offer it with deep care and respect for teachers who have inspired me.

An Acknowledgement to my Teachers

I acknowledge the following teachers as guides on my path, whose wisdom and presence have shaped my journey and offerings:

• Mother Earth, the land, the plants

• My own sacred body

• Psilocybin medicine

• Camille Willemain (feminine shamanic teachings, archetypal work)

• Kasia Urbaniak (power and attention dynamics, emotional alchemy)

• Peter Levine, Joshua Sylvae, and Somatic Experiencing International (somatic experiencing modality)

• Julie Gaia (folk herbalism, ancestral land teachings)

• Maria Mendola (myofascial release, functional movement)

• Stephen Porges and Deb Dana (polyvagal theory and attachment healing)

• Genevieve Yellin and TIYT (trauma-informed practice)

• Richard Miller and iRest Institute (Nidra, visualization techniques, and Dyad somatic work)

• Thomas Hanna and Sarah Warren (clinical somatics)

• Kimberly Ann Johnson (somatic trauma healing)

• Jasmine Rose (ceremonial womb care)

• Kaitlyn Holsapple (somatic practice, shamanic teachings)

I honour my teachers, their teachers, and the teachers who came before them. We are so lucky to be alive in a time when such rich knowledge is so readily accessible, and I am deeply grateful for the teachings I have had the privilege and honour to receive and practice.