Call me, Yai.
I’ve known I wanted to help people since I was a child. I dreamed of giving back to my community—because we’ve come so far, and I recognized the need early. By the time I was a junior in high school, I knew I wanted to become a therapist. I remember believing I’d one day serve the community in Crenshaw, CA.
In 2014, I moved to Oklahoma on my own to chase that dream. I earned my Bachelor’s in Psychology in 2018 and decided to focus on working with children. Over the next five years, I supported youth in group homes, juvenile detention centers, mental health hospitals, and after-school programs. In 2023, during my counseling internship, I began providing therapy for children—and I slowly realized something powerful: the root of many of their struggles began long before them.
That’s when my focus shifted to adults.
I saw that when one person heals, that healing can ripple through generations. I realized the deeper I walked with adults on their healing journeys, the more space opened for the children in their lives to thrive.
But as I continued this work, something inside me shifted again. Talk therapy didn’t feel like the whole picture. I craved something deeper—something I could feel in my body. Two months after graduating with my Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, I attended a 10-day silent meditation course. It changed everything. My entire worldview transformed. I stopped seeing life only as I am—I began seeing things as they are: without judgment, without emotional reactivity, just as they are.
From that place, I no longer saw myself only as a therapist. I became a guide—walking beside others toward healing in a new way.
While I’m not currently practicing therapy, my background in counseling deeply informs the supported spaces I hold. Everything I’ve studied and experienced is a foundation for the work I now offer.
In 2025, I became a certified yoga teacher. As I began weaving together the insights from meditation and yoga, I started to feel it: the body holds what words cannot. True healing happens when we allow ourselves to feel—to sit with our eyes closed in stillness, or to move with our eyes open in presence. That’s where we return to ourselves—without words, without judgment, without clinging to what no longer serves.
If any of my offerings can serve you, my greatest hope is that they bring light. That they bring awareness of truth—universal truth, and truth from within you. And I hope that somewhere in this journey, my work becomes a soft step in your path back to your truest self.
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While I hold a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and am nationally certified (NCE), I am not currently practicing as a licensed therapist. The offerings I provide are not clinical mental health services. Instead, I guide people using a trauma-informed, mindfulness-based, and holistic approach—integrating movement, breathwork, meditation, and self-awareness practices to support nervous system regulation, personal growth, and healing. If you are in need of therapy or clinical care, I can refer you to licensed providers.
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Traditional therapy often focuses on talking through issues and exploring thought patterns (which is powerful). My approach complements that by incorporating the wisdom of the body and nervous system. In my work, healing might look like breathing deeper, moving your body slowly, learning how to sit with emotions rather than escape them, or reconnecting with your inner truth. It’s less about analyzing and more about experiencing.
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Every session is a safe space to return to yourself. Depending on the offering, we may use movement (yoga), breathwork, meditation, or reflective prompts. Whether it’s a class or one-on-one session, I guide from a grounded and intuitive place—helping you listen to your body, soften into presence, and gently release what no longer serves you. There’s no pressure to perform or figure it all out. You simply show up as you are.
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Yes. My work can complement therapy or clinical care beautifully. If you’re diagnosed with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or a similar condition, please check with your mental health provider before booking an Inner Witness Session. These sessions can involve deep inner work, and it’s important that they’re approached with the right timing, support system, and clinical guidance in place.
Your safety and well-being always come first.
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Not at all. My space is open to complete beginners and longtime practitioners alike. I guide everything gently, offering modifications and encouragement so you can move or sit in a way that feels supportive. There’s no such thing as being “bad” at meditation or yoga—if you’re willing to show up and breathe, you’re already doing the work.