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Loving Presence
Before any method, modality, or framework, this work begins with loving presence. I believe that meaningful support arises not from having the right answers, but from the ability to be present with compassion and be a witness to what is true—especially during times of overwhelming contraction and expansion.
The Journey
My journey towards healing and true self-discovery has been a long enduring path, weaving through the depths of deep grief and stress, while also soaring with ever-expanding love and joy. Each step along the way has taught me to embrace the dualities of life, holding the light and the dark with equal reverence. In every present moment, I am learning to find wholeness amidst these contrasts, embracing both the challenges and the beauty that life offers. My commitment to this journey grows stronger with each transformation, deepening my ability to serve and support others in their own transformative paths.
The Vision
Liminal Life Integration envisions a world where life’s transitions—grief, uncertainty, endings, and becoming—are met with presence, compassion, and embodied support. A world in which individuals feel resourced to listen to their bodies, honor their emotional landscapes, and reconnect with their inner wisdom, nature, and community during times of profound change.
The Mission
The mission of Liminal Life Integration is to offer a safe, compassionate space where individuals can gently let down protective patterns that no longer serve them, and explore what is emerging beneath.​ Through Hakomi-based mindful somatic psychology, Ayurveda, end-of-life doula work, and nature-based wisdom, Liminal Life Integration provides a compassionate, trauma-aware container to support deeper connection—within oneself, with others, and with the larger web of life—so that moments of transition become opportunities for positive change, integration, and authentic becoming.
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The Integration of Services
Hakomi based Mindful
Somatic Psychology
Ayurveda
Yin Yoga
End of Life Doula
Support
About
Hakomi
Hakomi is a mindfulness-centered, somatic psychotherapy approach that integrates the wisdom of the body, the mind, and the present moment. Developed by Ron Kurtz, Hakomi draws on principles from psychology, mindfulness, body-centered awareness, and the natural intelligence of living systems to support healing at a deep, experiential level.
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At its core, Hakomi works with the understanding that our unconscious beliefs and patterns are held in the body. By bringing mindful attention to bodily sensations, thoughts, emotions, and impulses, these patterns can be gently explored and transformed—not through force, but through awareness, curiosity, and compassion.
Hakomi brings...
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Mindfulness – Staying present with whatever is arising in the body and mind.
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Nonviolence – Approaching yourself and your experience with gentleness and care.
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Organicity – Trusting that the mind-body system naturally seeks health and integration when given attention and support.
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Unity – Recognizing that mind, body, emotions, and experience are interconnected and cannot be separated.
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Truth – Valuing honesty and self-discovery in the present moment, free from judgment or preconceived agendas.
Hakomi is experiential rather than directive. Sessions are slow, attentive, and exploratory, offering a safe container where you can notice how your body and mind respond to life experiences, uncover old patterns, and gradually shift into new ways of relating to yourself and others.
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Through this gentle, body-aware approach, Hakomi can support healing in areas such as emotional overwhelm, grief, relational patterns, trauma, and the transitions and thresholds of life. It emphasizes integration over fixing, trusting that the body and mind hold the wisdom needed for transformation.
About
Ayurveda
Ayurveda is an ancient system of holistic health from India, focused on understanding and supporting the mind, body, and spirit as an interconnected whole.
At its heart, Ayurveda is about listening to your unique constitution, honoring natural rhythms, and cultivating balance through diet, daily routines, lifestyle, movement, and self-care practices.
Ayurveda Brings...
Ayurvedic wisdom to support mental, emotional, and physical well-being includes:
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Supporting balance in the nervous system through routines, breath, and mindful movement
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Observing natural cycles—daily, seasonal, and elemental patterns—to guide integration and healing
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Personalized self-care practices that honor each individual’s constitution and current life circumstances
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Food, ritual, and lifestyle guidance as gentle tools for grounding and supporting emotional resilience
By weaving Ayurveda into somatic psychotherapy, I create a space where mind, body, and nature work together, supporting integration during periods of grief, transition, or transformation. It’s not about rigid prescriptions—rather, it’s about cultivating awareness, attunement, and practices that help you feel steady, embodied, and resourced.
About
Somatic Yin Yoga
Somatic Yin Yoga is a gentle, slow-paced practice that blends stillness, subtle movement, and mindful attention to the body.
Unlike more active forms of yoga, Yin Yoga invites you to linger in poses, explore sensations, and tune into the quiet messages of your body.
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In my work, I integrate Yin Yoga as a tool for interoception—the practice of noticing internal bodily sensations—which complements the mindfulness and somatic awareness central to Hakomi psychotherapy.
Yin Yoga brings...
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Cultivate nervous system regulation and emotional resilience
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Access deeper awareness of habitual patterns and held tension
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Support integration of experiences, grief, or life transitions
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Interoception allows you to listen to subtle bodily signals, and reconnect with your inner rhythms
Somatic Yin Yoga is not about flexibility or “doing it right”—it is about listening, sensing,
and being present in your body.
It provides a gentle, embodied way to accompany the inner work of healing, reflection, and integration.
About
End-of-Life Doula Support
An End-of-Life Doula offers compassionate, non-medical support to individuals and families navigating the profound transitions surrounding death, dying, and bereavement.
The role is about presence, guidance, and creating a safe, supportive space—not about medical care or directing the process.
End of Life Doula Support brings...
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Providing emotional and spiritual presence for those approaching the end of life, and for their loved ones
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Supporting grief and anticipatory loss, helping individuals and families navigate the complex emotions and relational shifts that arise
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Guiding reflective practices, such as life review, meaning-making, and rituals, to honor the life lived
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Creating personalized comfort practices, rooted in the body, breath, and gentle mindfulness, to support ease and dignity
I integrate my experience in Hakomi-based somatic psychotherapy, Ayurveda, and mindful awareness to hold a whole-person approach—attending to mind, body, heart, and spirit.
The work is collaborative, paced according to the needs of those I support, and centered on presence, consent, and compassionate witnessing.
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Through this work, my intention is to help people feel seen, supported, and held during one of life’s most profound transitions, and to offer tools and space for integration, reflection, and gentle healing for both the individual and those they love.
About Sandra
Before becoming a practitioner, I was—and still am—a human learning how to stay present with deep grief and complexity while finding joy and beauty in the simple moments of daily life.
I grew up on Vancouver Island in a family shaped by addiction, loss, and emotional instability. Those early experiences deeply influenced how I learned to cope, relate, and survive—patterns I continue to meet with curiosity and compassion.
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My early career in environmental science was guided by a belief that caring for the natural world was a meaningful way to serve life. Over time, I came to understand that healing ecosystems and healing people are inseparable—that human well-being is ecological, relational, and deeply embodied.
Years spent living in Baja California Sur, immersed in desert, ocean, cross-cultural community, and a slower rhythm of life, opened new ways of sensing who I was beneath old adaptations. Nature, movement, and contemplative practices became teachers.
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My work grows from this lived understanding—a devotion to presence and to meeting grief, transition, and transformation as sacred thresholds, worthy of time and compassionate witnessing. My passion for this work continues to deepen as I discover the many ways we can support integration and
witness one another’s unfolding towards authenticity.
What Shapes My Work
My approach is deeply influenced by Hakomi-based mindful somatic psychotherapy, which emphasizes present-moment awareness, curiosity, and the body as a primary doorway to understanding.
This foundation is enriched by my studies in Ayurveda, particularly its elemental framework, attunement to natural rhythms, and emphasis on self-care, as well as my training in Yoga and as an End-of-Life Doula, which deepened my understanding of life’s thresholds, grief, and transition.
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Together, these influences have shaped a way of working that understands human experience as inherently relational—within the body, within relationships, and within the natural world.
I am drawn to work that is:
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Relational rather than directive
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Body-centered rather than purely cognitive
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Slow, attuned, and consent-base
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Rooted in compassion, presence, and respect for inner timing
At the heart of this work is integration: the gentle weaving together of lived experience,
embodied awareness, and inner knowing.
True wellness does not arise from fixing or bypassing what is difficult, but from listening deeply and allowing all parts of ourselves to belong.I trust that the body holds wisdom—often long before the mind can articulate what is needed.
Together, we attend to what is already emerging, integrating insight, somatic awareness, and spiritual reflection, rather than imposing change from the outside.
Education and Training:
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Nawh Whu’nus’en - We See in Two Worlds: Trauma Sensitive Practices
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Healing Intergenerational Trauma - Embodywise, 2026
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Innate Somatic Intelligence Trauma Therapy Approach, Embodywise, 2026
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Holistic Grief Coach, 2025
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Sylvotherapy, 2025
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Hakomi (Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy) Graduate - Hakomi Institute South East, 2025
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Biopsychosocial Counselling, Yorkville University, 2024
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End of Life Doula Training– INELDA, 2024
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Psychedelic Assisted Therapy Certificate - ATMA Journey, 2024
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Ayurvedic Wellness Coach 300 Hr - The Shakti School, 2024
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Tantra Shakti (Hatha Yoga) 40 Hr - ParaYoga (Rod Stryker), 2024
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3 Wisdom Traditions (Yoga, Ayurveda, Psychology) - 2018
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RYT 500 - Yoga Alliance, July 2018
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Ayurveda Foundations - The Ayurvedic Institute, 2016
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Yoga Teacher Training 300 Hr – 2015
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Ayurveda Therapist Training 200 Hr – Ayurveda Retreat Hospital, 2015
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Yin Yoga Teacher Training 50 Hr – Biff Mithoefer, 2013
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Yoga Teacher Training 200 Hr – Yandara Yoga Institute, 2013
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Bachelor of Environmental Science, Royal Roads University, 2005
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Coastal Integrated Resource Management Diploma, 2005
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I continue to engage in ongoing education, supervision, and personal practice, understanding this work as an evolving path rather than a fixed identity.
How I Work With Clients
I work collaboratively, honoring your experience as the truest guide to your own healing. Sessions are grounded in attunement, relational safety, and ethical care, with clear boundaries and consent guiding every step.
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We move at the pace your body and nervous system allow—listening for what is ready to emerge and giving space to what is not. You will never be rushed, analyzed, or asked to go where you are not prepared.
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Instead, we slow down and pay attention to the quiet signals of your body, mind, and heart, following them as they guide insight, integration, and transformation. Healing unfolds naturally when it is met with curiosity, presence, and gentle care.
I hold deep respect for the wisdom of the nervous system, the protective strategies we develop to survive, and the tender unfolding that occurs when safety, attunement, and presence are offered.
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Healing, in my view, is relational, embodied, and cyclical. Nature, seasonal rhythms, and our interdependence with the world continue to shape my understanding of growth, transformation, and the ongoing process of becoming.
If you are seeking a space where your experience can be met with presence, attunement, depth, patience, and compassion, I welcome you.
This work is not about fixing yourself—
it is about remembering, integrating, and inhabiting who you are becoming.