YOGA DOESN'T ASK US TO BE PERFECT. IT INVITES US TO RETURN TO OURSELVES, TO OUR BREATH, TO THIS MOMENT.
— Heemali
California, USA
YACHAY
MY KNOWING
Heemali is a trauma-informed yoga therapist and Ayurvedic women's health practitioner whose work centers somatic healing for those navigating experiences the body has not yet released. She integrates yoga therapy, Ayurveda, pranayama, and polyvagal-informed nervous system approaches to help clients rebuild internal safety at a pace that respects both physiology and lived history.
Her work has supported survivors of sexual trauma, gender-based violence, and displacement across refugee communities worldwide. As a Certified Trauma-Informed Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, she brings over ten years of embodied practice that bridges ancient healing traditions with contemporary trauma research.
Featured by: Cambridge University · NHS Foundation Trust · Phoenix Trust · Om Yoga Show London
What happens during a session with you?
I create a trauma-sensitive container where your body can begin to feel safe. You remain in control at every moment. Rather than verbal processing, we work through gentle movement, breathwork, and somatic techniques that support your nervous system in finding its way back to regulation. Everything is an invitation rather than an instruction.
How is your approach different from talk therapy?
Body-based work meets you where words cannot always reach. For those from cultural contexts where verbal processing feels unfamiliar, or where talk therapy has been inaccessible, somatic approaches offer another path. I bridge ancient practices with contemporary understanding of the nervous system, supporting your body in completing what difficult experiences may have interrupted.
Who benefits most from this work?
People rebuilding safety after violations of trust or boundaries. Those who have tried talk therapy and found it helpful intellectually, but whose bodies still hold tension or a sense of unfinished business. Anyone ready to reconnect with their body as a source of wisdom.
LLANKAY
THE WORK
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METANOIA MIND
TRANSMISSIONS WEAVING ANCIENT WISDOM WITH MODERN EPISTEMOLOGIES.
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Ayurveda & Yoga for Hormonal Balance: A Sacred Approach to Menstrual and Menopausal Wellness
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Womb Energy Healing: Sacred Medicine for Women Walking Through Loss
There are certain fig trees in ancient groves that root themselves in stone, splitting boulders with patient persistence until what seemed barren becomes fertile ground. The curanderas of the high Andes speak of how the womb possesses this same quality: the capacity to break through what appears unchangeable, to transform the heaviest grief into the richest soil for new life.
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Womb Healing After Reproductive Trauma: Why Ceremony Matters
The ancient wisdom keepers understood something profound about the feminine experience: that certain transitions require more than medical intervention and they call for sacred recognition. This wisdom aligns with how high-achieving women use shamanic practices to reclaim power after life transitions. Across cultures, the womb has been honored not just as a physical space but as a center of deep knowing, holding both creation and release with equal reverence.
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The Warrior's Return: How High-Achieving Women Use Shamanic Practices to Reclaim Their Power
There is a particular quality of emptiness that arrives after achieving everything you once believed would fulfill you. The corner office claimed, the company built, the recognition earned... and still, a hollow space echoes where satisfaction should dwell. You might recognize this terrain if you're a woman who has mastered the art of success in structures that weren't designed with your particular genius in mind.
6 min read
Ayurveda & Yoga for Hormonal Balance: A Sacred Approach to Menstrual and Menopausal Wellness
There are certain trees that know how to hold the memory of storms. Bark scarred but still standing, roots deepened by what tried to uproot them. In the high Andes, the curanderos speak of how what breaks us can also be what finally teaches us to bend without breaking. You might find yourself wondering what it would mean to approach your own body's transitions not as something to be fixed.
6 min read
Womb Energy Healing: Sacred Medicine for Women Walking Through Loss
There are certain fig trees in ancient groves that root themselves in stone, splitting boulders with patient persistence until what seemed barren becomes fertile ground. The curanderas of the high Andes speak of how the womb possesses this same quality: the capacity to break through what appears unchangeable, to transform the heaviest grief into the richest soil for new life.
5 min read
Womb Healing After Reproductive Trauma: Why Ceremony Matters
The ancient wisdom keepers understood something profound about the feminine experience: that certain transitions require more than medical intervention and they call for sacred recognition. This wisdom aligns with how high-achieving women use shamanic practices to reclaim power after life transitions. Across cultures, the womb has been honored not just as a physical space but as a center of deep knowing, holding both creation and release with equal reverence.
9 min read
The Warrior's Return: How High-Achieving Women Use Shamanic Practices to Reclaim Their Power
There is a particular quality of emptiness that arrives after achieving everything you once believed would fulfill you. The corner office claimed, the company built, the recognition earned... and still, a hollow space echoes where satisfaction should dwell. You might recognize this terrain if you're a woman who has mastered the art of success in structures that weren't designed with your particular genius in mind.