Meet the Practitioner

Hi, I’m Danielle

And I am passionate about facilitating your journey of self and soul discovery.

I spent a good part of my life looking for validation in all the wrong places, not realizing that the only approval I needed was my own.

I fulfilled one of my childhood dreams of carving out a life in distant lands, far from my ancestral origins. I had all the freedom to pursue my creative curiosities and was recognized for it. I initiated and ran an immigrant supperclub for three years. I was active in a robust yoga community. I had the resources to take long yoga sojourns in India, Bali and New Zealand. I owned a home in one of the most expensive real estate markets in the United States. I was in a fun, rewarding and loving marriage.

Yet, I was constantly plagued by a sense that I was failing at life. I lived under the burden of an inner panopticon, a pervasive sense that my life pivoted on the razor’s edge of failure or success with no room for missteps. Perfection was the only acceptable way of being. Everything I undertook in my life needed to be impeccable and in service to the attainment of this ideal in all my endeavors. If impeccability was not assured, I risked irrevocable failure, equivalent to death. The magnitude of this risk manifested as a crippling fear and endless rumination of hypothetically negative outcomes. When I encountered success through widespread affirmation and recognition of my efforts, the energy of validation mutated into immense internal pressure to exceed what came before, adding to the paralysis in a vicious loop.

I was a people pleaser with porous boundaries, easily swept up in others' agendas, narratives and opinions. I did not value me for me: my gifts, my time, my energy, and instead understood that my value was determined by others, entirely dependent on how much I gave in relationships. And so I always gave my all, and then some. In the face of boundary transgressions I stayed silent and let them go unaddressed, only to have subliminal anger create situations of conflict to express itself, sabotaging relationships and further eroding my self-worth along the way. My sense of self was fragmented, torn between the need to survive and the need for an authentic expression of my spirit.

My life was one big spiritual crisis.

One where I flourished, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Where I embodied who I truly am, authentically and fiercely, unencumbered by the milieu of my past or the current zeitgeist.

This desire, to bridge the vision of a life that I held for myself with the crisis of the present, motivated my personal healing journey through the fields of yoga, herbalism and energy medicine. It is this same desire that motivates my offering to the world - of helping others to remember that the realities they dream about today are the futures waiting for them if they dare to believe.

The practice and study of yoga started my journey of self-remembrance. The plants weaved their way in, healing my body, expanding my sense of place and responsibility as a member of this planet's ecosystem. My work with the plants led me to the Academy of Intuition Medicine® where I built on the foundation of these modalities and expanded my toolkit for greater soul embodiment and intuitive attunement.

I have walked the path of transformation and I am honored to support you on your own journey back to yourself, to connect with your own innate wisdom, so that you can be authentically You.

Now it’s your turn.

What is the story of your life that you’re calling into being?

The Academy of Intuition Medicine®: Master Certification in Intuition Medicine® (MIM), 2025

California School of Herbal Studies: Handcrafted Herbalism & Body Systems programs, 2025

Plant medicine immersions (dietas) in the South American Vegetalista tradition with: Tobacco, Rose, Lemongrass, Willow, Motherwort, Wachuma, Bobinsana, 2022-2023.

Sonoma County Herb Exchange: Harvest crew for 2021 and 2022 seasons.

Ancestral Apothecary: Cecemmana program, 2021

Almost 400 hours of herbal education accumulated through assorted training programs and workshops, plus self-study and time spent crafting herbal formulations for self and community, 2020-present.

Tending medicinal and edible plants in a 1-acre+ home garden.

A decade of yoga study consisting of the Ashtanga yoga practice, yoga philosophy and Sanskrit chanting.