about daphne

in a world of shallow and speedy, i prefer depth and slowed down. but i also know that online it’s easier to scroll than settle in,  so here are the highlights. a longer, more intimate introduction is below.

i am a certified intuitive movement teacher, embodied present process guide, breathwork facilitator, and soul writing coach.

i have a podcast, “an intimate life” in the top 2% of podcasts worldwide with over 250,000 downloads.

i’ve taught several online programs and workshops, hosted numerous international summits and coached 1:1 and in groups with clients all over the world.

i believe

•  that amid faster, louder, harsher, we can live softer, slower, gentler lives.

•  lives that are less defined by cultural norms of productivity, and consumption and more experienced through breath and body.

•  you can be home as a sensitive, embodied soul despite living in a noisy, disembodied world.

•  through breathwork, felt-sense meditation, movement and writing you can return to your truest expression and find refuge as a highly sensitive being.

•  even though the world is overwhelmingly fast, exhaustingly loud, and surprisingly shallow, you can experience more spaciousness, quiet and integration without abandoning your needs or upending your life.

the more intimate

i live life on the quieter side of the tracks. i find safety in honesty and refuge in intimacy. i prefer one-on-one to just about any size gathering and am most at home in deep, real conversations and true spaces.

if i could live anywhere it would be in a tree. but baring that, it’s where i can feel the birdsong and rest in the breeze.

i became a lay ordained buddhist because stillness felt like home. i’ve practiced and offered meditation on and off the cushion for 25 years through breath, contemplation and dance.

i became a certified conscious movement teacher because when i move my body tells me what my mind cannot. it relaxes the tight parts and breaks my heart open.

i became a certified embodied present process facilitator to learn how to breathe myself here. it’s a kind of breathing that roots awareness in the belly and the pelvic bowl and shifts attention from head to body. it’s the ordinary grace of being and the extraordinary gift of presence.

i became a breathwork facilitator because conscious connected breathing is the single most effective tool i know for unearthing deep emotions, awakening profound insights and connecting soul to heart, spirit to body.

i’ve always been a writer but as i learned more about body, i began writing more from my whole being than my head. it is writing that takes time and deep listening.

i like my soul family near. folks that also cherish quiet and deep, spirit and mystery. people who want to live as the sensitive beings they are, embodied, alive, and awake. who want to live an intimate life.

i’m a mama of two grown kids who are starting to find their own way in the world. when they were born my heart broke into two more parts that now live outside of me. sometimes this is beautiful, sometimes it’s sad. sometimes it’s both.

i’m the partner to a man who has been by my side for 25 years. 25 years is a long time. we have grown, changed, fought, kissed, and loved deeply. i was born a twin and always feel more right when i have one other human i am navigating life with.

i’ve been working online since 2008 which is a long time to be in this space. since then i have learned that i can’t share my heart with just anyone. that’s why i changed the way i market and write. i have been pushed so far beyond my comfort zone that sometimes i couldn’t remember how to come back to it. i tried to be a dozen different personalities thinking that introverted and sensitive was not bold, sassy or engaging enough.

it’s only in the last several years as i’ve dropped deeper into breath, body and being that i have learned there is nothing more enough, more beautiful than me being me and you being you.

when i can live there the world is brighter, lighter and more magical.

i am devoted to this path. devoted with a big D. my body and breath practices are my life. writing what is most true is my art. teaching is how i offer what i practice. teaching what i have spent my entire adult life learning and living.

practices that

• give you access to deeper layers of self-awareness
• foster real, authentic relationships with yourself and others
• cultivate a soft strength and a gentle power to live a more aligned life
• nurture greater grace and presence inside of the crazy and chaotic
• activate intuition for navigating the complexities of life and
• inspire a more profound connection to your essence and earth

rituals that help you hold

• a strength that is rooted in authenticity and self-compassion and
• an emotional depth that allows you to navigate life’s difficulties with greater ease and clarity.

a lifestyle that honors all of you, exactly as you are, and helps you live deeply attuned to your body’s wisdom and your soul’s beauty.

where

vulnerability is a strength.

depth is a superpower.

wholeness is a natural outcome and 

intimacy is how you live life awake and fully engaged.