
Hello, I’m Valerie a dedicated believer in holistic healing, faith, and deep love. As a young child I was sweetly influenced by my Grandmother who was a practitioner of Curanderismo and a healer herself. She taught me how to heal and be healed, and live in the spirit of deep devotion and divine love. Today my medicine looks a bit different than my Grandmother’s, but I’m learning and leaning into the belief that all medicine, rooted in love, is ultimately the same.
My journey with holistic health has brought me to a blend of and deep appreciation for the practices of Yoga, Ayurveda, Jyotish, Gong Sound Healing, and finally–Curanderismo.
I love integrating planetary alignments into my Gong Sound Healing Gatherings, weaving Ayurveda into Restorative Yoga Teacher Trainings, and cultivating a mix of Ayurvedic Body Therapies, Jyotish, Curanderismo and Restorative Yoga for my Gong Therapy offerings. The interweaving of these practices holds the potential to meet others where they are, offer affirmation, and heal holistically.
Led by the wisdom of ancestors and a deep reverence for the practices, I offer gratitude to the earth below, the sky above, and to the path itself.
Certifications
- 200-Hr Registered Yoga Teacher, 2012
- Relax & Renew Trainer, Restorative Yoga with Judith Hanson Lasater, 2013
- Gong Yoga, Sound Healing, 2014
- Anatomy and Sequencing for Injury Prevention, 2015
- Adaptive Yoga: Chair Yoga, Yoga for Seniors, Injuries and/or Bigger Bodies, 2016
- Maharishi Ayurveda Ayurvedic Wellness Educator, 2016
- The Elements of Health with Leslie Kaminoff, 2018
- 200-Hr Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher, 2018
- Vedic Astrology, 2019
- Wisdom Advanced Teacher Training Module, 2019
- Vitality Advanced Teacher Training Module, 2019
- 500-Hr Registered Yoga Teacher, 2019
- Gong Mediation, 2023
- Gong Master Practitioner, 2023
- YACEP, 2023
- Ayurvedic Body Therapies, 2024
- Gong Therapy, 2024
- Curanderismo Mentorship with Erika Buenaflor, ongoing


