MEET KRYSTYN
My living experience of mental health challenges since my teenage years drove me to seek answers and to find ways to live more peacefully, more authentically and with joy and ease. This came as I learned to integrate pain and trauma through yoga and breathwork. I’ve practiced yoga and meditation since 2008 and breathwork since 2017. The shifts I made with these practices were so profound I knew I needed to share them and I now offer these modalities to our community.
I entered the shamanic realm without initially realising it. By following a serendipitous trail of breadcrumbs I found breathwork which allowed me to shed limitations and put pieces of my life puzzle together to heal from the core; and eventually led me to train as a facilitator. Life remains a continual process of recalibrating with my purpose and revealing my wholeness. I do my best to honour the ebbs and flows, moving in sync with life’s rhythm and I am here to walk alongside you as you move through your process.
For more details of my experience and training please read on…
This path has shown me that there is more to this world than we usually perceive with our typically known senses. There is a subtle world, a subtle body and simply energy that holds many of the answers we seek. It is available to all and when one taps into this information, there are many aha's to be had! I was being guided to these other realms, to undergo deep shadow work (integration of the unconscious or hidden parts or our psyche) through both shamanism and yoga. They have room for this. They have room for probably anything one could experience as far as I can tell. For this reason I chose to train with Venus Rising University (USA) to enable me to facilitate Shamanic Breathwork. I was trained by founder Linda Star Wolf who carries on the lineage of the Wolf Clan of the Seneca Nation through her adopted Grandmother Twylah Nitsch. Through this style of breathwork I hold space and facilitate experiences that can allow you to receive healing and integration through your own inner Shaman - though you don’t have to call it that if it doesn’t fit for you.
In yoga therapy I trained directly with Kamini Desai of Amrit Yoga Institute. Kamini is the daughter of Amritji Desai who carries forward the Lakulish lineage directly taught to him by Swami Kripalu a renowned master of Kundalini yoga. Kamini is also a psychologist who created the Integrative Amrit Method (I AM) of yoga therapy to combine ancient yogic wisdom with modern psychology. This lineage was the perfect choice for me as I sought to steer my yoga services towards a focus on mental health and transcendence of trauma. Other relevant qualifications I hold are an Undergraduate Certificate in Human Biology and certificates in Yoga Teacher Training (200hr), Trauma Informed Yoga (30hr), Advanced Intentional Peer Support, emotional CPR (eCPR) and Alternatives to Suicide group facilitation.
My background is in live sound production and mental health support, seemingly disparate fields yet they are both deeply entwined and support the work I do now. I worked for over a decade in clinical services and other mental health organisations doing mental health peer support, research and systemic change roles. I continue to provide supervision to this workforce. See my supervisor profile here.
Other important information you’ll be glad you know about me is that I love music, sound, dancing, chocolate, cooking, mountains and sun! I love learning, personal growth and creating with others so if you have a collaboration in mind, please get in touch!
Jai Bhagwan - Victory to the Spirit _/\_
