Koa carries fifteen years of training in craniosacral work (read more: Honoring Roots & Lineage). She has also received in-depth teachings from indigenous wisdom keepers, mystic spiritual leaders, and the initiation of her own healing crises. Her greatest teacher is nature and her favorite kind of time is spent in the wilderness.

Koa’s healing journey can be traced back to her time in the womb and her traumatic birth and separation from her mother. Early childhood injuries, accidents and nervous system disregulation was constant, but her love for the natural world was an immense resource. She spent as much quiet time as possible along the banks of the serene waters of the lake and tucked inside the groves of trees.

When Koa was 16 years old, a bad skiing accident resulted in a major concussion in which she lost consciousness and subluxated her C1 and C2 vertebrae. This caused years of chronic and disabling pain, eventually and thankfully lead her to finding craniosacral work eight years later.

Upon receiving her first craniosacral session at the age of 24, something immediately ignited in her spirit. She knew that she needed to learn more and spent the next phase of her life devoted to studying and apprenticing with many teachers. After five years of studies, Koa started her private practice in 2016. She worked quietly and humbly in the sanctity of her one-on-one healing sessions, with great reverence for the gift of healing she herself had received.

In 2019, Koa was robbed at gunpoint and violently assaulted. She was hit on the back of her head with a gun at full force, resulting in another concussion and this time, a traumatic brain injury and harrowing near-death experience. As with all true healing crises, her world as she knew it fell apart, coinciding with the global pandemic. She spent the next years intensively healing, finding more mentors and learning to heal from the inside out.

In 2021 Koa was asked by one of her teachers to offer her own class. Although hesitant at first, she eventually agreed and The Breath of Life Course was born — a series of immersions synthesizing craniosacral biodynamics, somatics, meditation, ethics, embodiment, and trauma-informed practices. The first course was held in New Mexico and has quickly grown to become an international offering to a growing global community. She offers monthly Global Stillness Sits for the community to cultivate embodied presence and connection with dynamic stillness.

Koa is also a multi-disciplinary artist, professional photographer, writer, and former social worker for homeless children. She creates sanctuaries for presence and remembrance through living practices of weaving, tea ceremony, music, dance, and time spent in the wild.