Welcome

Goddess

I’m Lydia (she/her).

Somatic Breathwork Teacher, Embodied Mystic, Divine Provocateur, and your Healing Guide to 'OMG, I didn't know it could feel THIS good' authentic self-expression.

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I've been called The Baddie of Breathwork,

That Witch you keep on speed dial for an exorcism, an Ego-Death Spiritual Midwife, The Queen of Getting Cancelled, and a Force of Nature -- but in the calmest, most gentle way. 

I believe it’s your divine birthright to turn your pain into pleasure and make magic here on earth.

You could say I have a kink for helping people get edgy with their healing.

I work in the realm of shadow, underworld, and trauma resolution. But let me be the first to say -- you don't have to be afraid of the dark. 

I make healing doable, safe, playful, compelling, light, satisfying, sexy, and spicy with a dash of kink on the side.

In my space, there's no such thing as 'too much' or 'too little.' 

This is a container where you get to explore your edges, at your own pace.

A place where you can tenderly meet parts of yourself that never see the light of day.

A space to make love to the darkness and light that lives inside.

A playground where you get to finally learn how to feel your pain, grief, anger, bitterness, frustration, and heartbreak without letting it consume you.

This is a space of

Sacred Alchemy.

“Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another.”

- Albert Einstein

I believe our emotions are energy in motion, and are here to be our greatest teachers.

You'll learn how to ride the wave of your emotions with surfer-like expertise, mine them for buried treasure, and let them GO.

Because I'll let you in on a little secret…

The more you grow your capacity for feeling the tough stuff, the more you expand your ability to feel the joy, bliss, pleasure, and havingness we all desire AND deserve.

Here we never go farther than you're ready to go, and trust me, on the other side...there will be light.

I'm here to hold a beacon of what's possible for you and guide you from Inner Winter into the full bloom of Spring. 

My Story

I live by the phrase, God is my Dom. 
My Submission is My Devotion.

  • Let me take you on a journey...

    If there's anything I've learned how to do since I landed Earthside in 1989 it's SURRENDER.

    My story is shared by too many of us, conditioned to believe our value comes from our perfection.

    Growing up in an environment of addiction, divorce, religious indoctrination, sexual repression, and sexual abuse, I found my identity through what I could control. I learned to define myself through my achievements, managing the chaos of childhood by doing everything I could to escape my body and avoid feeling my feelings. For years this looked like overworking, overexercising, people-pleasing, a caffeine addiction, digestive issues, craving sexual attention any way I could get it, partying, chronic insomnia, and a gnarly eating disorder that nearly took my life in 2012.

    From the outside, everything appeared fine. But on the inside, I was screaming for help.

    01/04

  • At age 26 my body finally had enough.

    I put my career as a professional opera singer on hold and started searching for healing. It led me to a spiritual women's retreat in 2017 where I experienced breathwork for the first time and everything changed. I suddenly had a tool to release all the built-up anger, frustration, grief, and shame. The release I felt each time I breathed was like shedding years of emotional weight and trauma not just for myself, but for my ancestral lineage.

    My fascination with the relief I felt from breathwork led me down the path of studying somatic trauma resolution, sacred sexuality, the teachings of the Divine Feminine, and the connection between the womb and voice. I began sharing my healing journey of liberating my voice on social media and started facilitating healing sessions with people all around the world.

    Since then I've built a 6-figure healing business holding space for in-person/online for hundreds of healing sessions, breathwork groups, and retreats. In 2022, I founded The Liberate Your Body Certification Program and The Liberation Collective, an online somatic breathwork and feminine embodiment healing community.

    02/04

  • I felt like everything was on track, but life had other plans.

    In early 2023, my relationship of 15 years and marriage to my best friend crumbled unexpectedly, and it shook my whole reality to its core. It was the most painfully heartbreaking yet beautiful year I've ever known as I let my ego die a thousand deaths and surrendered the life I knew for the life I was meant to live.

    I believe we can either resist the moments where everything we knew falls apart OR we can surrender, and choose to partner with the momentum of life.

    I chose Surrender, yet again.

    03/04

  • I'm now a full-time Nomad, traveling to sacred sites and healing communities

    Travelling across the world to study, heal, write, and rediscover who I am as a sovereign woman in her 30s.

    Today my proudest achievement in life is that I know how to feel and move through my emotions, be at home in my body, and trust in the Divine Plan.

    I believe that we don't have to know the way. The WAY knows the way.

    I believe that Earth Mommy & Sky Daddy have our backs and ultimately everything isn’t happening to us but FOR us.

    And like an exquisite, expertly trained Dom, I believe God/Goddess ultimately knows what's best for us. It's our job to hand over the keys, let them drive, and enjoy the ride.

    This is just a little taste of what somatic breathwork has done for me. What might it do for you? Let’s find out together.

    04/04

How I can support you along the path

As a somatic breathwork practitioner, I'll teach you how to form an unshakeable alliance with Spirit through the power of your breath.  

Together we'll feel into what's no longer in alignment in your life, and build internal safety to surrender, shift, and create space for the new.

Make no mistake, you are the point of power here. My role is to be a conduit between you and your higher power as you dance between the darkness and light. 

I specialize in holding space for 'Big T' early childhood developmental trauma, namely sexual abuse, that's been subtly sabotaging you from stepping into the sovereign leader you were born to be.

My clients are

Healers, coaches, medicine carriers, mystics, creatives, and visionaries, and often say my work is like taking plant medicine but with WAY smoother integration.  My superpower is the ability to meet clients with equal amounts of soft, nurturing tenderness and fierce, tough love when needed. 

To be human is to be full of polarity, contrast, duality, and contradictions. The KEY to reclaiming your power lies in embracing ALL of who you are and placing it upon the altar of your heart.

Your most liberated, pleasurable, prosperous, and soul-fulfilling life awaits, and it all starts with YOU. 

Ways to

WORK WITH ME

  • “Lydia is the real deal”

    “Over the last year and a half, I've been on a beautiful journey of reclaiming my voice with Lydia, but it's been so, so, so much more than I expected. She has guided me on a journey of somatic and spiritual healing that has allowed me to gather up the lost parts of myself too scared or uncertain to be heard and expressed. Lydia is the real deal, a true healer and a gifted soul.”

    — Stephanie B.

  • “I was at my lowest point. This work changed my life”

    This work legitimately changed my life. I was at my lowest point. I signed up to work with Lydia thinking I would unlock some trauma that needed to be resolved. In all actuality, my whole thinking about myself changed. It was a container full of women who saw me, all of me, and provided me with an opportunity to get to know myself on a different level. “

    — Katie S

  • “A tremendous holder of safe space”

    “Lydia is a gifted healer and a tremendous holder of safe space. My session with her was transformational! I came out of it with clarity and with some major insights about my path. I'm so grateful to have been held in that loving, safe energy.”

    — Chelley C

  • “Essential for clarity in business and relationships”

    “Every session with Lydia feels like coming home to my true essence. She is the most amazing guide and holds such a safe space with her gentle voice guiding you to release deeper and uncover more. She creates an experience in every session and I experience instant expansion, freedom, and clarity. I am so thankful to have found this angel!”

    — Alyssa

Let’s get a little more personal

  • ☉ Libra. My desire to seek balance, beauty, and justice in all things

    ☾ Scorpio. Meets a capacity for rich depth, power, and transformation

    ↑ Taurus. Grounded in an ability to kick back, relax, and enjoy life

    HUMAN DESIGN: 1/3 Splenic Projector. I help you see what you can’t see in yourself and remember who you REALLY are. I’m here to learn from my mistakes and share them so you don’t have to do the same!

    • Making playlists (my love language!)

    • Taking HOT Epsom salt baths

    • Buying Flowers (yes, I have a rose budget)

    • Practicing Breathwork, yoga, or pilates

    • Listening to podcasts/audiobooks

    • Reading + diving into the latest course I’m taking

    • Dancing to hip-hop in the kitchen

    • Brewing a cup of rose tea or cacao

    • Buying more candles

    • Self-pleasuring, of course ;-)

  • I began sitting with Ayahuasca in 2023 and work regularly with plant medicine like psilocybin to support my healing journey and spiritual development.

    I have a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Vocal Performance and had every intention of becoming an international opera singer.

    I'm newly nomadic (since November 2023) and loving it despite my introverted homebody tendencies.

    I was a competitive figure skater for 10 years as a child and recently started skating again as an adult.

I believe…

  • Your sexual energy is a sacred force to wield for either creation or destruction. You get to decide. “With great power comes great responsibility.”

  • In challenging the status quo and get edgy & out of the box with your healing.

  • There are many paths to enlightenment. I’m a deeply Spiritual woman who respects all faiths, creeds, and pathways of connecting to your definition of God.

  • Most chronic illnesses and issues in our body stem from unresolved and suppressed trauma.

  • Every Body (including yours) is psychic, sensitive, intuitive, and self-healing.

  • Making space for healthy contraction is JUST as important as Expansion. All seasons and cycles of your life have value.

  • In not taking anything too seriously, including your healing journey.

Mentors, Teachers, and Influences

I would not be where I am today without Madeline Giles, Erin Telford, David Elliot, Rachael Maddox, Freedom Possibilities, Dr. Peter Levine, Carolyn Elliot, Layla Martin, Caroline Myss, Sunny Sol Wind, Om Rupani, Meg Watterson, Cyndi Dale, Rebecca Campbell, Dr. Ed Bolkovac, Dr. Gabor Maté, Regena Thomashauer, Courtney Davis, Cyndi Dale, Lauren Eliz Love, Kim Anami, Resmaa Menakem, and the list grows on.

Commitment to Decolonization in the Wellness Space

I’m in an ongoing community led by indigenous author, mentor, and speaker Emily Anne Brant devoted to decolonizing the wellness and coaching space.

Click here to view my privilege statement and decolonization commitment.

A new free mini-course is brewing

Reclamation of the Rose: a FREE self-guided mini-course to reclaim your sacred vessel drops in April 2024.

Move from Pain to Pleasure with Somatic Breathwork and Feminine Embodiment practices to Liberate the Divine within as we journey with the ancient healing codes of the rose.