About Me

Who I Am

I’m Samala —a writer, mindfulness teacher, and practitioner interested in how we change. I’m drawn to the space between understanding why we do something and being able to meet life differently when old patterns show up again.

I value honesty, curiosity, and the courage to stay present with what is actually happening. My own life has taught me that insight can matter deeply, and that change also asks for patience, relationship, and practice.

What I Do in the World

I bridge the gap between understanding and being.

You may understand why you suffer. You have have spent years in therapy, meditation or other personal development modalities gaining insight into your suffering. Yet understanding doesn’t always translate into meaningful change.

My work helps bridge that gap—bringing awareness, compassionate inquiry, and embodied practices together so that what you understand cognitively can begin to show up as real change in your life.

I offer grounded, experiential support for people who want to understand their patterns and find more room to respond. My work brings together mindfulness, contemplative practice, parts-informed inquiry, somatic awareness, and Andean energy medicine traditions. I draw on the Medicine Wheel as a map for exploring different dimensions of experience and change.

I’m the author of I Love You… but Own Your Sht!*, a memoir about relationships, self-responsibility, and the possibility of change, as well as a book on my healing framework: “From Survival to Possibility.”

Training

I completed the Four Winds Society’s Online Energy Medicine program and hold its designation of Master Practitioner of Energy Medicine. I’m also a Certified Unified Mindfulness Teacher/Trainer and completed the 300-hour Compass Program for Teaching Mindfulness. My additional study includes IFS training designed for non-clinicians.

I am trauma informed through a number of modalities.

My work is coaching and educational support, not psychotherapy or mental health treatment. If you’d like to explore working together, book an exploratory touchpoint here.