Håfa Adai!
Hello and welcome. I’m so glad you’re here. This page holds the threads of my story—woven from memory, movement, and meaning. Here, you’ll find not only what I do and the credentials that support it, but the deeper why that moves through every part of my work.
Feel free to explore in whatever order feels right for you—
each section invites you into a different layer of my relation to the work.
COMING SOON! I’ll be sharing my story behind KAINIX and the path that brought me here.
How I Identify
This work is deeply personal—rooted in who I am, where I come from, and how I move through the world. I name these identities not as a checklist, but as a living map of the experiences I carry, the communities I’m accountable to, and the stories I hold in my body.
These identities are not fixed—they live, breathe, and evolve as I do.
They inform the work I offer, the spaces I hold, and the future I imagine and dream of.
✦ Neurodivergent, with an ADHD brain that moves fast and feels deeply
✦ A lifelong empath and highly sensitive person (HSP)
✦ Of CHamoru, Filipino, and European descent—carrying an embodied understanding of complexity
✦ A survivor of sexual assault and intergenerational domestic violence
✦ Country-born, suburb-raised, city-rooted — beautiful Chicago has been my home for 17 years
✦ A social worker by training, with a background in nonprofit leadership — a first-gen graduate
✦ A parent of four, twin mom, and c-section warrior
✦ Queer-femme, nonbinary, cis presenting
✦ A creative in nature—multidisciplinary educator and artist
✦ A mover, dancer, yogi, and somatics practitioner
✦ An intuitive with one foot in the human world, and one in the spirit realm—Tarot Reader & Energy Worker
✦ A weaver of nuance and language
✦ A cycle-breaker and lineage healer
✦ Rage Doula & Facilitator
Ongoing Education & Training
My path has been shaped by both lived and professional experience. Here, you’ll find the trainings and continued education that supports my work.
I radically celebrate myself as a knowledge seeker and I am proud of how I have invested my time and growth.
Continued Education & Training
Parent-Child Relationship Coaching | Jai Parenting Institute, 2024-2025
40-Hour Domestic Violence Advocate Certification | Metropolitan Family Services, 2024
Somatic Attachment Therapy Certification | The Embody Lab , 2022
Managing Power & Leadership Training | Us2 Behavioral Health, 2022
Keeping Children Safe from Sexual Abuse | Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center, 2022
Somatic Experiments Towards Embodied Safeness | Linda Thai, Chicago Minds, 2021
Working with the Core Wounding of Existence: A Somatic & Expressive Arts Approach | Linda Thai, Collectively Rooted, 2021
Majority Leaders: Increasing the Representation & Political Power of Women | Supermajority Education Fund, 2021
The Unmetabolized & Ambiguous Grief of Adult Children of Refugees | Linda Thai, Chicago Minds, 2021
Dancing with Trauma and Recovery | Sarah Carlson, Collectively Rooted, 2021
Dance, Creative Movement, and Yoga for Incarcerated Women | Josefin Wikstrom, Collectively Rooted, 2021
Transcending Sexual Trauma Through Yoga | Zabie Yamasaki, 2021
Grant Writing Master Course | Grant Writing & Funding, 2020
200-Hour Psychologically Safe & Culturally Sensitive Yoga Teacher Training | Room to Breathe, 2020
Yoga to Transform Trauma | Catherine Ashton, 2017
40-Hour Youth Crisis Hotline Training & Volunteer | National Runaway Safeline, 2014
Youth Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Certified | JCFS Chicago, 2014
Bachelor of Social Work | Loyola University of Chicago, 2014
