Who am I in a professional context?

I am an intuitive and somatic energy healing facilitator with a 12+-year background in bodywork. I am a Certified Massage Therapist, Neuromuscular Reprogramming practitioner, advanced ThetaHealing practitioner, trauma-informed breath work facilitator, somatic mind-body coach, and Reiki practitioner.

I first started doing bodywork and massage in Thailand, where I grew up. I obtained my Thai Massage Certificate and Thai Aromatherapy Massage Certificate from Wat Po Traditional Thai Massage School in Bangkok in 2007. I have been running my practice since 2013 after graduating from the National Holistic Institute as a certified massage therapist (CMT).

I soon grew tired of doing massage the way I had been classically trained, because clients would tend to come back with the same issues and the work wasn't sticking. This led me to train with Jocelyn Olivier at the Healus NeuroRehab Center in Mill Valley, where I learned about neuromuscular reprogramming—work I continue to deepen today. This opened up a whole new world of changing patterns and pain in the body and nervous system, but I eventually discovered there were limitations to that as well.

I also trained with Gabriel Posner to learn somatic bodywork, which sparked my interest in the mind-body connection. After becoming a certified ThetaHealing practitioner in 2019, the pandemic pushed me to lean into energy work. I discovered that this work not only helped clients release limiting beliefs for emotional and spiritual healing, but I began seeing connections between long-term pain patterns that couldn't be healed with physical interventions alone and their improvement—sometimes even disappearance—after deep ThetaHealing work.

Since returning to in-person work, I've woven these modalities together into an integrated approach. I'm certified in trauma-informed breath work facilitation (2021) with Katie Johnita and as a somatic mind-body coach (2023) with the Embody Lab. I also recently (2025) became a certified Reiki level II practitioner with Caroline Vigery.

After twelve years of evolution, I recently transitioned from Nervana Body & Soul to my new venture: Diwa Collaborative. "Diwa" means spirit in Tagalog, and when pronounced with the right Thai accent, it's a colloquial way to say something is good. Having married into a big, loving Filipino family while keeping my Thai surname, I wanted to honor both cultures by naming this project with intentionality. Diwa Collaborative is a collective for BIPOC and queer women and people who feel comfortable in BIPOC and women-centered healing and creative spaces.

My mission isn't to provide temporary relief, but to work with you over a series of sessions to realign your spirit, energy, and body so you can feel like the best possible version of yourself. I believe deeply in the correlation between our energetic state and physical ailments—our emotional and mental energy directly affects our posture, muscle tension patterns, and overall well-being. Through this integrated approach that honors the multidimensional being that you are, I aim to help clients not just manage symptoms, but transform patterns at their roots.

Who am I on a deeper level?

I am a 38-year-old biracial woman (she/her) who grew up in Thailand and came to San Francisco for college in 2005. This city has a way of pulling you back in. I never left! As a half-Thai, half-Caucasian American who identifies as bisexual, I understand what it means to navigate multiple identities and find belonging in spaces that don't always have room for all of who you are.

My healing journey began with my own survival. I am a survivor of sexual assault and domestic violence, and I have experienced pregnancy losses. I've known both poverty and wealth. For much of my twenties, I ran from my pain by throwing myself into work, self-medicating with alcohol and marijuana, and trying to save other people instead of facing my own wounds. I spent years armored in toxic masculine energy, projecting toughness and hyper-independence to protect myself from further harm.

As a recovering codependent who also navigates ADHD and complex relationships with visibility and attention, I understand the layers of healing that trauma requires. I was in therapy on and off for years before taking a hiatus from 2018-2023 to focus on network chiropractic care and energy healing—modalities that helped me access healing in ways traditional talk therapy hadn't reached.

These experiences have fundamentally shaped how I hold space for my clients. My nervous system has been through significant trauma and found pathways to healing, which allows me to stay present with people's big emotions—rage, frustration, anger, grief—without being overwhelmed or trying to fix them. Equally important, I can hold space for the big expansion that wants to happen when we clear these patterns, supporting clients as they step into new levels of joy, creativity, freedom, pleasure, and abundance.

I share this because I am human, and the way I work with people is inevitably shaped by my own perceptions, beliefs, and experiences—both conscious and unconscious. When you work with me, you're working with someone who has walked through the fire of transformation and emerged not unscathed, but whole. I know what it takes to reclaim your power, your pleasure, and your authentic self because I've done and continue to do that work myself. Healing is not linear, so I won’t pretend that I have it all figured out.

For those who resonate with these frameworks: I'm an ENFP, Enneagram 8, Sagittarius sun with Taurus moon and Leo rising. I'm clairsentient and claircognizant, and in Human Design terms, I'm a 5/1 Generator. But more than any system can capture, I'm someone who believes in your capacity to heal and transform, because I've witnessed it in my own life and in the lives of countless clients who have trusted me with their most vulnerable parts.