Introduction

welcome

it's good to have you here

As you arrive and settle in, i invite you to browse and gently consider

what it is that led you here?

might something be longing to emerge through you?

 

maybe we could

explore together?

 

 

could we cultivate a space for not knowing or needing to know       

To dance to the music of our curiosity       

Explore the order and disordering of aliveness       

Ride the waves, currents and the cycles of change       

To be with the movements and ruptures and patterns as they emerge       

 

 

      Is it possible to vision?

     a place to expand into the otherness of our humanness

     To carefully unravel the binds of judgement and fixing

     Gently unwind into the freedom of the unknown

      To tenderly invite back the pieces of you that were denied, abandoned, hidden and slighted

       And playfully backstroke in the beautiful messiness of it all

 

 

How might it be to receive yourself as

full and whole and enough 

just as you are?

is there a sense of something being called to re:member?

let's nurture a space for You to be.

to notice what is alive within you, here, now.

and explore what is it to be connected and witnessed in our aliveness together.

Shall we take the first step?

 

Join embodied explorations, journeys and retreats that support you to come home to yourself

happenings

Weekly Explorations

Upcoming Events + Journeys

NEXT UP

women's wellbeing circles 

These circles take place before or during the new moon, a divine time to reflect, rest and reset intentions for what you’d like to manifest in your life.

Each month we will explore a different aspect of your be:ing like being transformation, being whole, being abundant with the intention to bring these aspects of our being into focus and authentically embody their meaning to us. 

 

next circle: be:ing flow

a community ritual for black women and women of colour

You are invited to explore practices that open us to compassionate, accepting and generative ways of being with ourselves and eachother.

 

Date: Sunday 10th March 2024

Cosmic attunment: New Moon in Pisces

Location: tbc

more info and booking coming soon

COMING SOON

 Embodying Aliveness 

 

A Collective Self-Care & Empowerment Journey

 

Embodying Aliveness is a rite of passage created for Black Women and Women of Colour, who seek an intentional space and time to experience more ease and joy in your life. 

Join this collective self-care and empowerment journey to explore embodied heart-centred practice through self-inquiry, movement, breath awareness, creative expression and deep rest.

Here you belong, you are seen, heard and celebrated, just as you are. Together we’ll create a compassionate and caring community that bears witness to our collective and individual journeys. Each of us giving the other permission to show up, authentically and unapologetically. 

Women have gathered like this for millenia. This is a radical act in today’s world where our minds are overloaded, our bodies marginalised and our emotional wounds neglected.

This is an invitation to re-member the old ways, to navigate new days, exploring your resource and capacity, to be with the full spectrum of what it feels to be You, Alive, here, now.

an unfolding journey of embodied revolution and freedom

Hello, I'm Jae.

Pisces sun + rising, lunar aquarius. A curious dreamer, intrigued by the mystic and the places beyond our knowing. More and more I find myself standing, in complete awe, at the intersection of spirituality and science, where our human desire to explain our existence meets our absolute divine knowing.

I am of free thinking hippy-ish parents, a musician and an educator, from a mixed Caribbean and English family. As a mixed-heritgae Black woman, I have the lived experience; the absolute beauty and joy and the complex considerations and stresses, that are a part of navigating this life in this body with a nervous system that tends towards withdraw and freeze for safety.

I am on a journey of decolonising my body-mind, exploring and unravelling how these impressions manifest to inhibit the expression of our true nature, divine power and magic. This has become a process of re:membering the divine through the celebration of African diasporic culture, traditions and practices.  

I tend to my being through connecting with curiousity, nature, creativity, divinity and playfulyness. It often calls for courage and commitment, which I've found to be nurtured through community. These are the things that continue to bring me home to myself and closer to my true nature.

 

My work.

I began my healing and empowerment journey with Yoga back in 2002. In 2015 I trained in Ashtanga Yoga and since then training in Yin, Restorative and Non-Dual Tantra Yoga. I am a certified Somatic Focalizing Practicioner, Sound Healer and I practice Indigenous African Spirituality and Celtic Earth-Based traditions. 

My journey so far, and the practices I've collected along the way, inform my offerings, guided by intuitive self-inquiry, creative expression and interconnectedness.

Honouring my teachers and the lineages that continue to guide me; Acharya Arvind and Acharya Rakesh of Samyak Yoga, Uma Dinsmore Tuli, Dalian and Verona of Ancestral Voices, Leila Sadeghee (The Practices, Vessel of Worth), Nick and Jo from The Focalizing Institute and The Sound Healing Academy. I am currently training as a Somatic Coach with The Somatic School.

The spaces I hold are ancestorally-anchored, people-centred, trauma-sensitive, community-focused, nature-aligned and cosmically-attuned. Group and one-to-one explorations to cultivate self-love and community care for our collective wellbeing and empowerment.

I support inner seekers like you to re:member your innate wisdom, trust the guidance of your whole being and re:claim a life that is connected, creative, joyful and free!

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offerings

  • GROUP EXPLORATIONS | JOURNEYS | EVENTS

    All public explorations are listed in the schedule section. Upcoming journeys and events are listed or follow me on Instagram.

    Contact me to book private group or workplace explorations.

  • EMBODIED HEALING (1-2-1)

    Holistic Individual Explorations to support and guide your wellbeing and empowerment. Held at your home or in studio

    Book a free orientation here

  • WELLNESS EQUITY

    Health is “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity (illness)" and wellness is “the optimal state of health of individuals and groups", as defined by WHO. I offer a reduced rate or FOC regular class to one change-making group or charitable organisation for their service users and staff.

    Get in touch to find out more

  • SOULSHALL MATA

    A podcast series going beneath the physical matter to the soul of what matters. Hosted by Jae Gibbs and Shaka Lish with guests. The show is centred on wellbeing, including chat and music discussing topics concerning the African diaspora from the female black British perspective.

    Listen to a show here

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reflections

"I was apprehensive being a novice to yoga. However, from my very first class Jae has been extremely professional and patient. Jae has built my confidence and enabled me to push boundaries. Every worry and concern leaves my mind, as I focus on deeper breaths I never knew existed and channeling into my body in new ways. Jae offers a supportive and spiritual class which has ignited a real passion for yoga within me, thank you for being an amazing teacher and sharing your expertise!"

Stacey - Group classes

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