hello pretty human!
I’m Olga, Spiritual Bish.
I have been on my healing journey for the past 17 years and it’s my own inner work that has brought me here to serve and guide others on their embodied transformation journey of growth, healing and coming home to Self.
All the practices and methods I offer are ones that I’ve used myself and find helpful, and at the same time I honor the fact that we’re all different and complex. As a trauma-informed practitioner I invite you to only take what works for you and leave the rest behind because only YOU are the expert of you.
I’m a yoga educator 500RYT specialising in therapeutic yoga, a certified Trauma Healing Yoga TCTSY facilitator, the Creator of Mindful Flow Yoga, and a certified Integrative Somatic Coach and Practitioner blending the most recent breakthroughs in neurobiology, ancient spiritual wisdom, and mind-body therapeutic techniques.
I’ve been practicing yoga and mindfulness for almost a decade, somatics and nervous system healing since 2020 and connecting to my body this way has made me realize how frozen and disconnected I really was and has transformed my life from the inside out.
I strongly believe in inclusivity, accessibility, and the importance of being trauma-informed. You are your own best teacher and the expert of your body and your life. My role is to facilitate, guide and support you in your own process of self-discovery because I start with the assumption that you already have all the potential, wisdom, capability, and resilience inside you.
I spent the first 25 years of my life in survival mode and navigating life with complex trauma. That experience and the wisdom from my own continuing healing and integration process, has been the reason I decided to I commit my life to creating safe enough spaces for folk to let down their protective armour, attune to their innate wisdom, befriend their body and nervous system, come home to their authentic Self and move towards the life they are dreaming about and what matters to them most. This kind of liberation is possible.
somatic coaching
trauma healing yoga
mindful flow yoga
Science, Somatics and Spirituality all agree that you are not broken, and I'm not here to fix you.
my background and certifications:
- Trauma Healing Yoga (TCTSY)
- Mind Body (Somatic) Coaching
- Integrative Somatic Parts Work (IFS)
- Mindful Trauma Informed Yoga
- Mindfulness
- Polyvagal Theory
- Attachment Theory
- Nervous System Regulation
- Somatic Trauma Healing
- Ashtanga & Vinyasa Yoga
- Heart Coherence (Heartmath Institute)
- Inner Relationship Focusing
I am passionate about this work of mind, body, heart, spirit, nervous system growth, healing, and transformation and I don’t stick to one discipline or methodology because I believe there’s no one size fits because we are complex living beings. My embodiment practice is integrative and nuanced.
I believe there is wisdom in the science, soma and spirituality and I’m constantly learning and being shaped by the teachings and work of my mentors: Ram Dass, Jack Kornfield, Staci Haines, Peter Levine, Dave Emerson, Bessel Van der Kolk, Dr.Stephen Porges, Heartmath Institute, Alan Watts, Wilhelm Reich, Gabor Maté, Kai Cheng Tom, Manuela Mischke Reeds, Dick Swartz, Dr. Rae Johnson, Carl Jung, Dr. Scott Lyons, Irene Lyon, Deb Dana, Fran D. Booth, Dr. Albert Wong, Rick Hanson, Gabrielle Roth, Starhawk, Dr.Dan Siegel, Pat Ogden, Arielle Schwartz, Eugene Gendlin, Anne Weiner Cornell, and Licia Sky
If you were my bestie you would know:
- I love all animals but especially dogs. So much so that I’ve been volunteering at a local animal shelter for over 6 years now.
- I have been an artist and expressive creator ever since I was a little girl. From drawing, painting, crafting, creating resin art, fashion design and up cycling, graphic design, photography, costume design, choreography, writing, and singing.
- I spent the first 20 something years of my life trapped in cycles of trauma, addiction, nervous system dysregulation, and finally cancer which brought me to yoga, meditation, nervous system and somatic healing.
- Even though I haven’t drank alcohol in years, I do have a wild inner teen side that loves to have fun, dress up, go out dancing and party!
- I am the happiest when I’m in nature, on my yoga mat, dancing, or cuddling with my dog.
- I spend a lot of time alone in contemplation, meditation, visualisation, walks in nature, writing, or creating.
- Pizza and kombucha are my soul mates
- Ever since I found out I was in remission, I felt it was my calling and dharma to share my journey and to support others as they embark on theirs
- I’m Polish-American and think in two languages at once =)
- I am a proud dog mommy
- I love connecting with other like minded people!
All of you is welcome here.
more of my story
I’ve struggled with different aspects of my mental and physical health for most of my life and always had this accompanying feeling like something was very wrong with me. I was a hyper sensitive child growing up in communist Poland with two very young parents who had their own unresolved issues and trauma from their childhood in poverty after the war (which they unconsciously passed down to me). We often think of trauma as being some huge event like abuse or violence, and yes it’s that, but it can also be passed down historically or chronic little “t” traumas like systemic oppression, racism, homophobia, emotional abuse or neglect – not being seen, heard, or accepted unconditionally.
As a result of emotional wounding and instability I suffered from complex trauma (C-PTSD). My parents did the best they could, but it doesn’t change the fact that I was wounded.
We moved to New York City when I was 5, which as you can imagine was hard for an already shy, sensitive and anxious little girl. I changed elementary schools 3 times, which was even harder. I got picked on a lot by other kids because I was always the new girl with a weird name didn’t help in the self-confidence department. I never shared any of these things with my parents because back then children didn’t have voices and especially in my household we didn’t talk about emotions. So my genius nervous system adapted as self-protection and created many different tendencies, patterns and strategies – because no one wants to feel the pain of rejection, not belonging or feeling unsafe. I learned to hold it all in, or to cover more vulnerable emotions with anger, that’s what was modelled for me and that’s how I learned to receive my parents love and validation, by being “a good girl”. Little did I know that this abandoning of myself, my body and my authenticity would become a template for all my toxic and abusive relationships.
You Belong Here.
Everything changed the summer between 7th and 8th grade I when I was raped, I didn’t tell anyone and pretended like nothing happened because I was ashamed and blamed myself, but my body remembered. My personality changed from an over achieving, perfectionist, unpopular, quiet little mouse, to being wild, loud, angry and “acting out”. I rebelled against my parents and all the societal norms.
I didn’t understand what was happening to me, I was full of anger and pain and started doing different self -harming behaviours and self-medicating with substances.I dropped out of school and spent the next 10 years of my life in a slow downward spiral full of ups & downs, clubs, raves, dancing, love, freedom,hate, toxic relationships, abuse, sex, drugs, good times, bad times, adventures, joy, pain, numbness, trauma, od’s, rage, gangs, jails, hopelessness and despair. Until I hit rock bottom and ended up homeless at the age of 23.
The next 17 years of my life have been a process of healing on all the levels with different modalities. First there was rehab, addiction therapy, and NA/AA meetings were I did a lot of mental inner work but after 5 years I relapsed. That’s when the physical practice of yoga found me and I started consciously moving, breathing and feeling my body, after being numbed out and avoiding feeling at all costs (for good reasons) for most of my life. I started gaining strength and flexibility not only in my body but also in my mind and my relationship to myself, other and the world started to become more optimistic and friendly. I started to feel SAFE. And that’s when I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.
Healing isn’t linear, it moves in a spiral. Hearing that diagnosis was my worst nightmare, but it also catapulted me into my next phase of deep spiritual practice, inner healing and transformation. My illness became my teacher and showed me that I was never broken, I have always been perfect, I was just living in survival mode and had a totally dysregulated nervous system as well as some strong protective parts of myself ( the addictive part, inner critic, perfectionist, the helper etc) that have been desperately trying to help me survive but also hurting me in many ways along the way.
I started meditating, changed my diet, cut off toxic people, got sober once again. I started saying NO and setting boundaries like never before. I started listening and voicing my needs, feeling my body and holding an intention of kindness towards myself. During my treatments and recovery I felt this internal need to nurture my mind, body and spirit, all of which was numb and hated by me for most of my life.
That was when for the first time in my life I felt what its like to really belong and be connected to something greater (source, the universe, energy..), what self-care actually is, and the feeling of unconditional Self love and acceptation. When the doctors told me I was in remission, I had what some would call a spiritual awakening. And I knew I wanted to dedicate my life to all things spiritual, healing,transformative and sharing the wisdom, gifts, and transformative power of ancient practices and modern science based methods with others.
I did my first yoga teacher training (RYT-200) in 2018 in Warsaw. When the pandemic started in 2020 I came across the topic of complex trauma and instantly my whole life started to make sense. I learned how trauma lives in the body, how it get passed down epigenetically and inter-generationally and how it’s not a pathology but an adaptation and protection.
I found out that this survival stress impacts our psychophysiology, whole nervous system and well-being, shaping the way we show up in life and perceive our whole outer and inner reality. Ever since then I’ve been continuing my education around building nervous system capacity, being trauma-informed, the mind-body connection (somatics).
In early 2023 I became a TCTSY-F (trauma center- trauma sensitive yoga facilitator) as well as a certified Somatic Coach and I’m committed to continue creating safe spaces for women to become embodied and tap into their own intrinsic wisdom and power – I know from my own experience that no matter how stuck or low you think you are, it is possible to reconnect to your true Self and transform your life!
I run a monthly Women’s Yoga Circle where we connect with our bodies, co-regulate and connect with each other on a somatic & spiritual level, like our ancestors have been for thousands of years. When I’m not practicing or facilitating yoga/somatics, you can probably find me pole dancing. I fell in love with it a couple years ago and it’s been quite transformative helping me reclaim and become friends with my body, and embracing my sensuality after being ashamed of my body for most of my life.
Besides that I love traveling and getting to see beautiful landscapes, I love walks in the forest or on the beach- mama nature is the OG of self-healing! I’m also an artist and love painting, drawing, designing and making upcycled clothes, writing, and sining. I’m also a huge dog lover and have been a volunteer at our local shelter for years.
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