About Sophia
Healing is not something I discovered. It is something I remembered.
Born in Te Horo, Aotearoa, Sophia has always felt deeply connected to nature, intuition and the unseen.
Her work today is shaped by her Celtic and Italian ancestry, motherhood, her own journey through darkness and healing, and years of study across the physical, emotional and energetic body.
Her own healing
My own healing changed everything.
After the birth of her first son, Sophia experienced what she now describes as a dark night of the soul. She struggled with her mental health, with addiction, and with patterns that could no longer be ignored.
Rather than continuing to run from those parts of herself, she began moving towards them. She went deeply into both her shadows and her light, exploring healing, psychology, the nervous system, spirituality, embodiment and the unconscious patterns shaping her life.
Slowly, she began rebuilding. Not back into the person she had been before, but into someone more honest, connected and whole.
Healing is rarely about becoming a better version of yourself. Sometimes it begins with being willing to meet what is already there.
Before this work
A life grounded in care.
Before moving fully into women's healing, Sophia spent ten years studying and working as a surgical veterinary nurse. It is an important part of her foundation, and part of why her work today holds intuitive and energetic practice alongside a very grounded respect for the body.
- Anatomy
- Clinical environments
- Observation
- Hands-on care
- Responsibility
- Working calmly around vulnerability
Ancestry
Rooted in where I come from.
Sophia feels deeply connected to her Celtic and Italian heritage, and increasingly curious about the women, rituals, traditions and forms of wisdom that moved through her family lines before her.
She does not claim traditions that are not hers. Ancestry, for her, is a remembering of something simple: that humans have always gathered, healed, eaten, grieved, celebrated and made meaning in relationship with each other and with the earth.
This connection to ancestry, land and nature is the philosophy beneath everything.
Training
Many paths. One practice.
Years of study across the body, mind, nervous system, energy and feminine healing, now coming together in one integrated way of working.
Body & Women's Health
Hands-on training in the physical body, and a decade of clinical care before it.
C-Section Release Method, Levels 1 and 2
Body Lane. Scar work and release for women after caesarean birth.
Surgical Veterinary Nursing
Ten years of study and practice in anatomy, theatre and hands-on care.
Women's health bodywork
Therapeutic work with the female body, held within scope of practice.
Myofascial release
Working with fascia and connective tissue to restore ease and mobility.
Pelvic and abdominal bodywork
External work with the abdomen, pelvis and surrounding body.
Yoni steaming
A traditional herbal steam practice, offered only where appropriate.
Mind & Nervous System
The grounding that keeps the work safe, paced and genuinely trauma-aware.
Psychology training
Currently training as a psychologist, alongside her healing practice.
Trauma-informed practice
The Centre for Healing. Working safely with what the body carries.
Holistic life coaching
Certified coaching, for the practical layer of change.
Nervous system regulation
Practices that help the body find safety before anything else.
Breathwork
Breath as the bridge between body, emotion and energy.
Energy & Spirit
The intuitive lineage, offered as invitation and never as expectation.
Reiki Master Teacher
Attuned to the highest level of the Usui method, and teaching it.
Shamanic healing
Journeying, clearing and working with what sits beneath the surface.
Sound healing
Crystal bowls, tuning forks and frequency to deepen release.
Intuitive and psychic development
Years of training the intuitive faculties she now works with.
Channelled meditation
Guided journeys shaped in the moment for the woman in the room.
Energy work
Chakra and auric field work, clearing and rebalancing.
Feminine Wisdom
The long study of the feminine body, its cycles, rituals and inheritance.
9-Month Womb Awakening Training
Institute of Feminine Arts. Feminine embodiment, womb awareness, ritual, emotional healing, cyclical wisdom and feminine spirituality.
Advanced Tantrik Hatha Yoga
The science of energy through asana, pranayama and meditation.
Feminine embodiment
Coming back into relationship with the body as it actually is.
Ritual practices
Simple ceremony that marks a threshold and makes meaning.
Meditation
Stillness as a practice, not a performance.
C-Section Release Method, Levels 1 and 2
Body Lane. Scar work and release for women after caesarean birth.
Surgical Veterinary Nursing
Ten years of study and practice in anatomy, theatre and hands-on care.
Women's health bodywork
Therapeutic work with the female body, held within scope of practice.
Myofascial release
Working with fascia and connective tissue to restore ease and mobility.
Pelvic and abdominal bodywork
External work with the abdomen, pelvis and surrounding body.
Yoni steaming
A traditional herbal steam practice, offered only where appropriate.
Psychology training
Currently training as a psychologist, alongside her healing practice.
Trauma-informed practice
The Centre for Healing. Working safely with what the body carries.
Holistic life coaching
Certified coaching, for the practical layer of change.
Nervous system regulation
Practices that help the body find safety before anything else.
Breathwork
Breath as the bridge between body, emotion and energy.
Reiki Master Teacher
Attuned to the highest level of the Usui method, and teaching it.
Shamanic healing
Journeying, clearing and working with what sits beneath the surface.
Sound healing
Crystal bowls, tuning forks and frequency to deepen release.
Intuitive and psychic development
Years of training the intuitive faculties she now works with.
Channelled meditation
Guided journeys shaped in the moment for the woman in the room.
Energy work
Chakra and auric field work, clearing and rebalancing.
9-Month Womb Awakening Training
Institute of Feminine Arts. Feminine embodiment, womb awareness, ritual, emotional healing, cyclical wisdom and feminine spirituality.
Advanced Tantrik Hatha Yoga
The science of energy through asana, pranayama and meditation.
Feminine embodiment
Coming back into relationship with the body as it actually is.
Ritual practices
Simple ceremony that marks a threshold and makes meaning.
Meditation
Stillness as a practice, not a performance.
How she works
There is no formula for a woman.
Sophia does not follow one fixed healing method. She works intuitively and collaboratively, drawing on different areas of training depending on the woman in front of her.
A session may involve:
- Bodywork
- Breath
- Nervous system regulation
- Conversation
- Reiki
- Meditation
- Sound
- Shamanic work
- Ritual
- Intuitive guidance
Some women come for physical support. Others come during emotional or spiritual transitions. Many experience a combination. Nothing is forced, and every session is consent-led.
Real life
And outside the healing room...
Sophia is mum to two boys, Luca and Theo, and fiancée to Matt. Their home is full of animals, and she is happiest surrounded by nature.
On a typical day outside of work, you might find her:
- Walking her two German Shepherds
- Reading, usually several books at once
- Drinking cacao
- Learning something new
- Time with her boys
- Tending to animals
- Disappearing into the forest
She is a Taurus and a Manifesting Generator in Human Design, which she jokes probably explains the endless curiosity, the love of learning, and the tendency to have more than one creative project alive at a time.
Seven Sisters Cacao
A cup, shared slowly.
Sophia is also the founder of Seven Sisters Cacao. Cacao carries many of the same values that run through her healing work: ritual, slowness, connection, community, warmth, nature and intention.
Seven Sisters cacao is often woven into her in-person sessions, circles and retreats, offered as a way of arriving before anything else begins.
Bringing sacred healing back into everyday life.
Sophia's mission is to help bring the sacred art of healing into the lives of women in Aotearoa. Not by asking women to step away from modern life, but by bringing slowing down, listening, touch, ritual, breath, nature, intuition and deep care back into it.
Her work is designed to feel accessible whether you have spent years exploring spirituality or have never experienced energy healing before.
Every woman deserves somewhere she can stop holding everything together and simply receive.
Two ways to meet
Work with Sophia
In person
The Okura Sanctuary
Sessions are held privately amongst the native forest at Sophia's Okura sanctuary in Auckland. This is where her bodywork and the full Whole Womban Healing experiences take place.
Online
Wherever you are
Sophia also works with women online, so her healing, intuitive and coaching work is available throughout New Zealand and internationally.
Come exactly as you are.
You do not need to have everything figured out. You do not need to be spiritual. And you do not need to wait until something is wrong.
Whether we meet amongst the trees in Okura or from opposite sides of the world, this is a space to slow down, listen and reconnect with yourself.