Tempist Jade
Trauma-Informed Transdisciplinary Guide, Feral Mystic, Somatic Teacher, Contemplative Practitioner, Artist, Ceremonialist & Seer, Eco-Philosophical Writer & Poet, Indigenous Hybrid, Ancestral Liminalist, and Neurodivergent Mother
EDUCATION & TRAINING
2022 - 2023
Somatic Wilderness Therapy Institute
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9 month somatic soul-based trauma training with Katie Asmus
2022
6 week dreamwork course with Toko Pa Turner
2019
Dream Café
Dream Café with Robert Bonsak, Juniang Psychoanalyst
2014 - 2021
Animas Valley Institute
Nature-based underworld guide training in areas of human development & cultural transformation rooted in eco-psychology & depth methodologies including shadow work, dream work, deep imagination, council, core wound alchemy, psycho-spiritual resourcing practices & more.
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2020 - 2021
Emergence Network
We Will Dance With Mountains course with Bayo Akomolafe PhD and guest facilitators such as Pat McCabe & David Abrams.
2016
Soul Tree Yoga
Trauma-Informed Yoga Training with Janine Daniballe, Trauma Psychotherapist
2015
The Conscious Dying Institute
Hospice & Death Doula Training
2012
Om Time Yoga
300 Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training with Shannon Paige Kenney and Guest Teachers
2011
Green Mountain Yoga
230 Hour Yoga Teacher Training with Mindy Arbuckle
2012 - 2017
Over 1000 additional hours of training within contemplative practices, yoga & somatics, and holistic approaches with Gina Caputo, Aditi Devi (Pujarini of the Kali Kula) PhD, Rod Stryker, and many more.
2012 - 2015
40+ Fitness & Health
Apprenticeship with Integrative Medicine Health Specialist & Professor Robin Saltonstall PhD in areas of neuroscience, somatics & contemplative traditions, & functional anatomy.
2024
Advaya
Dionysus: Rave, Ritual, Revolution with Chiara Baldini
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2009
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Degrees in Cultural Anthropology, English Literature & Criticism, and Feminist Studies
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & COLLABORATIONS
Teacher & trainer of somatics, yoga, and meditation & mindfulness for over 15 years
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Feral Mysticism - founder & guide of personal development, healing, initiation, expanded-state journeys & integration, and embodied transformation for over 12 years.
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Feral Lunacy - co-creatrickster & guide with Sara McFarland
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Great Escape Mustang Sanctuary - 5 year collaboration offering programs focused on inter-species connection and equine-informed development & healing
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Honor Your Worth - co-facilitator of this collaborative course through Amanda Verdery Young's Wild Becoming
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The Good Grief Network - Experiential Practice Container & Book Club with Kristopher Drummond of Remembering Earth
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Empower Shakti International - former Founder & Director
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Mythic Masculine Network - experiential dive into the transformative power of grief
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United States Peace Corps, Mongolia - Volunteer (2010)
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Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Non-Violence - Volunteer (2013)