About

Hi! I’m Diana. I’m a relational astrologer, tarot reader, writer, and educator, with a history of being a bodyworker & rare books researcher. I’ve been a repeat guest on The Astrology Podcast, contributed an article on the ethics of astrological prediction to WIRED, serve as one half of the Rosebud Tarot, and have presented several times at the Northwest Astrological Conference; in 2024, I’ll be presenting both a lecture and a keynote in honor of NORWAC’s 40th anniversary. {Available lecture recordings can be learned about here, and purchased here.}

I was born just after a New Moon and grew up with a woods for a backyard. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated with what it means to be “alive” -- both physically and metaphysically. Myths, legends, and fairy tales were some of the first books I read, and when I was 5, I was introduced to tarot.

In 2015, I had a series of experiences that led me to the path I’m on now. Aerial circus classes brought me into embodiment practice; a spontaneous energy healing brought me into energy work; and a book (this one, if you’re curious) brought me into transpersonal understanding.

We’re in a moment where there is ever-increasing awareness of various healing practices and increasing understanding of the systemic impacts of racism, colonialism, sexism, and capitalism on how knowledge is shared, judged, censored, and permitted to exist. Thinking through the implications of how and why certain knowledge lineages have been suppressed and oppressed over time allowed me to let go of conditioned skepticism and explore these practices more deeply, with an eye critical of both inflated claims and white supremacist knowledge hierarchies. Historical or “alternative” practices might not be explicable within a dogmatic materialist “scientism” worldview, but their potency for creating meaning and contextualizing healing often far surpasses quantifiable metrics.

If you’d like to literally hear more about my work & perspectives, here’s a collection of podcasts I’ve been on, most of which have been collected into a Spotify playlist available here.

Here’s a list of some things I wrote for HausWitch a few years ago:

And here are some other places & spaces where I’ve contributed some thoughts:

There are a few other writings here on my website and quite a lot more over on Patreon, too.


Mission

integrate: to create a whole by combining one thing with another

heal: to mend what has been damaged; to increase capacity for the experience of being alive

Healers are people who accept us as we are in a way that gives us permission to do the same. My practice is antiracist and antifascist; it is affirmative for LGBTQIA+ individuals; it is inherently trauma-informed; it is intersectionally feminist; it is imperfect and doing what it can to create a more inclusive, diversity-loving, nuanced, and caring world. 

We’ve become used to treating the mind, the body, and the spirit as though they are separate entities with distinctly different concerns and only minor influence on each other.

But mind, body, and spirit are just different paths towards the same end: the integrated self, capable of relating with those who share our world with us.

My aim is to create a context where deep healing can happen by providing a container that is as safe as possible for integration to occur.

I believe that integrating with ourselves -- with our pain as well as with our joy -- is one of the most important things we can do. Not only does it allow us to live with greater honesty and fulfillment, it’s also crucial for building a more present, compassionate, healthful, and robustly relational world.

Integrating with our physical body opens us to the wisdom and guidance that rests quite literally in our bones. Integrating with our energetic body strengthens our connection to spirit. Integrating with our mind enhances our intuition, clarifies our desires, and increases our self-trust.

Healing is a collaborative process; I and other healing practitioners can only offer the space for you to heal. On your part, it takes time, personal investment, curiosity, and openness to changes both small and large. The services I provide are supports for you on your journey, adding a little ease, a little clarity, a little guidance as you make your way towards yourself.
 

A NOTE ON TRAUMA-SENSITIVE PRACTICE

My entry into embodiment practice, healing practices, and bodywork more broadly starts with trauma -- my own and that of people I love. Bessel van der Kolk’s amazing book The Body Keeps the Score is a cornerstone in my education and desire to provide healing support, and the wisdom contained in that book directly informs how I understand suffering and recovery.

As such, my professional practice takes as a given the necessity of trauma sensitivity. As described by Molly Boeder-Harris of The Breathe Network, sensitivity to trauma involves “understanding that a survivor may have specific needs that the practitioner should be attentive to, needs that are unlike another client with no overt trauma history.” Trauma sensitivity also means recognizing the prevalence of trauma of all kinds: most of us carry the marks of trauma in some way, whether that trauma is from our own experiences or inherited via epigenetics.

In practice, this means that I pay attention. I pay attention to how clients communicate their needs; I pay attention to my clients’ preferences when it comes to vulnerability; I pay attention to both the overt and subtle cues a client provides. The emotional, spiritual and physical safety of my clients is absolutely non-negotiable, and I will do everything I can to create a secure space for healing to happen.