“I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me.” Herman Hesse

Looking within has always been my natural inclination. As a teenager, I was not thrown when a friend laughingly questioned what I was doing, when she saw me talking to myself. “You know that’s the first sign of madness” she jeered. I was keenly aware that I was fostering an open dialogue between the confused and insightful parts of myself; cultivating an inner capacity that would guide me across rugged terrain and through a momentous emotional crisis that catapulted me into a profound rebirthing.  As I learnt to re-member myself, I experienced a tremendous unburdening and was redirected from a career in architecture, to a path of guiding others through their personal and often precarious inner landscape. 

My own journey, ripe with experiential learning from over the past 40 years, is the foundation I draw from. This includes a 4 year program in Practical Philosophy that reawakened a depth of inner knowing; enabling me to clearly see the conflict between my inner truth and my worldly conditioning. “Ann-Marie! What are you doing in this rat race?  … You are not a rat!!!” Was the proclamation I heard from my inner guidance. Though I knew that I did not belong in this rat race, I acknowledged in that moment “Even though I don’t know what to do nor where to go, I vow to follow my inner guidance”. One step at a time, from that moment onward, this has been my endeavour. 

I was directed to a 20 year self-study of the Pathwork Guide Teachings which offered the language of the higher self, lower self and mask; drawing parallels to wise mind, ego mind and the adaptive self with its many parts that aim to navigate our lives. I also gained a Diploma in Contemplative Psychotherapy, training in Relational Somatic Psychotherapy, extensive trainings in Hatha and Yin/Insight Yoga, Mindfulness & Compassion Meditation and a synthesis of Light touch modalities applied as Energy Balancing.  These provide the templates through which I work.

My tenure includes facilitating Emotional Wellness Groups, teaching Mindful Yoga & Meditation classes and workshops and leading Retreats in Mexico, the Caribbean, and North America for 25+ years.  In 2019 I offered my first Retreat at AmaTierra, Costa Rica.  Delayed by the pandemic my Retreat to Bali proceeded in 2023. From 2005 to 2016 I led Retreats in Tobago and returned there in 2025. It was such an exhilarating experience that we will venture there again in 2026.

Mine is a lifelong commitment to learning of and endeavouring to actualize my inner essence, my true nature …