I am Rachel. For most of my life, I have been drawn to the places where body, breath, and spirit meet.

I am a somatic practitioner, breathwork facilitator, sound healer, and trauma-informed plant medicine guide. With decades of somatic training and more than twelve years of apprenticeship and study with pioneers in the plant medicine world, I bring together nervous system science, deep ritual, and gentle, grounded spirituality.

Through breath, sound, and somatic presence, I hold a field where your system can settle, unwind, and reorganize around deeper truth. This is presence meeting presence. Soul recognizing soul. You are not a problem to solve; you are a living, breathing process to be met with care.

Here, we do not rush to fix what is not broken. We listen. We honor the wisdom already living in your body and nervous system. We remember what was never truly lost.

I know this work from the inside. When I faced stage 4 cancer, it did not change my path. It deepened it. The very practices I had spent years learning and sharing became what carried me through. Breath steadied me. Sound held me. My body became both my teacher and my guide. I did not come out of it perfect or fearless. I came out honest, and more certain than ever that every breath is a doorway, every sensation a message, and every moment a chance to remember who we really are.

I’ve walked through fire and emerged holding flowers. And yes, Flower is my real name. Thank you dad!

My work is simple at its core: I help you come home to your body, trust your own knowing, and breathe life back into the parts of you that are ready to blossom.

I’ve called Lake Tahoe home for 21 years, and it shows. If you can’t get hold of me, I’m most likely in the lake or up a mountain, with Una, our furry sidekick, leading the way (and usually muddier than I am).

In 2023, my husband Benjamin and I opened One Tree Cottage, a sanctuary for our local community and a place to gather, rest, and remember. Today we host retreats, workshops, and gatherings, and it’s where much of this work comes to life. The kettle is usually on, the drum is never far away, and there’s always room for one more by the fire