I am now a wholeheartedly authentic Brown babe.

But I wasn’t always like this.

When I was growing up, I turned my back on my culture in order to fit into the Western world.
Over time, I became culturally disconnected, emotionally numb, and unable to recognize my own emotions let alone express them.

Assimilation caused me to dim my light for the comfort of others.

Patriarchy dictated what I did with my body, my actions, my thoughts, and my feelings.

Colonization led me to forget who I am and the richness I come from.

I was at rock bottom. I was exhausted, numb, disconnected, and lonely.

Surely, this couldn't just be me! So, I made the call and shared my story. I heard the first #metoo response, then one more, and then another one, and then another one. This was a widespread problem and something needed to change.

All of a sudden, I wasn't alone. I knew there were others just like me out there in this culture of silence.

So, I began healing, growing, learning and unlearning to be who I needed when I was younger. I learned how to use my voice. And that’s what I do today.

I’m a disruptor.

I am the daughter of immigrant parents and a descendent of the Girmitiyas: the Indentured laborers who were brought from India to Fiji to work in sugarcane plantations.

I draw on their strength, wisdom, and energy in everything that I do.

Whether I'm counselling, advocating, or teaching, I challenge harmful, oppressive narratives and systems that weren’t made for people like us.

To create spaces for us to heal what our ancestors were never allowed to heal.

“Hearing your story is an absolute privilege, and only you get to decide who receives that privilege…”

Qualifications

  • Master of Counselling Studies (Provisional Member Registered with NZAC)

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Guidance & Counselling)

  • Bachelor of Arts (Psychology & Music)

  • Ancestral-based learning of Achala Paripurna Rajayoga lineage

  • Ignite Embody Yoga’s Roots 200hr Registered Yoga Teacher

Professional Development

  • Transcending Sexual Trauma through Yoga: Comprehensive Trauma-Informed Yoga

  • Foundations of traditional Māori Healing and Bodywork: Mirimiri and Romiromi

  • Foundations of Dance & Movement therapy

  • Trauma Center: 20hr Trauma Sensitive Yoga training

  • Mahi a Atua Mataora Training

  • Purākau and Motivational Interviewing

  • Somatic Approaches to healing trauma

  • Working with clients with Anxiety

  • Tools for your Anxiety Toolkit

“By incorporating trauma-informed yoga & yogic philosophy, dance and movement therapy, music therapy, storytelling, breathwork, and somatic approaches to healing trauma, I am able to learn what matters most to the person sitting in front of me.”

Current Work

  • Yoga Practitioner, Counsellor & Founder of Maharani Movement

  • Bachelor of Counselling & Addictions Tutor at WELTEC/Whitereia

  • Seed Planter (Yoga teacher) at Seedling Yoga