Halie (she/her) is a somatic integration coach, a recovery coach, yoga and meditation teacher, and founder of Embodied Recovery Community.
Her work began to emerge in 2015 when she got sober and realized that after a lifetime of numbing, disconnecting, and running from life, she actually needed to learn how to be in conscious relationship with life if she hoped to stay sober. She dove heart-first into healing practices, personal development, and years of training/study that center around somatics and trauma-informed care. Because life is experienced through the body, she believes wholeheartedly that embodiment is a vital path forward in creating a more just and equitable world for all.
Through a biopsychosocial lens, Halie utilizes a variety of holistic and body-centered approaches to transformation to support folks she works with in learning how to embody their vision and values as they navigate life’s challenges and changes. She has been facilitating individual and group work for folks recovering from alcohol/substance abuse and trauma in a variety of settings since 2016, including nonprofits, wellness centers, residential and outpatient treatment centers, and through her own private practice and online business.
She blends her lived experience with her experience as a coach, organizer, movement facilitator, trauma educator, spiritual practitioner, and community builder, to create intentional spaces to explore what it means to recover as individuals and as a collective. She is committed to helping people and communities generate the conditions to tap into our innate capacity to grow and thrive.
A NOTE About Halie’s Journey
My own journey into recovery began long before I was even aware that it was happening. I had graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA in art history and a clearly laid out plan in which I would move to New York and have a life-long career in the art world. After a couple years of corporate city life it came as a surprise when I found myself feeling more unfulfilled than ever and battling substance abuse.
I went to rehab after rehab, burned bridge after bridge, lost all sense of Self, and eventually wound up homeless living on the streets of Oakland, CA for a period of time. My addictions brought me to my knees. When I finally entered into recovery all I had left was a shell of myself and the shattered remnants of the life I had torn apart in my addiction. It was a devastating and terrifying place. I had hit bottom, and there was nowhere else to go. Nothing left to do but turn around and face everything I had been so desperately running from. Little did I know that the wreckage I was ashamed to stand in would soon become the foundation upon which I would begin to build a life more fulfilling than I could dream.
I LOVE being sober now. It truly feels like a superpower. To be able to be a CLEAR channel because I’m not poisoning myself daily; to feel energized, alive, and able to show up to Life fully, courageously, vulnerably; to know without doubt that I am strong enough to handle ANYTHING that life throws at me without needing to revert to addictive behaviors, is nothing short of a miracle for me. And if it’s possible for me, then it is absolutely possible for you too! My vision is that every woman in recovery will come to know and fully inhabit her body as a safe and sacred space so she can recover her sense of Self-trust, her authenticity, her intuition, and her vibrancy. My mission is to offer you tools and support that help you fall in love with your recovery and empower you to trust that you are ultimately your own best healer. When one of us bravely commits to her healing there is a massive ripple effect. She brings healing to her entire lineage past, present and future, and inspires healing in her community as well.
Trainings, Immersions, and Degrees
Burn It Down: A 6 Month Intensive at the Intersections of Somatics, Neuroscience, Mysticism, and Social Justice with Mallorie Buoy, 2021
Intuitive Yin Teacher Training with Mallorie Buoy, 2021
Connect(Yin) Training with Bethany Leigh, 2020
TCM and Yoga with Tiffany Cruikshank, 2020
Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga Training with Keri Sawyer, 2019
Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Nutritional Therapy Association 2019
Wise Womban Way Facilitator Training with Usha Anandi and Mallorie Buoy, 2019
Trauma-Informed Yoga Fundamentals Training with Hala Khouri, 2018
Yin Yoga Teacher Training, Level I with Brandy Berlin, 2018
200 HR Vinyasa/Hatha Yoga Teacher Training with Trimurti Yoga in Dharamsala, India, 2017
University of California, Berkeley – BA in Art History, 2011
when you hear the word ‘embodiment’ do you feel equal parts intrigued and as if you aren’t totally sure what it even means to live an embodied life?
