Our Contributors
nisha ahuja
CO -FOUNDER AND CO -DIRECTOR OF SOMA AYURVEDA AND INTEGRATIVE WELLNESS
MeLisa (Jet) Moore
CO -FOUNDER AND CO-DIRECTOR OF SOMA AYURVEDA AND INTEGRATIVE WELLNESS
Demetria Jackson
Demetria Jackson is a Kundalini Yoga Teacher, Women’s Liberation Coach and Body Positivity & Mental Wellness Activist.
As one of the faces of a new generation of inclusive, body positive yoga teachers, she is passionate about creating sacred spaces where women of all ethnicities, sizes and abilities can feel safe, at home in, and at peace with their bodies on and off the mat. Inspired by her own journey as a black practitioner in a larger body, Demetria created Kundalini for All, a training turned digital course that teaches kundalini yoga teachers how to make the practice more accessible, inclusive, and inviting for people in bigger and diverse bodies.
Demetria is also the founder of The Aquarian Woman and The Aquarian Woman Freedom School, a movement and school she created in deep devotion of freedom-focused sisterhood. Here, she blends the ancient teachings of Kundalini Yoga & Meditation with the wisdom gained from her own lived experiences to help resilient women in revolutionary bodies drop fear, release shame, and banish self-doubt so they can set themselves free and inspire others to do the same.
Demetria lives in Toronto, ON with her sweet baby, Kayden, and is currently creating an online shop and apothecary to support the spiritual evolution of The Aquarian Woman (coming 2018). For more information, visit demetriajackson.com.
Lamia Gibson
LAMIA GIBSON IS A MANY LAYERED BEING! WHITE+POC (BRITISH/TURKISH), QUEER & TRANS, PRACTITIONER & CO OWNER AT SIX DEGREES HEALTH IN TKARONTO.
They are also a parent, griever, dancer and convener of Collective Wisdom Circles.
Lamia offers skilled treatments, intersectional awareness and deep compassion. For 17 years they have been practicing Traditional East Asian Medicine (Shiatsu, Acupuncture, Cupping & Food medicine). They offer these medicines with deep respect and maintenance of origin and tradition. Through Contemplative practices on Race and Racism, Generative Somatics and Radical Entrepreneurial Coaching they draw on their life experiences and work with Black, Indigenous and People of Colour to learn how racism and white supremacy show up daily while strengthening counter resiliency and systemic change. They support a fierce compassionate heart by meditating everyday and working with The Resiliency Toolkit. Their eyes will hold steady with yours through the turmoils and brilliance that life presents.
Patty Adams
Patty Adams is a cis fat queer white woman living in Durham, NC.
She is committed to racial justice and collective liberation, and currently lives into those commitments as a mental health worker/therapist, yoga teacher, bodyworker, bilingual interpreter, organizer, sustainable social movement mentor, and anti-oppression trainer. She is the founder/organizer of Yoga for Queers and Misfits, a donation-based, inqlusive community yoga space that has thrived in Durham since 2010. Patty focuses on transforming trauma and centering resilience through embodied practices, political education, and community building, and her work is rooted in an intersectional, anti-oppression framework.
dr. sairupa krishnamurti N.d.
Sairupa is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor, Ayurveda and Yoga Practitioner, and a gentle self-care advocate.
She is currently working in Singapore, but also sees patients through online consults. Sairupa is so grateful & honoured to be a part of MoonGold, Soma Integrative Wellness Video Platform. If you have questions regarding her video offerings- please contact her to connect.
Sairupa offers heart-centered healthcare to support you to establish and sustain vibrant health. Sairupa believes that self-care can help us to resurface after times of loss, prevent burn out when life feels too heavy, and impact us to feel better more consistently. She has a general family practice with special interests in reproductive health, fertility, pregnancy, post-natal-care, paediatrics, mental health, stress, hormones and digestion.
Sairupa received training in Ayurveda from the Center for Ayurveda and Indian Systems of Healing, and Naturopathic Medicine at The Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine. She has completed Yoga teacher training programs with Heather Greaves, and Vidya Institute. Additionally, she’s done training in paediatrics, pregnancy and labour support. She gave birth to her own daughter at home, and she’s passionate about gentle birthing and post-partum practices.
Sairupa aims to provide non-judgmental healthcare from an anti-oppressive model that welcomes all types of individuals, families, relationships, and genders.
As part of her integrative approach to medicine, she is so excited to support you to cultivate or rediscover your inner wisdom and your personal tools for sustainable, vibrant longevity and health.
Tuku Matthews
tUkU is a creative descending from a rich and rooted lineage of African-American sound artists.
Her experiences and achievements include recording and performing with numerous well-known Canadian artists and composing, recording and performing with her own band bLaXaM. For many years she was the featured vocalist for the Juno Award-winning contemporary jazz ensemble, The Merlin Factor. More recently, composing for theatre has earned her a Dora Award Nomination for Outstanding Sound Design in Independent Theatre. She also has extensive experience as an arts educator, a vocal mentor and a yoga teacher.
tUkU shares numerology and tarot from a practice that incorporates approximately twenty years of in-depth self-directed study and research of number and tarot symbology. She has dissected and cross-referenced a wide range of decks and experimented with a variety of established numerological methodologies; in addition, she has devised and developed her own approaches. She also incorporates moon wisdom to more holistically locate the power and purpose of magic as a vital tool for guidance that can be accessed for both healing work to inspire revitalization of our whole beings and self-care rituals to support our daily rhythms.