Welcome
Hello, love. I’m so glad you’re here.
Perhaps, one day soon, I’ll get to meet you too.
You can call me Vela
It means candle. It’s a name I chose to reflect the truth about life:
"There cannot be light without darkness" - Penelope King
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that." - Martin Luther King
It is the intention behind all that I do and am.
Below you'll find a glimpse into my story.
It isn't here to explain who I am (that's something I ponder everyday)
But rather, it's a window into my soul's evolution and the constant journey of walking through the dark…
and still choosing to shine.
May it serve as a peak into my heart and a mirror - to remind you of what already lives in you too.
VELA is an Internationally Trained and Trauma-Informed Facilitator who creates transformative experiences that empower individuals to reconnect with their breath, body, spirit and authentic self. Drawing on her diverse training and personal journey, she offers a grounded and compassionate approach to help participants release limitations, build resilience, and embrace their full potential.
My Story
There’s always been a fire in me — a longing to live fully, love deeply, and express freely.
I grew up dancing through rooms, spinning through space, singing in choirs, leading with heart.
I didn’t just want to feel life, I wanted to become it.
By the time I was 16, life had already asked more of me than I knew how to hold.
I didn’t have the tools to process what I was feeling. So I turned to control, perfection, and achievement. I became a master of discipline — a bodybuilder, an entrepreneur, a leader — chasing success as a way to prove my worth.
But beneath all that strength, I was still searching.
Longing — not just for love — but to belong.
In my early 20's, I lost my voice. The one I had trained for years — to sing, to speak, to connect — slowly disappeared.
It was subtle at first. Then undeniable.
I was silenced.
My body, my spirit were asking for something different.
And so began the unraveling.
The remembering.
I opened a dance studio. I poured my heart into creating space for others.
But even as I held space for the community, I was still learning how to hold space for myself.
As I moved deeper into healing, breath became my lifeline.
It gave me a new way to express, to release, to heal.
Through breath and medicine music, I began to soften the silence.
I sang again — not to perform, but to feel.
Eventually, I chose to let go of the studio. A painful but honest decision that brought me back to myself.
I realized I had been seeking belonging through that container, instead of remembering it within.
Letting go wasn’t failure.
It was freedom.
Now, I live and serve from a place of deep remembering and reverence.
I guide others to reconnect with themselves. Not by becoming or adding more to their lives,
but by softening into who they already are.
Through breath, rhythm, ritual, and reframing, I support people in creating lives rooted in truth and lit from the inside out.
In every moment, we have a choice.
We can choose how we meet ourselves.
Even when it feels impossible,
We can choose to carry the light.
This is the path I walk.
Rooted in love.
Led by liberation.
And in service of those ready to remember who they are.
