Freedom is Your Birthright.

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Reclamation starts here…
with curiosity, care, and your own inner wisdom.

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Ready to feel fearlessly alive?
This is the work that helps you remember how.

Hi, I am so glad you are here.
I'm Iona....

A lifelong educator, hypnotist, and integrative coach. For more than two decades, I have supported individuals and professionals through transformational practices rooted in neuroscience, somatics, and deep inner work. Whether I am guiding a group of frontline providers or walking one-on-one beside someone ready to let go of what no longer serves them, my work is always centered in curiosity, compassion, and co-creation. 

I believe that change doesn’t require reliving the past, it requires rewiring the present. We can all become our own inner alchemist. My role is to help you do that in a way that feels safe, supported, and powerful.

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  • I’m a 55-year-old mama of a toddler. A mermaid, rebel, alchemist, and wisdom keeper. A lover of the sea, crescent moons, and bonfires.

    This work is rooted in everything I’ve studied, but it’s also shaped by the things that can’t be certified: devotion, lived experience, and a deep desire to live with authenticity, freedom, and joy.

What I Offer

A trauma-informed path home- where neuroscience meets soul and transformation unfolds from the inside out.

Integrative Hypnosis

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  • Science-backed, non-authoritative, and client-led, these sessions work with your subconscious to shift stuck patterns - without needing to revisit traumatic memories. We’ll use tools like Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), and nervous system regulation to support long-lasting, holistic change. Common topics: anxiety, procrastination, chronic pain, emotional eating, disordered substance use, and more. 

    This work is especially helpful if you’re navigating anxiety, chronic stress, emotional eating, procrastination, or old habits that feel hard to shift - even when you want to. 

    Single session: $200 

    The Change Work Series: $555 
    (a one month, three session series designed to help you let go of what no longer serves you and to harness the energy of change to find your freedom and access your joy)

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1:1 Intensives

  • Beginning in August, I’ll be offering in-person, one-day intensives in my home office/studio -a space designed for deep inner work, movement, reflection, and restoration. These sessions are tailored to your needs and may include guided somatic work, integrative hypnosis/coaching, energy work, and nervous system support. My home is surrounded by the beauty of the natural world of coastal Southern Maine. With easy access to both the ocean and miles of hiking trails, this day will likely include the medicine of nature. Think of it as a full-body exhale - a pause to reconnect with what’s true, and a launch pad into your own journey to becoming the alchemist in your own life. 

    Investment: 

    $1,500 

    Includes: 

    ✨Individually tailored Curriculum (10:00-4:00) 

    ✨Curated lunch 

    ✨30 minute post integration call

    Contact Me To Get Started

Integrative Coaching

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  • 1:1 5-Month Coaching Container

    Where neuroscience meets alchemy. Together we will co-create a space for you to connect with your own inner wisdom and transform survival strategies into new ways of being and creating a life by design. You will be empowered to become the alchemist in your own life. This work combines integrative hypnosis, somatics, mindfulness, breathwork, energy healing and more - all tailored to your own unique needs. 

    Whether you are doing this work for yourself or to better serve those you lead or support, this space is for you. 

    Becoming Free
    1:1 5-Month Private Coaching Container 

    This is for you if you are looking for a high touch deep dive into the work of becoming FREE 

    What’s included: 

    ✨2 private sessions per month (90 minutes) 

    ✨Support between sessions via the Voxer app 

    ✨Somatic + subconscious tools to support nervous system regulation, habit/behavior change, and neuroplasticity. 

    ✨Custom integration tools tailored to your unique journey to becoming free + fearlessly alive. Investment: 

    $5,500 Pay in Full 

    5 monthly payments of $1,100

    Click here to join the waitlist

    3-Month Group Coaching

    The Inner Alchemy Lab

    This is for you if you are ready to break free of old patterns and reclaim your freedom and joy in a supportive and sacred small group coaching space. 

    What’s included: 

    ✨Biweekly 90-minute live group calls (6 total) 

    ✨Weekly practices and prompts for integration between calls 

    ✨Private group space for support, reflection, and connection 

    Investment: 

    $888 Pay in Full 

    2 payments of $444 

    Join the Waitlist for the Fall Cohort

Speaking & Events

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  • I’m also available as a guest presenter for masterminds, retreats, and leadership teams.

    Each experience is thoughtfully designed to meet the unique needs of your group, blending somatic insight with grounded, restorative practices.

As a longtime Kripalu faculty…

I also regularly lead Kripalu Yoga in the Schools (KYIS) teacher trainings on campus. These programs are open to educators, caregivers, and professionals looking to bring mindfulness and movement into their work. 
View My Kripalu Schedule

The RISE Program:

Kripalu’s evidence-based resilience training for organizations and schools.

Designed to support well-being from the inside out, these sessions can be offered virtually or on-site, and are ideal for teams navigating stress, transition, or burnout. Contact Me to Get Started.

Learn more about the RISE program.

What Brings People to This Work


There’s a moment - sometimes subtle, sometimes seismic -
when the old ways just stop working.
 

You've read the books. You've done the mindset work.
Maybe even talked it out in therapy for years.

And still, something won’t shift.


The habits that numb instead of soothe. The beliefs that shrink you.
The sense that you’re moving through life, but not fully living it.

People come here when they’re hungry for change that goes deeper.
When insight isn’t enough, because the body keeps holding
what the mind just wants to let go.

This work meets you there - with care, not force -


and allows you to become the alchemist
on your own journey of healing.

This is a body-based path that honors both how you’re wired,
and how real change takes root.

A little more about me…

I’ve trained hundreds of professionals across the education, healthcare, and social service sectors. My work has been published in peer-reviewed journals and cited by CASEL. I’ve co-authored national wellness curriculums, led research summits, and taught yoga based mindfulness to teens, educators, and trauma survivors alike.

But more than anything, my greatest joy is in walking the path with you
as you reclaim what has always been yours.

  • M.Ed, Harvard Graduate School of Education

  • 500HR Yoga Teacher | Nosara Yoga Institute

  • Integrative Hypnosis Certification

  • Integrative Change Work Coach (Adults + Kids)

  • Reconnective Healing + Reconnection Facilitator

My approach is shaped by decades of study, lived experience, and a reverence for the power of transformation.

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Want more musings?
Come join me over on the blog.

You’ll find reflections on change, presence, resilience,
and the magic of being human.

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