About Prema

Hello.  My name is Prema and I’m a life coach, a healer and a teacher as well as an initiated shaman in the indigenous Huichol tradition of Mexico.  I’ve spent a lifetime learning how to find meaning, fulfillment, joy and peace in this wild ride that is life.  It has been, (and still is), an incredible journey with extraordinary teachers and it has led me to a place where I can truly say “I love life!”.  I am here to share what I’ve learned with those of you who want to be with the wonder and the mystery of life, who want your work to hold meaning and fulfillment, who want to align your dreams with the dream of the Divine and experience them unfolding with integrity and magic.

I’ve been coaching in organizations and in private practice since 1989 and have worked with hundreds of clients.  I have also maintained a healing practice for the last 25 years with training in the modalities of shamanic healing, shiatsu, plant spirit medicine and reiki.  Truly speaking, my delight in working with people only continues to grow as I witness people coming home to their heart – their own eternal source of wisdom, inspiration and healing in the present moment.

My professional training includes majoring in philosophy at Sydney University and a professional coaching certification from The Coaches Training Institute.  However my most meaningful training has occurred in the presence of some really great masters.  I have done over seven years of apprenticeship with shamans Eliot Cowan and Don Jose Sandoval de la Cruz of the Huichol tradition.  I spent 20 years of studying and teaching yoga and meditation with Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, an enlightened master from India.  I was the wellness director for a spiritual retreat site for 10 years, teaching and coaching staff and visitors on all aspects of wellbeing – physical, emotional and spiritual.

I love to teach and travel and I offer workshops internationally.  And if you find yourself in Victoria, BC, you are welcome to join us at the community fires that my husband and I host each month.  Here we create a space for people to gather around the fire together, as we humans have done for millennia, to connect with each other and the universal spirit of fire.

On a personal note, I love spending time in nature, sitting around a fire with friends, listening to live music (my husband Scott is a fabulous musician), dancing and hanging out with horses.

If anything you see here inspires you, it would be great to connect with you.  Email me or feel free to pick up the phone and call me at 778 430 4284.

With love

Prema