My Story
Born to immigrant Taiwanese parents, Ming-jen Chen and Shu-fei Chen, in Acjachemen and Tongva territory (Southern California). I was raised by my grandmother, Ing-Yang Hu until the age of 12 with Taiwanese Hokkien as my first language.
My path to healing started in my early 20’s, when I was a full time Policy Analyst for the City of Long Beach, CA. I was experiencing burn out working 60-80+ hours a week managing citywide sustainability programs and policies, volunteering as the lead organizer of a local environmental non-profit Green Long Beach!, sitting on the board of directors of two environmental conservation non-profits, and working with university students on an advisory committee. I struggled with extreme fatigue, debilitating chronic pain, auto-immune conditions, reproductive health complications, and struggled with depression, anxiety and substance abuse.
Western medicine offered no support and pushed me further into distress, and in desperation I turned towards ancestral healing modalities of acupuncture, TCM, qigong, plant medicines, and energy healing. After working with different practitioners, I was able to turn my health around and found teachers that helped me anchor these modalities as embodied practices.
I left my full time career after a decade, and devoted myself to apprenticing with my mentors and elders. My mentors include human teachers I have apprenticed with, and teachers in the other realms that have shown up over the years to share their knowledge and medicine for my own recovery & reclamation process.
My Teachers & Spiritual Lineages
I am a Certified Usui/Tibetan Holy Fire Reiki Master & Teacher, dedicated to the art of energy healing for over 15 years. Under the mentorship of Raa’na Jarrahain, I am certified to teach and attune others to Usui/Tibetan and Holy Fire Reiki. Certified teacher and member of the International Center for Reiki Training.
Da Yan Wild Goose Qi Gong systems, Taiji, Pai Da Gong, Medical Qi Gong with JoAnna Schoon.
Mentorship with Elder Haize Hawke Rosen, an ordained Yoruba priestess, ordained priestess of the Temple of Isis, birth & spiritual midwife, and elder of the West African and Egyptian Khemetic lineages. I was initiated in 2017 in the Khemetic mystic ritual arts of healing, Temple of Isis Priestess training, Earth & Water Keeper, Womb rites, and ritual mediumship.
Elder Rosalba Fontanez in the Andean Wisdom lineages and Quechua shamanism, receiving the teachings of Munay-ki Rites initiation, despacho, and fire ceremony.
Western herbalism with Julie James. Plant mysticism and plant medicine with Tete Bero. Plant medicine and TCM herbalism with Amanda Grover.
Kambo Facilitation training, 13 years ago in Los Angeles, co-facilitated ceremonies for 3 years, solo dieta with kambo for 2 years.
Full spectrum certified Doula in 2016, with Maria Ramos and the Collective Wings Perinatal Project. Postpartum Womb Sealing Ceremony.
Indigenous elders in Peru, with Shipibo, Cocama, Ashaninka, and Quechua indigenous lineages for over 10 years. Papa Gilberto Mahua Ochavano, Juana Silvano Teco, William Llerena Murayari.
Master Plant Teachers: Noya Rao, Bobinsana, Ajosacha, Rosa, Santa Maria, Tobacco, Artemisia, Romero, Cedar.
Ancestral Guides, Primordial Teachers: The Kontomblé, The Neteru, Isis, Anubis, Orisha Oxumare, Quan Yin, Green Tara, Maestro Kambo, Elder Dragons council, Los Niños Santos, the Star Nations.