Hi! I'm RevMariela
I’m an Explorer of Consciousness, a Teacher, Writer, Ceremonialist, Guide, & Creator... As a PsychoSpiritual & Somatic minister, I create sacred loving spaces (in-person and online) to help people safely navigate the complex landscape of their inner psyche.
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The journeys I invite you to embark on
are designed to help you:
Regulate your Nervous System
Are you normally Regulated (calm, collected, present) or Dysregulated (on-edge, irritable, hypervigilant)?
Free the Soul (your True Nature)
Your Soul is your original beauty, your true self; who you were before the social programming, before "what happened to you."
Connect You to a Higher Sense of Truth
Spirituality gives you access to the connective tissue that holds everything together: Universal Love. This is part of our work together.
My Work Incorporates Modalities
Such as:
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
As you travel through your internal landscape, I guide you to meet Parts of the Self, and to bring healing to them (with your kind, compassionate loving presence).
As you travel through your internal landscape, I guide you to meet Parts of the Self, and to bring healing to them (with your kind, compassionate loving presence).
Somatics (Body-Based) Wisdom
If your body/nervous system feels chronically dysregulated; if you feel like your body is against you, or at war with you, this work teaches you how to regulate it, with practices of loving awareness, tenderness, self-attunement, and loving self-compassion.
Mysticism and Spirituality
As a deeply spiritual (not religious) community minister, my work guides you toward reconnecting with the sacred, in a deeply intimate way.
Part of my work is to help my community restore faith in life again, in order to heal the personal and collective existential depression in this world, which is absolutely alarming and devastating.
Part of my work is to help my community restore faith in life again, in order to heal the personal and collective existential depression in this world, which is absolutely alarming and devastating.
working together
I serve my community in various ways.
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1 on 1 Psycho-Spiritual and Somatic Sessions
For those of you needing guidance during the deep and courageous work of healing & liberation; I'll be honored to serve as your guide, teaching you to embody love and self-compassion.
Monthly Coaching/ Guidance / Apprenticeship
If you need assistance going from one place to another in your life, I offer long-term one-on one guidance during your journey of liberation.
Speaking/ Preaching
I love to bring the message of love, decolonization, embodiment, the earth, and sacred plants to people in my extended community.
Retreats and Ceremonies
If you are ready to experience divine love and self love; if you would like to experience your body and the body of the earth as sacred beings, I invite you to one of my retreats/ceremonies.
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AREAS OF focus
Love. Liberation. Embodiment. Soul.
Spirituality & Mysticism
Decolonial/ Earth-based Spirituality
Divine-Feminine Wisdom
Nervous System Health
Embodiment/ Somatic Psychology
Plant-Medicine Integration
About
I was born on the island of Cuba, surrounded by the waters of the Caribbean Sea. My ancestors were from three different continents (some were Taino people of the Caribbean, others were indigenous from Africa, and others from Europe). And so, the cultural landscape of my upbringing was rich in diversity, from the music, to the food, to the spiritual traditions… And these are the treasures I carry with me, the wisdom and the delicious ways of being of my ancestors. They bless me daily, and I offer these blessings to you, from my heart to yours.
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My story
RevMariela
After my experience with trauma (when I felt like I was kidnapped into the underworld and lost my soul) and after my long journey of recovery, I began guiding people in my community through the journey of Soul Liberation, to reclaim their health, authenticity, and vital life-force. I am deeply deeply passionate about freeing the human soul (beginning with my own) from the grip of suffering, from the colonial/patriarchal conditionings that are killing us and the planet, from the complex matrix of dehumanization that we call western society, and from our own psychological patterns/woundings which are causing us harm.
My background
I was born and raised in Cuba under extreme poverty, abuse, neglect, and rejection. From the beginning, my life journey has been one of tremendous struggle but also of tremendous opportunities and growth. I'm a cyclical being and have been called a Phoenix multiple times because of my capacity to rise and start again.
Life in the United States
I came to the United States as a political refugee in 1995 at the age of 21, and as most immigrants, I felt that you are not given an opportunity like this one to waste it. So, I learned the language, the culture, the system; I worked and studied hard (two master degrees and various certifications.) I did everything by the book, but I was left burnout, grief-stricken, and traumatized, because the current systems are like a machinery that inflicts tremendous harm to our nervous systems. The trauma I experienced under systems of oppression (and the journey through the underworld that followed) opened my eyes to human suffering in a completely different way.
My experience with trauma and oppression, as well as my journey of liberation, shapes my current Ministry of Heart & Soul.
My experience with trauma and oppression, as well as my journey of liberation, shapes my current Ministry of Heart & Soul.
Trainings
My main training has been my almost 50 years on this planet, facing oppressive systems (beginning with a dictatorship in Cuba) and breaking free from those systems. Also, my own experiences with trauma, living in the Underworld for years. But here are my other trainings.
Trainings, Certifications, Schooling
✍️ Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
📿Master of Divinity (MDiv)
👂Chaplaincy training (Clinical Pastoral Education)
🍄 Psychedelic training (Blue Sage - Michigan)
🫀HeartMath “Add Heart” Course
🧘🏽♀️Trauma/Somatic/Nervous System trainings (The Vitalist School & other organizations such as the Strozzi Institute.)
🌳My earth-based wisdom comes first and foremost from my ancestral lineage (Taino and Afro-Cuban ancestry), from my life-long relationship with the Earth Mother, and from the work of many beautiful teachers.
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Thank you!