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Ava Grace Appenrodt

​I'm a multidisciplinary artist, therapeutic practitioner, & mission driven entrepreneur born on the unceded territory of the Amah Mutsun people in Santa Cruz, California, with ancestral lines from Ireland, Portugal, and a wee bit from England and Germany.​​

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​Prior to birthing Embodied Earth Arts, ​I co-founded Ceu do Novo Mundo, INC (aka SacredJourney.Earth) a church non-profit organization that supports the preservation of indigenous wisdom ways, as well as offered 6 years of ceremonial gatherings with the entheogenic Grandmother medicine, Ayahuasca. 

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The power of gathering in circle, in prayer, in song, and in celebration of the full spectrum of our human experience continues to very much inspire my walk and my work. Rather than imbibing psychoactive plants, I now prefer work with the medicine of breath, of voice, of sound, and of the field of energy that is created through our togetherness.  

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I'm so happy you're here. 

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EDUCATION \\ TRAININGS

2024: In process: 14 month Collective Trauma Facilitator Training with Thomas Hubl 

2024: The Voice Keeps the Score & Somatic Regulation Techniques with Linda Thai

2023: Innate Somatic Intelligence Trauma Therapy Training with Manuela Miscke-Reed

2022-2023: Academy of Inner Sciences Timeless Wisdom Training: transformation and individual/ancestral/collective trauma healing with Thomas Hubl

2022: In process: Ubiquity University: PhD in Wisdom Studies

2022: Mexico: Biodynamic Trauma Release Breathwork Facilitator Training

2019: Ecstatic Dance DJ training with Sophie Sofree and Raio

2018: Ojai, CA: Kundalini Yoga Level 1 Teacher Training with Mehtab Behnton

2017: Miami, FL: Khalsa Way Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training

2017: Sofia University: Masters in Transpersonal Psychology; specialization in Creative Expression

2016: One month Dieta in Brazil with Tata, Paje of the Yawanawa Tribe 

2015: Bali: Tantra Vinyasa / A Sacred Journey into the Sacred Feminine YTT

2015: Peru: Hatha Yoga Teacher Training

2015: Peru: Reiki Level 1 Training

2010: University of San Diego: Bachelor in Business Administration

Other teachers with whom I have learned from:

Sarita Ma Ananda (Tantra Essence) 
School of Lost Borders (Vision Quest & Earth Based practice)
International School of Temple Arts (L1 & L2)

Nacho Arimany (voicework) 
Rahi Chun (sexual somatic bodywork)

To all the Ayurvedic practitioners, Vedic astrologers, voice teachers, dance teachers, bodyworkers; to all the friends, animals, plants and flowers who have taught me, and whose teachings continue to unfurl in me - thank you. 
 

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