Live from Presence

From pain to joy, gently meet what hurts, in the body, the mind, or the heart, and let it soften into ease.

Portrait of Anya

The Psychologist of the Soul

“Psychology helps us understand the movements of the human experience, embodied awareness lets us feel them directly, and Presence reveals the possibility of not being defined by them. Conscious movement then allows that recognition to be lived.”

— Founder, Anya


Designed for your inner journey

Discover Your Doorway to Presence

There is no single path to Presence. Every body, every experience, and every season is different. Through awareness, breath, movement, stillness, and understanding, discover what invites you back to yourself.

Understanding the Mind

Recognize thought patterns, identification, and the stories that shape your experience.

Awakening Through the Body

Discover sensation, breath, and embodied awareness as gateways to the present.

The Movement of Emotion

Learn to meet emotions with curiosity, without allowing them to define you.

The Art of Stillness

Discover the quiet space in which thoughts, emotions, and sensations arise.

Movement from Stillness

Explore how vitality, creativity, and conscious action can flow from Presence.

The Joy of Being

Explore the possibility of peace and joy without waiting for life to become perfect.

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The living exploration

A woman meditating with her eyes closed in a sunlit forest

01 / The exploration

The Art of Being Present

The beginning of a different relationship with life

We spend so much of our lives trying to understand, change, or overcome what we experience. Yet something shifts when we begin to notice life as it unfolds. Through thought, emotion, sensation, and movement, we discover the possibility of meeting each moment with awareness rather than resistance.

Presence is not somewhere we go. It is what we discover when we are here.


Why Me

I offer a space where what is not real can gently dissolve, allowing the peace and joy that have always been within you to reveal themselves.

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Why Work With Me?

There comes a point when you may feel you have tried everything. You have searched for answers, worked on yourself, and done all you know to find relief, yet the same patterns and pain return and something within you still longs for a different way of living.

I understand this search, and how easily it becomes another struggle, as if something in us must be fixed before we can rest. My work offers a space to slow down, feel, and question, where what is not real can gently dissolve and the peace and joy beneath years of conditioning can reveal themselves.

Through conversation, awareness, and the wisdom of the body, we learn to become present with thought and emotion rather than control or escape them. We explore the seasons of life without becoming identified with them, and discover Presence: the quiet awareness that lets us meet everything life brings.

I do not have the answers to your life. I bring my experience, attention, and presence, and guide you toward your own understanding, and beyond it, into what is true for you.

Because sometimes transformation begins not with becoming more, but with discovering what is already here.


Testimonials

Words of Wonder

Words from the community

Jen D.2013
“I felt great after our session. You have healing hands!”
MartineVancouver, 2013
“… nurturing soulful energy. I felt held in sacredness and re-invigorated.”
Coco F.2013
“I felt beyond open and incredible after our session. … I felt so open afterwards, so beautiful.”
Kelley M.2013
“You have enriched my life at this point in time which I will always see as a touch stone of growth and renewal. My mind and heart feel lighter because of your kindness and gifted hands skillfully conveyed through love.”
Paul B.2013
“You are a wise and powerful healer, and your attention, guidance and love have made a big impact on my life - in a short time!”
Aaron W.2013
“She is a light worker and from the moment her hands begin treatment you will notice this is no ordinary massage.”
Fred G.2014
“It was incredible to feel you moving and balancing my energy. Great to feel your energy as well.”
Annalee K.2014
“[Her] presence is so profoundly attentive and compassionate, her energy is so earthy and nourishing that I felt infused with love and caring on a cellular level.”
Dawn O.2014
“Thank you thank you thank you! I am so grateful to have met you … I feel more present.”
Alejandra P.Psychotherapist & Coach, 2014
“Science sometimes takes too long to arrive. But before science there is intuition.”
J. MacartyWriter & Editor, 2014
“Therapeutic and transformative—these are the perfect words to describe the powerful experience of being in [her] healing hands.”
Kristine P.2017
“I felt and ‘saw’ my body as pure light within and surrounding me as well. … I am so peaceful right now.”
Colleen W.2018
“You have a beautiful presence and skill. Our session today helped open and balance me more.”
Brennen B.2020
“You are very talented at energy work as well as massage! It was an honor to experience that.”
Sarah D.2021
“I felt as if your soul was saying ‘everything is ok’. … Your presence transforms. Quite an experience!”
Audrey Ann.2025
“A session with Anya is more than a massage — it’s a return to stillness, to presence, to your own inner peace. I left feeling lighter, more spacious, and deeply grateful.”
Audrey Ann.2025
“Her hands seem to listen to your body, and her soothing voice guides you into a state where you can truly let go.”
Caitie J.2022
“Anya, you have been such a profound example of what it looks like to live in JOY. You bring such passion creativity play-fullness and insightful spiritual depth.”
Leanna M.2022
“Beautiful Anya! It's been an honor having you as a guide, I'm so grateful for you and all your gifts!”
Andrea S.2022
“Lovely Anya, you are clearly spirit first, human second. Your heart and curiosity overflow and create such enthusiasm for life, people, and counselling.”
Shama Z.Counselling program
“Your innocence, courage, joy, welcoming energy was so inspiring. You made a big impact in my heart and i will keep you there forever.”
LauraCounselling program
“Anya, I appreciate your playful energy! It inspires me to bring out more of mine!”
Ryan A.Counselling program
“You are full of light, play and joy, something that i have felt i have lost in myself. you have helped me to find it again.”
Eve C.Counselling program
“Anya you are a joy to behold. your childlike innocence has warmed my heart.”
Deedre S.Counselling program
“The image of you dancing in joy will forever be in my heart as well as your courage to claim your beautiful name.”

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Not sure where to start? Share what is present for you right now, a thought, a feeling, a season you are in, and the guide will meet you there. No right answers, nothing to fix. Just a quiet place to slow down and be heard.

  1. 01Say what is here
  2. 02Explore it with curiosity
  3. 03Find your doorway to Presence

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