About Me

Hi there, I’m Namiko (she/they). I’m so glad you’re here! I’m passionate about feeling, healing, and doing brave things. I live in the question of how we change individually and collectively, and how we shape that change to be in alignment with what we care about.

I value courage, abundance, integrity, pleasure, love, liberation, and joy. I identify as a bi-racial, cis gender, queer woman of color, with white-passing and able-bodied privileges currently residing on Ohlone land (Oakland, California).

I center the wisdom of the body in my coaching. Through connecting to this wisdom, my clients are able to actively shape their personal and professional lives and create new realities. I love guiding people through cycles of change so they can experience their brilliance, take effective action, and have a healing impact on their communities. My coaching style is warm, direct, intuitive, and collaborative.

I am an ICF credentialed professional somatic coach and somatic bodyworker trained through Strozzi Institute. My politicized somatics approach is deeply informed by the interplay of trauma, somatics, social justice and collective healing (generative somatics). I’ve also trained as a professional coach at Co-Active Training Institute (CTI), and I incorporate components of evidence-based techniques, such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, into my coaching.

I hold a MA in Development and Gender Studies from the University of Leeds, England, and a BS in Graphic Communication, Psychology, Ethnic Studies, and Industrial Technology from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. My passions have led me to live and work in North America, Europe, and Africa across a variety of sectors such as international relations, the arts + social justice organizing, tech, and mental healthcare.

My love of movement, self-study, stillness, and spirit led me to become a 300-hour trauma-informed certified yoga teacher in the vinyasa, restorative, yin and nidra traditions.