Josí Houpt

(they/she) ((we/us)) HUMAN.

Warm greetings to you! My name is Josi, and at 44 years young, having practiced meditation for 35 years might sound a bit wild, but yes, my mother was a meditation teacher of Transcendental Meditation with Maharishi Ayurveda, and introduced me to the practice at the wee age of 9. I remember some of my first experiences, sounding my little mantra within my mind and heart, and behind closed eyes, witnessing the world as i saw it fall away, becoming a pulsing, breathing, moving tapestry of energy, where i got to traverse the many landscapes we get to explore with awareness of consciousness. My practice for many years, was at home, until my active teenage body brought me into more physical practices in the yoga studio setting. By my 20’s, i began to train in Hatha Yoga, and gathered multiple certifications over the years. I also wished to further explore the subtle energies that were activated, and the channels of connection sensed in the different asanas, so i furthered my studies in learning both advaita vedanta and tantra yoga philosophy, and then Reiki.

Always a diligent student, with an immense joy of learning, i continued to explore the vast worlds of subtle energy and consciousness with many teachers, which opened me to further connections with my ancestors, the elements, and nature. I was one of those children who walked with ancestors, spoke with them, but then over time, closed off to my gifts, for i found that many adults did not enjoy insights into the unspoken. These many years of study, healing, and growth in all of these subtle practices supported me to gently reopen to my natural gifts of connection and sight, and slowly, over years, traversing the many shadows around them. To share Ancestral support & mediation by this point in my life, is a great joy and honour, for it shares immense truths, love, and care to those that so choose to gather, listen, breathe, and receive. I share of these gifts in my private services.

I live in Meaford, Ontario, on the lands cared for by the Saugeen Ojibway Nation, in the Territory of the Anishinabek Nation. I give great gratitude to having the gift of nature all around me, for the lands of Turtle Island are immensely healing.

My healing journey has been for now more than 3 decades, at first for physical pains, then the mental and emotional traumas as i tried to navigate through societal systems that were unsupportive for a queer, non-binary being with mixed heritage. Presence can feel excruciatingly difficult, when all around you are tenets shared of the patriarchy, supremacy, hierarchy and authoritarianism.

I am anti-capitalist, and am currently working with the lifelong practice of unlearning and decolonizing the mind and body, but have always leaned on my subtle practices to support the process of living in a world that doesn’t seem to support the earth, humanity and all of the living beings and ecosystems within it.

I do share of ways to navigate the immense challenges experienced in some of the industries of yoga and spirituality, and address spiritual bypassing, while sharing supportive practices to tend to your own energetic equilibrium. Meditation and subtle energy practices have shared with me great insights and have supported enhancing connections to my body, and our earth. They have taught me how to have the courage to continue moving and communicating with the world around me, and gifted me a growing community that is open to exploring their emotions, authenticity, and integrity, together.

I teach meditation, subtle practices and my private services, locally, as well as share some services online. There is a resource library of meditations on my youtube channel.

May we continue to cycle through the seasons and moons of healing and growth, while tending to our bodies, minds, and hearts. I hope we get time to envision new ways forwards as we witness the destructive and extractive ways of yesteryears fall.

Much love and honour to you and your ancestors, gratitude for meeting you here. May we continue to support the revolutions occurring simultaneously within us, around us, and across the globe.

Skills, training, & experience

35 years of meditation practice

22+ years of ancestral practices

Yoga philosophy, practices & study for 30 years

Hatha Yoga teacher certification, 500hrs+, 2008

Reiki practitioner certification, levels 1& 2, 2010

Reiki teacher/"masters" certification, 2012

Functional Range Conditioning Mobility Specialist certification, 2017

Mentorship with Elders, healers & teachers in energy medicine, 2014-2021

Trauma-Informed Certification for Coaches, 2023

gratitude to my teachers

you are welcome to read further, to explore those who i name that have supported my walk & work with Spirit. they each have taught me, while aiding my own curiosities & wonder of all that it is to be HUMAN.

with Yoga:

many thanks to MAHARISHI Mahesh Yogi for initiating my mother as a teacher of Transcedental Meditation, which she then taught my adopted-father, my siblings and i. My first initiation within Yoga was held in 1989. i give thanks to the multitude of yoga practices and studies that supported my walk since, and the teachers that shared a deep love and appreciation for the methods they were initiated into, especially Michael Siddall, Vieslav Krystyan, Christine Reeves, Christina Sell, Darren Rhodes, Paul Muller-Ortega, Christopher Hareesh Wallis, and Douglas Brooks. I give thanks to Roberta Trzebinski for her further teachings in Breath and fascia release from a Pilates perspective. I give gratitude to the Kashmir Shaivism lineage of tantrika studies (and the goddess-centered Hinduism called Śrīvidyā), as well as to the oral transmissions still made available by the late Swami Lakshmanjoo.

of Reiki:

deep gratitude to Darlene Dee Hobson (now retired) for initiating me into her Reiki lineage in 2008, which was 7 human steps away from the Reiki shared to Mikao Usui, who founded the Usui Shiki Ryoho method of ReiKI. I also give thanks to those who attuned and taught me in these leveled practices, as i moved towards my own capacity to teach and attune students by 2012, both Jane Davis and Kelly Rasch. I share immense gratitude to all whom I have met amongst my travels with the Breath of Life. I also share heartfelt bows to Kathy Roseborough, who mentored me in my path of dance with the sacred dual energies, supporting me in accessing and trusting furthermore my connections to dear ascended teachers of harmony, that do not need to be named here, for you know them. Reiki is channeling life energy, and was a truly supportive method to assist me in reacquainting myself with my gifts as a seer &/ medium.

with Spirit connection:

sincere heart songs shared with dear Earthkeeper Nukumi Selina for her mentorship journey and generous gifts in teaching from her Indigenous, and most Cosmic pathways of connection with the many realms of Earth and Spirit. I give deep bows to having the honour to connect remotely with many teachers (some more listed on my contact page), but must share immense gratitude to the Inca Medicine School and the Paqo shamans of the Apaza family lineage from the Qero nation. I look forward to continuing on the Paqo path in-person, Divine-time-willing. I also share many thanks to the experiences with Spirit that were received in group sessions with Manari Ushigua, Marcela Lobos, and Marilu Shinn.

on healing practices:

many potent healers have supported my life energy and further remembrance of the medicine peoples of my own blood lines. I give offerings of immense love & devotion to first and foremost my beloved Ancestors, of Jacinta, D, Tino'q, Esmeralda, Ts'a'nim, et. al., who counseled me through the alchemy needed for the carried supremacy in my body. They helped me through some of the darkest days and years. I share love with the Angels and Los Animales, and the Ancient Ones that have protected my path, as i moved through the shadows, traumas, and tribulations of my learning ground of these past forty years. There was much to be rectified, many courses of action from past lifetimes and my bloodlines, that my soul agreed to support switching in this life. I share big hugs to Paco, my beloved familiar, dog, helper, and teacher. A special shout out to the wild dogs of Peru, who walked with me during my 'lone' travels there, especially Pilau, and their shared connections, as we witnessed the wonders of sunrise and sunsets.

The additional healers (in human form) that i was guided to trust and open my energies to, for their supportive body, breath, and energy works were: Cara Houpt, Kelly Romanick, Dr. Farah Hirani, Dr. A. Ali, Serah Ruth Goldberg, Natoya Hall, Caroline Sabbah, Clare Kenty, Kristi Clements, and Beth Rutty.

many thanks to:

the many wise ones that have crossed my path, along my travels and transformations. Those whom embraced my queerness and witchiness were much appreciated, and i give gratitude to those that also respected my non-binary nature, even before i could speak of it, or write about it. Gratitude to the teachings, your presence at times, in my life, and our conversations: Daniel G, Jacki K, Krista Marie S, Chrys M, Christi-an S, jamilah malika a-b, Noora, Despina M, Cian K, Jody L, Dr Jenny M, Riquel E, Julie P, Beth R, and many many more of YOU.

so where am i now?

My travels have currently placed me in Meaford, Ontario. I am currently settled on these lands, and it is with great respect & honour that i acknowledge the Territory of the Anishinabek Nation: The People of the Three Fires known as Ojibway, Odawa, and Pottawatomie Nations. Giving deep gratitude to the Chippewas of Saugeen, and the Chippewas of Nawash, known collectively as the Saugeen Ojibway Nation, as the traditional keepers of this land. I endeavour in my time here to continue to learn, tend, and care for the land and its waters.

I enjoy gardening, painting, communing with Spirit, dancing, singing, and expanding community connections and care. I share my time with the lands and nearby waters, as well as whom I choose to share space over times with. I share gratitude to the growing international & intergenerational circles that are gathering of humans, plants, stones, and animals, together on this Earth. As I make peace with who I am, care and love for who I continue to revolve into, I look forward to sharing connections with you, as well as remembering more of our shared magick this season!,

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