About Me

Malia learned the art of alchemy from the inside-out, after a debilitating spinal injury left her bedridden for 3 years in her early 20s, with disabling relapses for over a decade. This journey required her to build and draw-on all aspects of healing: body, mind and spirit, with a conviction that became unshakable.

She studied closely with a tantric mystic for 18 years and is blessed to have apprenticed with several world-renowned healers. She has helped teach and give talks on meditation and mysticism at universities across the western US and is a practitioner with the Luminous Awareness Institute.

Malia loves helping clients discover their true essence, which often involves a deep integration process of unfreezing and repairing attachment ruptures through somatic presence while simultaneously working with the physical, mental, emotional and energetic fields to support creating a new “set-point” that is deeply authentic, awakened and purpose-aligned.

Clients come to her for a wide range of reasons and work many aspects of being. It is not uncommon to explore IFS-style parts work, somatics, early-life attachment trauma, subtle energy, sacred sexuality and embodiment practices, unwinding past life and lineage imprinting, true essence mirroring, and practical coaching and support around career, partnership, family and other aspects of life. Malia believes the Awakening process is richly nuanced, and supports clients in both expanding their sense of "Self" while simultaneously healing and integrating through the interconnected felt-sense so that nothing is bypassed. She brings a warm, attuned & agendaless presence to her clients, believing that ultimately our best guide is our own True Nature (and often we need ongoing pointers, support & mirroring to return to this state!). She loves her clients and loves what she does!

In her free time, Malia enjoys working in public policy, international aid and women's initiatives. She has volunteered in aid & "social medicine" projects with Dr. Patch Adams in South America & Eastern Europe, and was a guest at the United Nations MDG Summit. Most recently she served in the cabinet of her district state senator, helping draft legislation in support of environmental and social policy. She currently runs a community grassroots organization aimed at eliminating air traffic noise impacts for Hawaii's residents.

Formal Education:

Middlebury Institute International Studies, SLIP

University of California San Diego, BA. Cum Laude.

Luminous Awareness Institute, 6-years study. Practitioner

AARM (Adult Attachment Repair Model), Peter Cummings LSW. (Advanced certification in-progress)

(Please note Malia is not a licensed healthcare practitioner and her work is not intended to diagnose or treat mental illness or disease)