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About Cristy

A space where women return to their bodies, their wisdom, and their truth.
Intimacy & Sexuality Coaching, Gippsland

A path
walked together

‘Empower the Woman’ has blossomed over the past 10 years as I have grown as an educator, mentor, facilitator, mother, woman, lover and sacred space holder.

I have been providing woman-to-woman care for over a decade and continue to feel such a strong calling to serve women. It has come so naturally to me and I truly believe my ripple will play a part in healing women and our world.

My heart has never felt this full.

My Approach

I am an educator, mentor and sacred space holder. I don’t profess to solve women’s problems, but instead provide a gateway for the women I work with to empower themselves in a safer and supportive space.

I am not the expert or guru. The women that I sit with and work with are coming together with me to co-create.

I come with life experience, education and training, compassion and a desire to support women to thrive—not just survive.

The Work I Offer

Some of the ways I hold space for healing, growth and connection:

  • Reclaiming power, resilience, and nervous system regulation
  • Releasing stress and trauma from the body
  • Exploring sexuality and intimacy
  • Deep, ceremonial exploration of the womb through integrative pelvic care
  • Facilitating transformational programs, temple spaces, and women’s circles
  • Supporting couples to reconnect through intimacy, communication, and embodied love

If what I’ve shared resonates with you, I’d love to connect. You’re welcome to join me on Instagram or reach out directly.

My Training & Lineage

I have spent over 20 years in the Education Sector. After having small children, I began studying the female body—physically, emotionally, energetically, and spiritually. My learning continues to this day.

My qualifications and education include:

  • Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Teaching – Deakin University
  • Diploma in Childbirth Education – Childbirth International
  • Sound Birth™ Educator – Sound 4 Life
  • Spirit Keeper of the Womb Apprenticeship – Fountain of Life
  • Sacred Menarche Coach – Sacred Living Movement
  • Peristeam Facilitator Certification – Steamy Chick Institute
  • Fembodiment Method™ Facilitator (1000 hrs) – The Fembodiment Institute
  • Somatic Stress Release™ (100 hrs) + Mentorship (6 mths) – Dr Scott Lyons & The Embody Lab
  • Non-Linear Movement Method® Practitioner – Michaela Boehm
  • Integrative Pelvic Health® Training (100 hrs) – Embodied Healing Arts
  • Embodied Intimacy and Relationship Coach (80 hrs) – The Embody Lab
  • Basic + Core Right Use of Power Training - Right Use of Power Institute
  • Certified Trauma-Informed Space Holder (100 hrs) - Culture of Care + The Field

     

Ongoing Study & Immersive Lineage

  • Activate Your Inner Jaguar - Kimberly Ann Johnson (4 rounds of immersive and embodied study in the female nervous system
  • Apprenticeship in The Spiritual Nervous System (10 mths) - Katie Dove (with 3+ years of ongoing study, practice and immersion in her work)
  • Body Mind Centering® - Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen (embodied study of breath, endocrine system, embryological patterning and touch)
  • Complex PTSD from a Somatic Perspective - Dr. Arielle Schwartz
  • Ongoing eldership, peer mentoring and 1:1 mentoring

All of these modalities and learnings have shaped who I am and how I practice today.

Booking & Availability

1:1 sessions are available in-person (Churchill, Victoria) and online.

Sliding scale pricing is offered for all services to ensure accessibility.

Spaces are limited to honour energy and presence in each offering.

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