Hello, I’m Rivi.

I’m a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a community weaver, a land and human tender, a descendant of wise ancestors, a facilitator, and a ritualist.  

I came to the sacred landscapes of ritual and liberation through my own journey of understanding what home and belonging mean to me. My work stems directly from this emergent, unfolding life journey of looking deeply, trusting, breaking open, and surrendering. My journey has been weaving through ecosystems, through listening to people and the land, so I can learn and embody what it means to be in right relationship on this planet, in these times. 

I come from a lineage of ancestors that have been displaced and disconnected from their land-based practices for generations. This longing to belong and to feel at home in my body and on this earth has been running through my blood line for generations. 

I grew up in a country where war was part of daily life.  A feeling of existential fear was part of the collective undercurrent. In survival mode, we often don’t allow space for the fear, for the grief, for the ways in which we perpetuate our trauma.

For years, this fear created anxiety, uncertainty, isolation, grief and longing. These feelings spread into different areas of my life. Eventually, healing this became the most important path in my life. All the branches led to this root; how to be in an embodied relationship to myself, people and land. 

Knowing deep inside my being that the seed of my existence does know belonging, connection, home and community. That what was running through my blood line was asking to be healed. I started listening to my body, to others stories, to the land..

I took a deep dive into the study of how different forms of oppression affect our connection to the natural world, our bodies, and our existential sense of belonging. I immersed myself in community, in nature, in Earth-based practices and art. I learned many ways to tend to land and people. 

In my process I naturally found myself holding space for others in coming home and reclaiming their whole selves. It has been a gift for me to witness others' processes, and to support others using some of the practices that I have found to be so profound.

Through my journey of healing from the oppression of war, I have developed a deep relationship with my ancestors, my body, this Earth, people and this beautiful life. Going through this process allowed me to show up in the world and in these times where we are called to lead, stay curious, be accountable, aware, loving and resilient.  

I am honored to walk and learn on this path together.