Aaliyah, founder of Whole Essence Wellness, is a community guide, somatic movement DJ, and event organizer who creates spaces for mind, body, and soul healing through deepening connections – connections to self, others, nature, and the transcendent. She hosts a wide range of experiences that help people feel safe to open up, release what no longer serves them, and return to their whole essence. She emphasizes embodiment, play, authentic expression, presence, and conscious connection in every space she holds. In addition, as an ecologist and nomad, she sees Mother Gaia as a wise mentor and healer, and weaves the Earth’s teachings in her work.