Origin Story

Hello kindred, I’m Lindsay James — ceremonialist, death doula, grief tender, community bridge, teacher, breath and sound somatic practitioner, mystic, and mentor.  But before any titles or trainings, I have always been a woman listening for the deeper song of life.

There’s a thread that runs through every life —
a quiet current, a rhythm in the bones —
that calls us toward remembering.

Mine has always pulled me toward the heart of things.

From an early age, I spoke to trees and rivers like old friends, and innately trusted the unseen as much as the seen.  My life has been shaped by love, by loss, by painfully wild and also wondrous initiations — and by the unwavering devotion to walk as humbly and whole-heartedly as I can toward what is real and true.

The throughline of my work has always been the same:
to walk with others into the living, breathing heart of their lives —
to meet the densities and discords that sever us from our vitality to restore connection —and to remember the ancient ways of 

right-relationship with Self, Spirit, Earth, and Kin.

This work is earth-rooted and spirit-guided.

It’s the art of reclaiming our seat in the great circle of life — as fierce protectors and lovers of our world, as stewards of life-force itself, as radiant souls alive with service.

Motherhood has been one of my greatest initiations — a fire and a refuge.
Raising three children has deepened my understanding of patience, presence, and what it means to tend life from the roots up.

Before opening my private practice in 2011, I spent a decade weaving the threads of community care in the nonprofit sector — working as a social worker, leadership trainer, and project facilitator focused on collective restoration.

Those years taught me that healing is never just about the individual; it’s about the web we are all a part of, and the futures we are dreaming into being.

Today, all of my work — whether in private sessions, community spaces, ceremony, or mentorship — is devoted to this living prayer:

That we remember ourselves as part of a greater whole.

That we reclaim our inner authority and creativity.
That we restore our vitality and reweave a world rich in connection, reverence, and regenerative ways of living.