Tachi Ocean, M.A.
The wisdom of the earth has guided me since childhood. Decades of study at the intersection of transpersonal, depth, ecological and yogic approaches to wholeness, alongside direct inquiry in ceremonial contexts, has convinced me that disconnection from our bodies and the body of nature is the wound underlying our suffering. My mission is to help weave humans back into relational coherence through felt experiences of communion with creation.
This homecoming has four dimensions: body, soul, nature, and cosmos. As a yoga practitioner and forest runner, I am in awe of the somatic intelligence activated in us when we meet our bodies with curiosity and reverance. In a culture that normalizes numbness and shame, routines that restore vitality are revolutionary. Soul work is too—writing poetry and playing music is how I metabolize despair into prayer.
The forest reminds me that what is real is endlessly regenerative. My love for all that’s wild and green and always dying and being reborn makes it very painful to live in an ecocidal culture. Yet it is this love that directs me to ceremony—and it is in ceremony that glimpses of larger patterns make it clear that the sensitivity that makes life in these burning times so heart-breaking is the very power that will get us through this initiation, arm in arm.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
PhD in East-West Psychology (currently enrolled)
California Institute of Integral Studies
MA in East-West Psychology (2025)
California Institute of Integral StudiesPsilocybin Facilitator Certificate (2023)
Inner TrekYoga Instructor Certificate (2015)
8 Limbs Yoga CentersDigital Design Diploma (2005)
Vancouver Film SchoolMassage Practitioner Certification (2001)
Esalen Institute Massage Certification ProgramIda Rolf Institute, Rolfing Trainings 1 & 2 (2001)
BA in Ecopsychology and Creative Arts Therapies (1999)
Naropa University