Come Home to Yourself

Counselling to help you reclaim your wisdom, power, and ancestral wealth.

You’ve always known how to survive — but survival has come at a cost.

Holding it all. Shrinking parts of yourself, your culture, your identity. Feeling like the world wasn’t made for your body, your rhythm, your story.

Now, you’re ready for something more.

A deeper exhale.
A space to be held, not just to be strong.
A place where your culture doesn’t need explaining and your healing doesn’t ask you to leave parts of yourself behind.

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This is that space

Counselling | Authentic Tantra Yoga | Yin Yoga | Sound Healing | Dance & Movement

Upcoming Events

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1 - 4 pm, September 28

A 2.5-hour journey of yin yoga and sound healing in Wellington, created as a sanctuary for tired bodies and busy minds. Guided by Nizaad and Ashley, this circle offers a chance to release winter’s heaviness, soothe the nervous system, and reconnect with your own rhythm.

Early bird price $55 until September 14

Full price $70

What This Work Feels Like:

  • Finally being seen in your fullness, without needing to perform strength

  • Coming home to parts of yourself that were buried or silenced

  • Grieving things you didn’t know you were carrying

  • Reconnecting to your body as a site of wisdom—not just pain

  • Feeling gently held, without pressure to be “healed” by a certain time

You don’t need to know the language of healing.
You’ve lived it—in your body, your silence, your survival.

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I’m Ashley—a trauma-informed counsellor and embodied healing practitioner of Fijian-Indian descent. I support people of colour to reconnect with their bodies, emotions, ancestral wisdom, and inner knowing—so they can live in a way that truly supports them.

My work honours both science and spirit, weaving nervous system science with Eastern wisdom I’ve grown up with—Tantra Yoga, Sound Healing, and the 8-limbed path of Yoga.

It’s healing that is practical, embodied, sacred, and culturally resonant.

Availability & Pricing

Currently, accepting clients on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday.
Sessions are available in person in Hataitai, Wellington or online via Zoom.

Fees:

  • $140 NZD – Employed clients

  • $120 NZD – Students / Unwaged

  • ACC Sensitive Claims and WINZ subsidies available

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  • D

    “I feel like we're finally realising that self care is more than just face masks. So I really love being able to learn and be guided through these grounding and embodiment practices that I can then take off the mat and into my life.”

  • S

    “Not all therapists understand the challenges of growing up in a South Asian family. Being a daughter, granddaughter, niece and aunt in these families is harder for some than others. Thank you for illuminating the pathway where we can all feel love, connection and true joy in being ourselves”

  • Anita

    “Thank you Ashley for embracing me and providing a fresh insight with effective practices to fully feel and heal into myself - I’ve been referring to these on a regular basis.”

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Pole loads the muscles. Yin nourishes the fascia, joints, and nervous system. It’s the balance that helps your training stay sustainable 👌🏾 Thursdays 7:30pm @thegardenpole
Pole loads the muscles. Yin nourishes the fascia, joints, and nervous system. It’s the balance that helps your training stay sustainable 👌🏾 Thursdays 7:30pm @thegardenpole
We are so excited to be two South Asian women creating this space together 🥹 this circle is rooted in our lineage — sharing practices that have carried our people across generations. In Vedic philosophy, spring is the sacred turning point &m
We are so excited to be two South Asian women creating this space together 🥹 this circle is rooted in our lineage — sharing practices that have carried our people across generations. In Vedic philosophy, spring is the sacred turning point — when winter’s heaviness melts and creation begins. It teaches us that the cycles that exist in the world around us, also exist WITHIN us. But it’s not easy to be in tune with these cycles because of the busyness of the world around us. To step into spring, we must first release the residue of winter so prāṇa, our life force, can flow again. Circle of Rest is our way of honouring this shift. Through yin yoga and sound healing, we’ll shed what no longer serves, soothe the nervous system, and reconnect with the energy of renewal rising within us. 📍 Tusk Yoga Studio 🗓 Sunday 28th September | 1–4 pm 🎟 You know where to got for them tickets 😉 Come rest, release, and rise with the energy of spring. 🌱
“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” — Tao Te Ching The inner child is resting now The woman is rising Something new is coming 🤎 📸 @nizaads
“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” — Tao Te Ching The inner child is resting now The woman is rising Something new is coming 🤎 📸 @nizaads
Pole loads the muscles. Yin nourishes the fascia, joints, and nervous system. It’s the balance that helps your training stay sustainable 👌🏾 Thursdays 7:30pm @thegardenpole We are so excited to be two South Asian women creating this space together 🥹 this circle is rooted in our lineage — sharing practices that have carried our people across generations. In Vedic philosophy, spring is the sacred turning point &m “New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” — Tao Te Ching The inner child is resting now The woman is rising Something new is coming 🤎 📸 @nizaads