about me

my story

My name is Lauren Hoffman, and my story is still unfolding. About 11 years ago, my spiritual journey deepened when I completely fell apart. I experienced depression and anxiety due to being chronically ill with reactivated Epstein-Barr Virus (unaware of my CPTSD, I ignored my crying and sometimes screaming body's pleas to slow down, which led to this reactivation).

My body shut down to wake me up, and I needed to dig deep to get well. I slowly got well by intentionally rebuilding my life around what I was consuming and engaging with - work, diet, media, relationships, and creating boundaries around the roles I decided I would no longer participate in upholding. Through various healing modalities, plant medicine ceremonies, and particularly somatic work and the Enneagram, I have accessed my voice and my gifts and desire to guide others to do the same.

Throughout my journey, I had the honor of spending time with the Yawanawá tribe, and they believe that we heal in joy and love. As we dive into and sort through our shadows, healing can be challenging, and the Yawanawá say "segure firme" (translated as "hold on tight"), but we can still do it from a place of levity. This essence of joy that can hold the light and dark is the medicine I am working to embody.

Embracing my shadows and healing my trauma has allowed me to open up to my clairvoyant, clairaudient, and clairsentient gifts. While these gifts appear in my sessions with clients, I work to guide you to find your own answers and the wisdom you hold, unlocking them through somatic inquiry. We are in an era where we can’t outsource wisdom; we must go within and unlock our own codes and the wisdom of our ancestral lineage.  

my background,  training, and approach

My facilitation approach is informed by my studies and certification with the Deep Coaching Institute, which focuses on soul midwifery by accessing wisdom from the body through somatic healing, and Enneagram-informed methods to guide effective ways to soften the personality structure, befriending our shadows, and reintegrating into our whole selves.  

I continue to study with Ceremonialists, Energy Healers, Shamans, and Shamanic Allies, and to learn directly from the plants and indigenous teachings and wisdom, so as to continue to heal myself, to decolonize my being, and to become a better ancestor and guide to others as I provide shamanic energy healing medicine.

Simultaneously, I believe we heal in community. I am a teacher and typing specialist certified from the Narrative Enneagram Tradition. We heal by being held, witnessed, and adored by community. The panel approach allows us to join in a ceremony of sharing, a “sharemony” if you will, and have our lived experience witnessed by others on a path of remembering.

I offer community breathwork classes, supported by Reiki, to bring us together and reconnect with one another, ourselves, and the divine.

Certifications: 

• Enneagram Teacher Certification through The Narrative Enneagram Tradition - 2026

• Enneagram Typing Certification through The Narrative Enneagram Tradition - 2025

• Certified Coach through the Deep Coaching Institute - 2024

• Akashic Records Practitioner Certified - 2022

• Reiki Level I and II - 2020

• 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Certification - 2016

Certifications in Progress

• Somatic Enneagram Certification - Anticipated Late 2027

• Academy of the Oracle Arts Divination Board Oracle - Anticipated January 2027