Hello beauties,
My name is Steph Sheng (she/her). I was born in the US with Chinese roots, currently living between Berlin and Mexico. I support others on their path as a trauma-informed integration specialist and facilitator (+ forever student) of Nondual Tantra-based yoga, movement, and meditation. TLDR: I care deeply about harm reduction and accessibility to support, for all those exploring consciousness and/or on this journey of coming back home to their whole, soulful, authentic and fully expressed Selves. As a complement to 1:1 support, I also facilitate integration circles both in person (in Berlin, with the psychedelic womxn’s group, Psychedelic Agora) and online (femme circles with the Asian Psychedelic Collective). I dedicate my life to this path out of curiosity, awe, and reverence for the sacred divine in all things, as well as an excitement to see more beautiful beings, coming back into alignment with their authentic Selves and purpose, and back into connection with their bodies, others, nature, and beyond. I’m inspired by the potential that lies in more people, living, creating, and sharing from this place. It is also important for me that we strive for the utmost integrity in how we walk this path, keeping in mind the core principle of reciprocity and the inextricable link between self and collective healing. I look forward to connecting with you if this resonates and aligns. With love and care, Steph when reaching out by email, please check your spam folder for replies from stephanie@thewaybackhomeintegration.com Unabridged: My journey began with my father, who had cancer for ten years before he passed away when I was 20. Growing up alongside his death and grief process led me down a spiritual path at an early age and instilled in me a lens of curiosity, awe, and gratitude for life (and death). He was the first to invite me to befriend silence, stillness, and reflection. He showed how to see the beautiful divine in all things. And ultimately, he taught me what it is to trust and surrender because that's all there is to do in the end. Inspired by him, my mission in life became to cherish it, as much as I could remember to. And continuing his process while unfolding my own, I searched to understand life, its meaning, death, consciousness, belonging, home, and everything in between and beyond. This led me to many teachers and learnings, which have turned my life into an endless process of integration and an exciting journey back home to my wise, wild, soulful, authentically expressed Self. It is precisely this homecoming journey that I have such reverence for and that fuels my passion to accompany and support others in the same. My dive into psychedelics, beyond college experiments, began when I volunteered at my first conference (Horizons NY) in 2012. In just a few days, my view of the world of psychedelics burst wide open. I became enthralled — attending and learning everything I could and getting involved in the communities any way I could (volunteering at the conference every year, in harm reduction peer support with Zendo at Afrikaburn, 2015, and with Fireside Project, 2021-3). During this time, travels to Mexico and Colombia also sparked learning about and from indigenous communities and cultures, which established important fundamental principles in me — of nature connection, integrity, reciprocity, and reverence — when engaging with these medicines and practices. Alongside, I began diverting away from a career in brand strategy, becoming more fascinated by people than companies. This brought me to train in ontological life coaching, to support people in making shifts toward cherishing more of life and what is possible. A certain profoundness and spirituality were still missing for me in the coaching, though, which I found through expanding upon my decade-long yoga practice. I began down a more dedicated and profound path of study and practice, specifically in Nondual Tantra-based Hatha yoga, self-enquiry meditation, philosophy, and somatic movement practices. On this path, I began to uncover many answers and foundational elements, complementary to and supportive of my experiences with entheogens — I learned the importance of having this more sustainable and sustained spiritual path for integrating psychedelic experiences. As well, the somatic and intuitive movement practices and dance brought me into a newfound relationship with my body, greater authentic expression, and fully being here and now. Most recently, my desire to expand my capacity to understand and work with trauma brought me to learn from Dr. Gabor Maté and his Compassionate Inquiry therapeutic approach, which includes a more holistic and somatic approach to trauma and healing. Though the intention was to train and expand my skillset, my personal experience of CI brought a newfound depth to my own healing and homecoming to wholeness, authenticity, and the wisdom of my body. Everything in my approach and what I offer in support of others comes from my own deep resonance and personal experience with it. If any of this speaks to you, I look forward to connecting and walking with you on your journey back home. With love, Steph