What trainings and/or certifications does omi have?

Education and Training 

• Ordained Minister, Universal Life Church

• Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200), Yoga Alliance (Trained with Siddhi Yoga International: Yin, Hatha, Restorative)  

• Certified Meditation Teacher 

  • Natural Healer: Certified by Melissa Crowhurst 

  • Professional Meditation Teacher: Certified by Yogi Sandeep Rishikesh, YACEP, E-RYT of Raj Yoga Rishikesh

• Certified Hypnotist 

  • Certified Through the National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH)  

  • NLP Certified Master Practitioner  

  • Certified in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy by Dan Jones of the Sussex Hypnotherpy Centre

• Initiated Tantrika- Sri Vidya Lineage 

  • Currently studying with Guru Amma of Devipuram Ashram 

  • Received initiation/diksha; kalavahana, ganapathi   

• Grand Trine Tantra 

  • Certified; Level 1 and 2 completed.  

• Ipsalu Tantric Kriya Yoga 

  • Practicum completed and Cobra Breath received 2009 

• Shakti Pati Tantric Guru Yoga  

  • Certified Yoni Breathing Instructor  

  • Trained by Tafari Khumbaka and Katrina Ifill of Orgasmic Living  

• Certified Community Centered Herbalist 

  • Indigenous Remedies Program Completed /Certified Community-Centered Herbalist  

  • Herbal Academy: Entrepreneur Herbalist Course Completed  

  • Herbal Academy: Intermediate Course Completed 

  • Herbal Academy: Advanced Herbalist Course Completed  

• Certified Life Coach 

  • Certified Life Coach- Transformation Academy  

  • Certified Life Coach- CLEC Wealth Coach Academy  

• Certified Full Spectrum Doula 

  • Madriella Certified Birth Doula  

  • IPPA Certified Postpartum Doula  

  • QUILT Certified Loss and Bereavement Doula  

• Certified Placenta Encapsulation Specialist  

  • IPPA Certified  

• Reiki / Seichem Master 

  • Received Levels 1-3 attunements  

  • Received Seichem attunement  

  • Attunements administered by Dr. Rebecca Meek-Horton  

  • Attuned for a second time through Natural Healer 

  • Founder Melissa Crowhurst  

• Advanced Pranic Healer 

  • Basic Pranic Healing  

  • Advanced Pranic Healing  

  • Pranic Psychotherapy 

• Certified Crystal Healer 

  • Natural Healer 

  • Certified by Melissa Crowhurst 

• Astrologer (Tropical, Sidereal, 13-Sign) 

  • Studied with Deborah Singletary of Vision Carriers 

  • Studied with M. Kelley Hunter of Depth Astrology 

• Course 1 Completed - Certification Course: Somatic Sex Educators Association 

• BS - Africana Studies 

  • SUNY Empire State College, Saratoga Springs, NY 

Religious  

• Iyalorisa in the Lukumi Orisha Tradition  

  • Crowned Yemoja Ibu Asaba by Robert Mercado; Eshu Lade (Babatobi) and Antonio Sanchez; Odetobi (Ojigbona).  

  • Pirana (pimienta/atare) Lineage 

  • Received Pinaldo from Rudy Ortiz, Oshun Dina, Pirana (pimienta/atare) Lineage 

• Yaya Nganga in the Palo Mayombe Tradition 

  • Tata ndi Brazo Fuerte Fortuna Mundo  

  • Rama: Brama con Brama Mayombe Monte Oscuro  

• Iyanifa in Isese (Isin Ibile) Ifa Tradition  

  • Initiated by Iyanifa Owefunlekamo Omiadeofun Fakayode  

  • Babalawo Abiola Akanji of Ibadan, Nigeria, West Africa  

• Mambo in Haitian Vodou Tradition 

  • Sosyete La Deese De La Mer/ Initiated by Mambo Kerline Marc 

  • Current member of Sosyete Nago under the guidance of Mambo Marie Maude