The REPUBLIC OF SOUL
“Soul Centre has been for me a home full of holy energy. The teachers are the most inspiring and encouraging people . I have improved my life in every aspect by all the skills I have learnt here. Thank you so much! ”
WE ARE KAITIAKI (Guardians) of the SOUL
We are a collective of humans doing our best to be the light. We stand in the place of SOUL, we are committed to being fully embodied on mama earth (pachamama, papatuanuku and all the aspects and names of mama earth) as the place where we stand and committed to our journey to connect with the divine, within ourselves and within all beings.
We are wayshowers and lightworkers, we are accountants and technicians, we are social media gurus and healers. We are somatic practitioners and wellness leaders, we are ceremonialists and yogis. However we serve we are here to do it with purpose, with love and divine presence.
Come and join us on this wild carpet ride called living on planet earth.
More about us.....
Wilhemeena Monroe
BPSA, Dip CST, Cert ECK, Cert SRT, Cert BIB, Cert Shin Somatics, Cert Herbal Medicine, Dip TMHST, RME (ISMETA)
SOUL FOUNDER, DIRECTOR, SENIOR THERAPIST, FACILITATOR TRAINER, CHIEF CACAO ADMINISTRATOR, CEREMONY CREATRIX
Wilhemeena Isabella Monroe is a deep transformational healer and an international leader in wellness facilitation - a mystic dance artist and poet, she is a teacher of the healing and sacred arts and has been empowering others to step into sacredness, self-trust and self-love for over 20 years.
She has held space as the founder and priestess of the SOUL CENTRE for over 20 years with thousands of people coming through the physical and online doors - She has created foundational programes for healing, wellness, empowerment and creativity. Including: ELEMENTAL ALCHEMY - qi gong and energy medicine training, our signature program - SOUL + SOMA and the VISION SESSIONS And SOUL LIFE programs. Through these programs thousands of lives have been touched.
She facilitates personal ceremony + healing, working one-on-one with individuals as well as group facilitation, trainings, retreats and online programs.
Her private clinical practice includes Biodynamic Craniosacral therapy, massage, movement therapy, energy (qi gong) healing, shamanic healing, plant medicine and spiritual mentorship. She has worked with a multitude of clients both online and in-person and brings her wide knowledge of the sacred healing arts and somatic movement arts to her practice.
As a poet and author she released her first poetry book in 2020 - Dancing with Angels and has just released a chapter of her work in the volume Skinner Releasing Technique - A Movement and Dance Practice - edited by Manny Emslie.
A rampant creator - in her spare time she drinks cacao and creates zen mists, SOUL Divine Love cards whilst dancing in her loungeroom and is cooking up a batch of new products this year… so stay tuned.
For more info see www.mswilla.com or @wilhemeena
Rebekah DACK
ELEMENTAL ALCHEMY INTERN 2023-2024
Qi Gong teacher SOUL ONLINE Membership
Rebekah is a reiki master, qi gong enthusiast, martial artist and creative. With a calling to be in service to those around her, Rebekah has dived head first into numerous passions; theatre making, art, working as an Audio Describer for the Blind and Low Vision community, vocal coaching, personal training and teaching karate.
After working with Willa and Courtney to help her find her purpose and re-falling in love with her body; Rebekah began the journey of healing herself with meditation, energy work and somatic practices. This lead to her desire to share her gifts that she discovered. She studied the Japanese healing art of reiki, and joined SOUL as an intern in February 2023; and is deepening her knowledge of energy and plant medicine by plunging into the Elemental Alchemy qi gong teacher training.
She believes that everyone has the power within them to heal themselves, to come home to their bodies and the earth, and to create a strength that stretches across body, mind and spirit. Rebekah currently offers in person and distance reiki healing.
“Thank you for giving me a place to work that inspires me creatively and gives me freedom to develop and grow in my career and in myself”
COURTNEY SHORE
SOUL + SOMA ASSISTANT 2024/2025
SOUL APPRENTICE 2021 - 2023
Courtney, is Feminine Embodiment Coach. Her mission is to reconnect women to their beautiful bodies, to awaken the sacred energy of their pelvic bowl and guide them into their highest vibration.
Courtney is passionate about awakening women to who they truly are. She works to help women heal their relationship with their menstrual cycle, womb & root of the body.
She believes tapping into sensuality and education about women’s divine cyclical nature is the most empowering thing we can experience as womb holders.
Courtney joined SOUL as an intern in August 2021. She felt deeply connected to SOUL and Willa’s work. She wanted to expand her capacity for holding space for deep transformational healing. Training in ceremony, energy work, plant medicine, somatic & shamanic work.
She currently offers transformational 1:1 online support, she is also planning to host in person women’s gathering, workshops and ceremonies later this year!
Courtney is a graduate of the SOUL + SOMA Training 2023/4, and has come on board as assistant for the 2024/5 students.
For more info see @naturally_courtney
Martin Gebhardt
TUTOR on SOUL + SOMA Training 2023 - 2025
SOUL APPRENTICE 2000
As a movement, lifestyle & embodiment coach, yoga teacher/group facilitator, myofascial massage and deep tissue massage practitioner, Martin Gebhardt has helped people from all walks of life feel better about their bodies.
Using his background as a trained CHEK Institute practitioner, and somatic apprenticeship with Wilhemeena and the SOUL CENTRE, his friendly and personalised approach, and true love for helping people become who they want to be, he has assisted athletes, desk jockeys, and people of all ages and abilities to break free from limitations and discover more fulfilling lives, naturally.
He currently resides in Mangawhai, NZ where he has created FoundationYou; an online program he has designed to help people achieve total body and mind wellness, over 12 transformative weeks.
More info see https://foundationyou.co.nz/
“I love what SOUL is about, it is a safe place for me, to learn, to explore, to create, and be in relationship with myself and others. I feel I naturally contribute to its existence, with my own heart and Soul; this means its not just the hours I work when I am there, it’s the way I am there, how I talk about SOUL, also on the outside, which becomes part of referring people to SOUL through my own participation... I guess this is community building, we draw people to what we love, by the way we are in the world.”
CHARLOTTE KIERLE
Yoga Nidra teacher SOUL ONLINE Membership
Charlotte completed her diploma of yoga science from the academy of yoga science (AYS) in mangrove mountain ashram, Sydney, Australia in December 2018. It took 2 years for her to complete and comprised 1400 hours of study including intensive stays at the ashram and home study. She learnt Asana, Pranayama, Meditation and yoga Nidra. The Diploma of Yoga Science is recognised as a world leader in Classical Yoga Teacher Training – renowned for its depth and authenticity.
It was such an inspiring course that took Charlotte on an extended journey of self-discovery. It involved a process of personal transformation through self-awareness. When she is not teaching you will find her hiking in nature, surfing, snowboarding or making essential oil blends. She loves being healthy and believes that yoga is a way of life rather than being really bendy.
BROOKE FENTON
Qi Gong teacher SOUL ONLINE Membership
For over a decade Brooke has been immersed in the study of healing arts, earth-based therapies, and shamanic practices. She is an Energy Medicine + Intuitive Nourishment Guide with a background as an Ayurvedic Counsellor, Yoga + Qigong Teacher, and a Reiki + Craniosacral Therapist. Extensive time abroad in places like Nepal, Hawaii, and South America have supported her continued studies in the art of ceremony, the healing power of plants, and energy medicine practices. Her services are memorably soulful, and are guided by the spirit of beauty and compassion. Brooke is currently living in the Sacred Valley of Peru. She offers workshops,classes and initiations both online and in person. She is a graduated Alchemist from the Elemental Alchemy Academy.
JOCK BARNES
Vinyasa teacher SOUL ONLINE Membership
Jock has always had a huge passion for adrenaline-fueled sports. Since first jumping on his skateboard and snowboard, he committed himself to his board sports as his main hobby. This passion for adrenaline often doesn’t come without injuries, and this lead to him seeking yoga/meditation for their healing properties. After his dedication to yoga, its benefits became real, and this was not limited to a strong fit and able body.
Jock’s predominant style is hatha/vinyasa fusion, however, he likes to mix it up, so you can expect creativity in sequencing and energising flows with a variety of styles to incorporate alignment, strength building, peak pose sequencing and restoration. Jock received his 200-hour yoga teaching certification under the International Yoga Alliance in October 2019, at Talalla Retreat, Sri Lanka; trained under Carolyn Anne Budgell and Clara Roberts-Oss who was trained by Shiva Rea. Since his training Jock has hosted multiple empowering yoga retreats, various wellness workshops and instructed at various yoga studios around Auckland. And also started the REVIVE Festival in Gisborne. Jock now lives in Aussie.
PETER FERNANDO
Meditation teacher SOUL ONLINE Membership
Peter is a (ex)-Thai Forest monk and a mindfulness trainer and meditation teacher. After graduating from university, he spent 9 years engaged in intensive whole-life meditation practice, living in Buddhist monasteries in the U.S, Canada and N.Z. He now teaches exclusively through our SOUL online portal. We are SO LUCKY!
He is the author of ‘Finding Freedom in Illness’ – A guide to cultivating deep well-being through mindfulness and self-compassion, published by Shambala. Peter also teaches bi-annual workshops at the SOUL CENTRE and on our annual Samoa Retreat. (oh how we miss those!)
Peter is one of Wilhemeena’s favourite people, the most open-hearted and kind man who exudes wisdom, grace and humility and has a wild sense of humor and is actually a mean-az drummer and rather a fabulous musician! His chanting is off the hook and as for his meditations - highly recommended.
“This has not been a job, this has been a journey of many steps and leaps. By contributing to something so beautiful and being emerged in it alongside Willa, I have realised that I have the capacity of beholding an ability to help and heal even in very small ways. I feel as if I have found a part of myself here that I never knew existed. Willa, your (what seems like magic) ability to create and hold a space has enabled me to unfold and grow in deep, amazing ways. SOUL has helped me find direction when I was very lost. I have learnt invaluable lessons that will continue to reveal their meaning as I grow with them. I thank you from the depths of my hearts universe. ”
CARISSA HINE
Yoga teacher - SOUL WELLNESS AT WORK
Carissa is an experienced yoga teacher who has taught community yoga classes around Auckland for the past 18 years, including for many years at the SOUL STUDIO in Titirangi. Carissa trained in a traditional Hatha style yoga and more recently in Tantric Hatha. Her classes encompass mindful breathwork with a mix of flowing and held postures to awaken your body and stabilise your mind.
ASHLEIGH DUNCAN
MANAGEMENT INTERN 2021
Ash started working as Soul Center’s Management intern at the beginning of 2021. Ash went to one of Willa’s one to one consultations and after that wanted to deepen her relationship with Soul, Willa and the spiritual trainings, events and offerings that we provide.
Ash is also a cacao facilitator and holds ceremonial space in small groups. She also works in business and likes co-creating magical events where she can birth her spiritual, creative, philosophical, shamanic and business ideas and passions. Ash now lives in Scotland but continues to tune in with SOUL from afar.
Katherine Tate
SOUL RETREATS Co-ordinator
Katherine Tate has worked with SOUL since it’s inception in various roles. She taught Skinner Releasing Technique and Shin Yoga at SOUL and has been Wilhemeena's assistant teacher for over 10 years before the birth of her beautiful son. She was one of SOUL CLINIC's massage therapists for eight years and held the SOUL Retreat’s portfolio also for eight years. She is a certified SRT teacher and has a certificate in Relaxation massage from New Zealand College of Massage. She also completed a Somatic Movement Therapy Training in Land to Water Yoga through Eastwest Somatic Institute and SOUL CENTRE under Willa’s guidance. Katherine graduated with a BPSA in Contemporary Dance in 2006, with a focus on choreography, somatic practice and research. Passionate that dance and body knowledge can be therapeutic and accessible to everyone, she aspires to create spaces for people to feel empowered in their bodies, deepen awareness and explore their expressive potential.
Workshop Facilitators are professionally trained and are leaders in the modalities they teach, they have included:
Al Wunder(AUST), Sondra Fraleigh(USA), Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen (USA), Stephanie Skura(USA), Ged Sumner(CANADA), Elena Tonetti-Vlaimirova(USA/RUSSIA), Olive Bieringer and Otto Ramstad(USA), Gabrielle New(AUST), Lorraine Blackley, Connor Kelly, Aven Darling(AUST), Felicity Molloy, Martin Hughes(AUST), Raewyn Thorburn, Val Smith, Wilhemeena Isabella Monroe, Zjamal Xanitha(AUST), Christine Cutbush, Ali East, Karla Brodie, Joan Laage(USA), Peter Sanson, Peter Fernando, Schirin Diba , Rena Czaplinska-Archer, Kate Rawson, Claire O-Neill, Louisa Walker, Robin Kelly, Gus Simonovic and Siri Risnes, Frank Van der Ven(HOLLAND), Katherine Ukleja, Jules and Michael, Shiela Kean, Amanda Levey, Josephine Costain(BALI), Shubda crew, Miranda Brown, Jaguar and Luen, Courtenay Stickels, Judy Satori, Kamilla Harra, Stephen Archer, Myrna Martin(USA), Karen Smith(UK)......