I was born sensitive—empathic, wild, and open. But growing up in a cold and unloving environment during apartheid-era South Africa fractured my sense of safety. I shut down, numb and abandoned, carrying more pain than my young body could bear. As I grew, the survival patterns that once protected me began to destroy my relationships and my joy. I had no choice but to find another way. This is when my tantric healing journey truly began. Tantra brought me back to my body. It