Lead a life with ritual embedded into your daily routines.

Learn our unique system to lead sacred circle, workshops, retreats & more.

Get certified in Mermaid Movement dance medicine modalities.

Attend an all inclusive retreat to celebrate & integrate.

 

Mermaid Movement Leadership Academy is a 12 week immersion program that starts with you and ripples out into your community. The intention is to take women on a journey of re-membering ancient wisdom, unlearning societal limitations, and co-creating the next wave of feminine leadership. 

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MMLA is designed to lay out a foundation that will help incorporate ritual into routine and master the mundane. The journey moves through six phases of 22 online workshops, and ends with a 5 day integration retreat in Southern California.  

Meet Kristen
Mama Mermaid

I am a teacher, birth worker, facilitator, wife, and community leader in Temecula, California. My experience in serving others began with a college major in early intervention and childhood education. I worked with children in preschool settings and special education classrooms as a teenager and young adult, which I feel tapped me into intuitive abilities and non-verbal communication via connection. Through a series of synchronistic events, I was eventually led to a path of spirituality through the undeniable presence of Mother Mary & Magdalene in my life. Throughout my career, I have gained 10,000+ hours of personal experience in running yoga classes, virtual programs, women's and community circles, workshops, retreats, and more.

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My work encompasses a large variety of community services for women and families. I am a certified doula, student midwife, certified yoga teacher, initiated reiki practitioner and devotee of Magdalene. My practice is about helping women connect back to their natural rhythms and cycles for self-liberation that ripples through their families and communities.

• Move through seven phases of learning over 14 weeks: Foundations, Yogic Philosophy, Women's Wellness, Esoterics, Personal Inquiry, Business Building & In-Person Integration.

• There will be two live group Zoom sessions weekly with Mama Mermaid and/or a guest teacher. (Sessions are recorded for replay. Two 'integration weeks' are written in, for a total of 22 sessions.)

• Receive a full 100+ page interactive manual with outlines of sessions, resources, visuals, prompts, accountability and more.

• Gain access to the private "Leadership Academy Roundtable" Facebook group for ongoing support and updates.

• Learn the unique formula to a Mermaid Movement yoga class, women's circle, or retreat.

• Enjoy personal projects, weekly yoga practice and integration challenges to complete on your own.

•  Get certified on our 5 day, 4 night retreat in Southern California with hands on practice and 1:1 branding photos with Tia Esther Creative.

ENROLLMENT is CLOSED

$2900
*payment plans available

MMLA 2022 begins August 1st

What's Included:
-22 virtual workshop sessions with trained teachers 
-all inclusive retreat in SoCal - November 3-7 2022
-full interactive manual
-private support group
-mermaid movement certification
- energetic representation photos with Tia Esther

"After many years of wondering why I had never had my monthly cycle, I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). There wasn’t much that doctors told me other than the rapid weight gain I had experienced being a common symptom, and that insulin resistance was a possibility (years later, I found out that applied to me as well). Being seventeen, already exploding in every way possible, I felt a lot of anger. I felt anger towards my body, for not being able to do what she was literally born to do. I felt anger towards myself, for the inability to love and accept my body for who she is. I felt anger towards all of the friends who told me I was “lucky”. I felt anger towards the Universe, for creating me this way. I felt foreign to my own body. Many days I spent researching the common possibility of infertility in women with PCOS, and what that really looks like. A whole lotta FEAR, for lack of better terms. I saw doctor after doctor, explaining my situation to them and essentially being silenced. Looking back, all I really wanted was for one of them to validate my feelings and help me find a SOLUTION, but I never got that.

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I made the decision to enter Kristen’s world through the Leadership Academy. Nearly three years into my recovery journey, I knew it was the right time. We spent time discussing seasons and cycles, and often making the connection to a woman’s moon cycle. I felt so disconnected from myself in this way, and ultimately BLOCKED as a result. Months later, I attended the certification retreat in California. This experience moved many mountains for me. The veil was lifted, and I felt present in MY body for the first time. I released so many things that I didn’t even know I was still gripping so tightly. I got out of my comfort zone, on multiple occasions, and opened my heart to all of the love within myself that had been covered up for so long. I danced, I cried, I sang, I laughed, I LOVED. I could go on and on about this experience, but words won’t even do it justice.

Fast forward two-ish weeks post-retreat. I’m back at home, and trying my best to adjust and integrate back into my everyday life. About a week into it, I start feeling horrible. Mentally? I felt cloudy, lost, and so unmotivated. Emotionally? I felt angry, sad, and confused. Physically? I felt drained and uncomfortable- I was ready to punch someone in the face at any given moment. I go to work, and halfway through my 9 hour shift, I realized I had STARTED my cycle. The varying emotions flooded my mind. I was confused, happy, pissed... all at the same time.

Moral of the story... A coincidence? Absolutely not. This is my first time getting a period in over two years (and not induced by a pill). And two short weeks after becoming certified in Mermaid Movement, a program DESIGNED to get you out of your head and into your body? Yall. I’m just gonna leave this here. I am constantly amazed by this work, and the miracles that can occur when living life in accordance with your truth. I made the space for my body to do her thing when I LET GO of all of that shit that is no longer mine to carry."

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-Victoria, NOLA

Vivianna, Wild Raven

"So far my count is 17 people introduced to the magic of Mermaid Movement!
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I knew I wanted to do Leadership and MM, but had no idea what to expect. I'd say this is a rad outcome!"

Cory, Sage Sanctuary

"Leadership Academy allowed me to step further into my power; my LEADERSHIP.  The course covers a very wide range of topics that help us explore, discover and graciously accept all aspects of self in an open, communicative format.​

I cultivated life-long friendships and made memories that will last a lifetime. I am grateful to have found this course."

Jessica, The Healing Garden