A Path Forged in Transformation

Jennifer's journey into healing began amidst the vibrant intensity of New York City. Balancing a career in luxury branding with Donna Karan and Estée Lauder, alongside hosting and DJing rock and roll dance parties in downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn, she intimately understood the tension between creative expression and burnout. This awareness sparked a personal awakening, setting her on a new path.

Through the Bendheim Integrative Medicine at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Wendy Miner, the Program Director, introduced Jennifer to the profound healing potential of massage therapy and Reiki. These practices revealed the profound interconnection between the mind, body, soul, and spirit, marking the beginning of a lifelong journey of self-discovery. 

From New York to the UK – Experience & Evolution 

From 2005 to 2009, Jennifer refined her craft at BLISS Spa in New York, gaining over 10,000 hours of clinical experience. During this time, she became certified in Reiki and Medical Massage for Cancer Patients, studied CranioSacral Therapy through the Upledger Institute and with Roger Gilchrist, and immersed herself in an integrated approach to healing. 

Since relocating to the UK in 2009, Jennifer has cultivated a private practice rooted in Jungian psychology and the symbolic language of the soul. Her work incorporates archetypes, alchemy, fairy tales and folklore—tools that help clients explore their mythologies and reconnect with the Self. 

Academic and Spiritual Deepening

In 2020, Jennifer earned a BA (Hons) in English Literature from the University of Bristol, graduating with a 2:1. Her dissertation, supervised by Dr Michael Malay, explored the travel writing of artist Ithell Colquhoun and the reawakening of animism within the Cornish landscape—an inquiry that wove together nature, spirit, and creative voice. She come completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Anthropology at the University of Bristol, where her research explores the intersections of the senses, embodiment, touch, healing, narrative and resistance.

Building on this foundation, Jennifer has been awarded a fully-funded Race Equality PhD studentship at Kingston University, where her research explores how babaylan ancestral knowledge—the pre-colonial Filipino healing and spiritual tradition—can be reactivated through embodied practice, particularly massage and ritual, within the Filipino diaspora. The project is autoethnographic, drawing on her own family lineage and her long-standing work as a healer.

Her spiritual studies are ever-deepening. She completed a two-year Tarot mentoring programme with Suzanne Corbie and has furthered her Tarot studies with Professor Camelia Elias. Her astrology practice continues to evolve through ongoing study with esteemed teachers such as Carole Taylor, DFAstrolS, Kim Farley, DFAstrolS, Austin Coppock, and Dr Luis Ribeiro.

Jennifer's creative practice continues alongside this work; she was recently awarded a scholarship on the Advanced Poetry programme at the Faber Academy (Professor Daljit Nagra and Dr Rebecca Tamas), reflecting her ongoing engagement with language, story and symbol as tools for transformation.

The Practice Today

Jennifer's current offerings include deep tissue massage, craniosacral therapy, Reiki, breathwork, and guided imagery—woven with her knowledge of archetypal psychology, tarot and astrology. Her work is gentle yet potent, trauma-informed and rooted in a holistic paradigm that honours the body as a sacred vessel of wisdom and transformation. 

Jennifer is also a mother to two teenage daughters. She finds her grounding through yoga, swimming, cooking and reading. She remains actively engaged in social justice and advocacy, particularly through her ongoing involvement with the University of Bristol's Global Majority staff and student communities.