Awakening Presence
I’ve spent nearly three decades working with people at the intersection of Asian medicine, awakening, embodiment, and energetic practice. Some come for clinical care. Some come to study or train. Many arrive at a threshold — when something meaningful is shifting, and they want a grounded, skillful way to meet it
Teaching & Lineage
My work is rooted in multiple lineages of medicine, embodiment, and spiritual practice. I am the founder and director of the Wu Wei School of Reiki, where I have trained students from beginning levels through Master training since 1998. Over the years, I’ve had the honour of studying directly with extraordinary teachers across Reiki, Rosen Method, Chinese medicine, movement, and embodied practice.
II've taught across colleges, clinical training environments, and international settings — from the Himalayas to Barcelona, Glastonbury, Copenhagen, and Tibet — always with an emphasis on grounded ethics, lived integration, and real transformation.
Embodiment
I am devoted to dance as a sacred practice — one that invites the fuller embodiment of who we are and how we live. As an Axis Syllabus Certified Teacher, I bring a rare depth of anatomical precision and embodied intelligence to this work, weaving together Axis Syllabus, Contact Improvisation, mindfulness, and somatic awareness into a distinct approach to movement and transformation.
My work is further informed by extensive study in developmental movement, Chinese medicine, Body-Mind Centring, circus arts, yoga, and Continuum. At the heart of my approach is the inseparable relationship between healing and dance: each deepens and animates the other, becoming a vehicle for empowerment, wholeness, and the nourishment of destiny.
Closing Invitation
Education & Credentials
1999-Present
Founder & Director
Holistic Medical Arts & Wu Wei School of Reiki
2017
Axis Syllabus Teacher
Wu Wei School of Reiki
2010-2013
Faculty (Tui Na & Shiatsu)
Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine College
2007
M.S. Traditional Chinese Medicine
Chinese Medicine Institute
2006-2008
Hakomi & RCS Training
San Francisco, CA
1998-2004
Reiki Master & Rosen Method Practitioner
Berkeley
1997
B.A. Women's Studies
UC Berkeley
Note: Bronwyn is not a licensed psychotherapist and does not offer psychotherapy.
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A Bit More Personal
Originally from South Africa, I’ve lived, worked, and studied internationally, and I read and write Hindi, Hebrew, and Spanish. These experiences shaped my respect for cultural lineages — and for the grounded reality of integrating spiritual practice into everyday life.
I live in Berkeley with my daughter, Nymue. I love dancing, gardening, making pottery, and spending as much time as possible upside-down.
