Hello, I’m Michelle.
One of my favorite things in this world is to talk about consciousness.
My mother turned me on to Ram Dass when I was 17.
And like most sacred things that happen + shape our lives, this was seemingly impromptu..
We were in Barnes & Noble and she picked up a copy of Be Here Now and handed it to me. This was before the angel number trend, but I got a kick out of the price being $14.14. Soon after she found an old cassette tape with his lectures on it recorded from the 70s.
I had felt my whole life like I didn’t belong to it. Like there was something inside of me seeking for the mystical.
But I found it in his lectures. Like many of us.
His Jewish, North Eastern, Yogic bent was like home cooked food to me. His vibe was familiar and he taught me about karma and soul family.
I personally spoke with him a lot in my twenties. We met in 2012 and spent some time together in Hawaii.
He asked me if I had any teachers and who my teacher was. I was baffled by this question, and I said it was him.
He laughed and said, “You’re doing pretty good for being self-taught.”
And so it goes. I am a teacher who is taught by the universe.
I learn these concepts and lessons and then I transmute them for wisdom that I then share with you.
My journey has been helpful already to so many, though quiet, I have seen the impact and the depth of it.
And if you are reading this, then you now, are part of that.
The best way to describe what I offer is transmission.
As Ram Dass says, we heal by our being.
All the fancy words don’t mean a damn thing.
But you want to get to know me, and I want to share these words and this transmission, with you all.
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I started facilitating healing for others in 2009 which is when I began to hold space as an intuitive counselor. I had a gazebo pop up tent that I would take to festivals and I had one client who was a beautiful wealthy older woman who hired me to offer oracle card readings for her family and dinner parties. She told me once that I ran off the palm reader because the line for getting a reading from me was way out the door.
Intuition has always been a very natural thing.
A gift.
In 2010, myself and a few other women in Orlando, Florida, started a gorgeous Red Tent community together. There, we would gather around the fire and share a hand-rolled cigar filled with sacred tobacco. It was said that in the ritual ceremony the tobacco smoke would encourage the speaker to share only truth. And so, each woman would speak around the circle and share the truth, with sometimes 30 women listening to her, in silence, until she was complete.
The smoke, the sacredness, and the space holding was transformative for so many of us — as we each moved into 2011, which was a time of great change, the pieces started moving on the chessboard of life and positioned us into the rich new frequencies for the awakening of the first wave of ascension in 2012.
Becoming a Teacher
I became a college professor when I was 29. I had a vision as I stood in front of a class of young men on military scholarship in my bohemian gypsy giant Indian skirt at the front of the room, writing on the whiteboard.
It was as if Athena herself had downloaded into my bones. Teaching was like.. Oh, I had done this before. Possibly in Greece or some ancient temple in the sky. But this was part of my true nature. My multidimensional essence.
I spent my entire 30’s maturing and becoming this teacher + guide.
I love, more than anything my fantastic 1:1 coaching + healing practice where I get to work with so many bright individuals who are like flowers that are just beginning to bloom.
I feel like I get to bless each soul and put them on their path as I teach them to carry themselves with integrity and,
“Walk as if they have wings in this world.”
I also teach visual art, UX/UI Design and offer Career Coaching to students worldwide. I started teaching yoga around the same time. This led to workshops and what is now leading ceremony spaces. At medicine circles or in private retreats is where I truly shine.
More immediately I hold sacred space in online workshops or in group programs.
Becoming a Space Holder
As I evolved through the transformational festival scene from 2013 - 2015, I instinctively became a sound healer. I was activated when a piece of my soul dropped into my body as I was handed a large, 18-inch, Native Drum during a ceremony on a large blue tarp in a field at a festival in South Florida with about 20 sound healers and 40 or so participants.
I started drumming intuitively behind people's throats and hearts and singing into their bodies. In medicine ceremonies we sing Icaros which are living songs, where the vibration weaves a sacred geometry energetically in the room that creates a container that allows people to heal and transform.
And that what I do in my coaching practice. And it changes people.
Avery Nawarowska
@thelamplightmystic
If you feel your soul is calling you in, you must listen. You must be brave and face your fears, whatever they may be. Because your life will simply never be the same.
On our first call together, I was weeping. She had already cracked me open in just the short time we had. Since our container closed, dare I say— everything in my life has shifted! I get excited to post on my social media, not afraid. I show up like the experienced space holder I am. I help people, every single day. My dreams are coming true in real time. Over the past 3 months, I’ve gone from 300 followers to 3000. I get messages every single day telling me how much my content is appreciated and how my journey has inspired them to start living in their most authentic alignment.
I can tell you the feeling of reading these messages of hope and joy is worth all the money in the world. That is all simply from the healing I’ve done in that program. That is from the investment I made in myself. That is from my ability to demolish my fear of investing money in myself and my healing. Michelle did that for me and I will be forever grateful.
Our work will attune you to a higher state of consciousness.
The best word to describe the field that we create when working together is Transmission.
I help you attune and connect to your own inner wisdom through sacred rituals, yogic practices, and multidimensional energy healing.
With me as your guide, you will become a temple keeper, feel confident in your abilities to direct and articulate energy, use your voice as an instrument for healing, and stand as an empowered, empathic leader and warrior of light dedicated in service to healing and raising the consciousness of the earth.
If that is your mission, reach out to me and let’s open a portal for healing together and in the world!
The essence of my work surrounds itself with the archetypal universe of myth and transpersonal psychology.
THE HERO’S JOURNEY the initiation and universal design of the spiritual quest for power where the hero must individuate from the tribe.
If you wish to work with me, you are probably going through a time of deep transition. You may be in the surrender phase of the journey, the dark night of the soul, or just coming out of that period and are putting yourself back together, collecting one piece of power at a time.
The dark night of the soul + initiations I faced myself were in 2017, when I officially graduated from the same medicine circle that I had held in high regard.
I learned what the shadow aspects of leadership in ceremonial and spiritual circles really look like. This experience taught me the intricacies of what conscious leadership and authentic power truly looks like.
INTEGRITY IS SO IMPORTANT.
My mission on this earth is to walk in beauty and to live in tune with the cosmic rhythms of the earth, the sea, and sky, and provide healing tools for others to do the same.
I will teach you to access more freedom in your mental, emotional, spiritual and energetic bodies, reclaim your power and your voice, and embody your True Alignment.
Professional Bio
Michelle Coutinho is a transformational leader, healer + guide. Her Vocal Empowerment Coaching helps conscious professionals discover their authentic voice, embody their deepest purpose, and own their personal power.
She is the creator of Vocal Alchemy + Embodiment, a process that uses the voice as a gateway to the subtle body, releasing trauma and healing the psyche on a multidimensional level.
Michelle's work goes beyond traditional therapy, offering a rich, potent transmission of love, transmutation, and healing that touches the soul.
With a unique blend of intuition, empathy, and grounded wisdom traditions based in ancient lineages, Michelle has dedicated her life to empowering individuals to release their karmic blockages and step fully into their power and purpose.
Based out of Austin, Texas, she leads ceremonial spaces + works with clients worldwide. She teaches transformational workshops, co-creates ceremonial spaces, and offers deeply connected heart-centered embodiment practices such as yoga, sound healings, and sacred song circles to create a sense of True Alignment.
Her work weaves the threads of many ancient lineages such as Tibetan Buddhism, Shamanism, Bhakti Yoga, and Native American wisdom.
