A little about Me
Hi, I’m Georgina Laiya
I’m an independent spirit, a passionate and relentless dreamer, a playful soul, an incessant creator and unconditional lover.
I feel a strong and compassionate warrior in me (may be my Celtic roots) who stands for brotherhood and sisterhood, integrity and community. A wild woman, a temple priestess, a mother (though with no children), a medicine woman, and a committed custodian of sacred living with natures cycles.
I love to be a champion for you, supporting you in revealing and restoring into everyday life, the natural intelligence, aliveness and sacredness of your body, your innate wisdom and your unique gifts.
I wish for you (and everyone) to feel and know deeply that you belong, you matter and by your presence, you contribute something valuable. This is an embodied and intimate way of living.
Deep within, you have all the resources you need
I believe that your wild nature holds both a pure luminous essence and an intense blazing fire. Maybe these parts have been dampened down or ignored for a while, if they were not always safe or welcome.
The potential of your free, wild and wise nature, however, is always there, ready to be reclaimed.
Your power lies in diving deep into both your dreams AND your wounds, your light AND your dark.
It’s by combining your unique gifts AND your unique life experiences that your creative life force can be most potent and make most impact.
Channel all that power through your heart, and we can co-create a more conscious, responsible, and compassionate world.
If you're ready to go there, I'm by your side.
I’m passionate about birthing a new, more balanced and caring way of living. One that empowers each one of us to show up and relax deeply in love for ourselves and each other.
I wish for every being to feel completely safe, welcome, loved and honored.
This calls for deep listening, respect, gentle and loving-kindness, collaboration, vulnerable and radical honesty, and responsibility.
Personal healing and empowerment is one essential step on this path. And we need to go beyond this, to interdependence, where we each take responsibility to do the work for the collective.
I’m here to bring us together, so that we can remember and learn, through embodied experiences, what it is to love and be loved, to listen and be heard, to respect and be respected.
Georgina's Bio
Today, a holistic healing massage therapist and sacred bodyworker, soul whisperer, embodiment and intimacy coach, Georgina's path has led her to various wisdom teachers all over the world, studying many forms of yoga and bodywork, Heart iQ Circle Coaching, Core and Celtic Shamanism, Shamanic Tantra, Tantric Buddhism, and Somatic healing. Every path has involved personal and collective healing and awakening through the body's innate wisdom.
With 2 university degrees, studying the relationship between humans and nature, she had a 15 year career in international biodiversity conservation and human wellness, that put her in touch with some of the most rural communities and magnificent places on the planet. Wild nature has always been her connection to the Sacred, to Source, Soul and Spirit. She spent years guiding white water rafting trips, mountain biking and trekking.
Her personal spiritual practice seeks to honour the sacred feminine and divine masculine inside and out, in the ordinary and extraordinary of every day. She incorporates conscious relating, intimacy and sacred sexuality, meditation, yoga, and bodywork, immersion in nature and her cycles, conscious food and natural health, being in service, mobilising community, and running a business that stands for loving-kindness.
Georgina was born and raised in Ireland, at the sacred Hill of Tara, and after many years living and working around the world, she now lives in Switzerland for over 20 years. Based in Rolle by Lake Geneva, she accompanies women and men through sacred bodywork, supported by psycho-somatic, emotional and spiritual guidance. She has been running her own workshops, retreats and circles since 2011, and contributing to international teams since 2017. She is creatress of the "HeArt of Connection" and "Living Sacred Womanhood" programmes and community, "Rest to Rise", "Wild and Wise Woman Awakening", and "Conscious Connecting" programmes amongst others.
Qualifications, Training & Experiences
I'm incredibly grateful for the guidance and love, transmissions and inspiration of many great teachers. Those who have been pivotal along my journey so far are Stephen Baudin, Tej Steiner, Estera Saraswati, Christian Pankhurst, Elaine Yonge, Janine Ma-Ree, Martin Duffy, Annette Peard, Judith Hanson Lasater, Uma Dinsmore Tulli, Seane Corn and Jessica Magnin. <<< Click drop down bars below for full lists. >>>
2023 Alchemy of Love, UK
2022 Master Your Pleasure Spain (co-organiser and team)
2021 ISTA Level 2 Spiritual Sexual Shamanic Initiation, Austria (Komala Lyra, Patrik Olterman, Jasmeen Hana)
2021 Master Your Pleasure - Switzerland (organiser and assistant)
2021 Master Your Pleasure, 4 day Online Version (assisting Elaine Yonge)
2020 Master Your Pleasure, 7 days, India (assisting Elaine Yonge) and 4 day Online Version
2019 ISTA Spiritual Sexual Shamanic Experience, Switz. (assisting Elaine Yonge, Laurie Handlers, Raffa Manacorda)
2019 New Man Retreat, 7-days, Sweden (assisting Estera Saraswati)
2019 Phoenix Awakening, 7 days, Poland (assisting Estera Saraswati)
2019 Four Pillars of Tantra, 7 days, Holland (assisting Estera Saraswati)
2019 Temple of Love, 7 days, Holland (assisting Estera Saraswati)
2018 Intro: Four Pillars of Tantra, 2 days, Switzerland (organiser / assisting Estera Saraswati)
2018 5 Dakinis Mandala - Wisdom Rising, 2.5 days, Italy, Lama Tsultrim Allione
2018 Red Dakini Priestess Training, 7 days, Turkey (assisting Estera Saraswati)
2018 Awaken as Love Level 1 Training, Portugal, James Stevenson
2018 White Dakini Priestess Training, 7 days, Bali (assisting Estera Saraswati)
2017 Yoni Yoga - Activated Woman, Online, & Yoni Puja, Sofia Sundari
2017 ISTA Spiritual Sexual Shamanic Experience, Ireland (assisting Elaine Yonge, Laurie Handlers, James Stevenson)
2017 Phoenix Rising, 7 days, Netherlands, Estera Saraswati, Zenon Dorje
2016 Earth Priestess Facilitator Training, 12 days, Bali, Anna Maria Magdalena, Mira Dakini
2016 Women’s Sexuality, 4 days, Switzerland, Andrew Barnes
2016 Wild Power of Dakinis Retreat, 7 days, Ibiza, Estera Saraswati
2015 ISTA Spiritual Sexual Shamanic Experience, 7 days, Sweden, Andrew Barnes, Estera Saraswati, Araminta Barbour
2015 Shamanic Healing Practitioner Training, Ireland, Martin Duffy
2013 Summer Solstice Initiation, Ireland, Martin Duffy
2012 Summer Solstice Initiation, Ireland, Martin Duffy
2011 The Shaman’s Journey, Ireland, Martin Duffy
I have also been greatly influenced and guided on my shamanic path by my beautiful mom, Annette Peard, and by Irène Zumsteg.
2023 Heart Circle Facilitator Experience, 4 months, Tej Steiner
2022 Heart iQ Experience, Switzerland, Christian Pankhurst (organiser)
2022 Heart Circle 8-week Experience, Tej Steiner
2018 Heart iQ Experience, 1.5 days, Switzerland, Christian Pankhurst (organiser)
2017 Heart iQ Experience, 7 days, Holland, Christian Pankhurst
2016 Radical Brilliance, Switzerland, Arjuna Ardagh
2016 Heart iQ Relationships Mastery, Christian Pankhurst
2014 Heart iQ, Advanced Large Group Facilitator, Holland, Christian Pankhurst
2014 Heart iQ Deep Dive 7 day retreat, Spain, Christian Pankhurst
2014 Heart iQ Personal Mentoring programme, Christian Pankhurst
2014 Heart iQ Small Group Coach Certificate, Holland, Christian Pankhurst
2014 Heart iQ Accelerated Awakening, 3.5 day, Holland Christian Pankhurst
2014 Heart iQ Small Group Leadership Certificate, Holland, Christian Pankhurst
2013 Heart iQ Accelerated Awakening, 3.5 day, Holland, Christian Pankhurst
2013 Heart Summit, Holland, Christian Pankhurst
2013 Heart iQ Accelerated Awakening, 3.5 day, Holland, Christian Pankhurst
I am also grateful to Stephanie Fabela's presence and guidance during my Heart iQ training.
(in addition to shamanic-tantric bodywork and healing)
2024 Trigger Points, Gédane Switzerland
2023 Lomi Lomi Massage, Gédane Switzerland
2023 Massage & oncologie, Gédane, Switzerland
2019 Massage viscéral, Gédane, Switzerland
2019 Luo et Ramification, Centre Ling Dao, Switzerland, Stephen Baudin
2018 Massage prénatal, Ecovie, Switzerland, Cathy Tourinan
2017 Fleurs de Bach, Switzerland, Bruno Gérard
2016 Level 1 Wellness Coaching, online, Wellness Coaching Australia
2016 Kashmiri Tantric Massage, 32h, Switzerland, Zenon Dorje
2015 Shamanic Healing Practitioner Training, Ireland, Martin Duffy
2014 Médécine Académique, 300h, Switzerland, Dr. Jean-Yves Henry
2012 Massage palpatoire, 56h, Ecovie, Switzerland, Francois Nadler
2012 Traditional Thai Yoga Massage, 80h, Sunshine Network, Itzhak Helman
2012 Reflexologie Plantaire, 16h, Switzerland, Ecovie, Eric Forestier
2011 Tulamassage Basics, Switzerland, Louka Leppard
2011 Reiki 1 and 2, Ireland, Annette Peard
2010 Massage classique, 225h, Ecovie, Switzerland, Cathy Tourinan
2005 Indian Head Massage, Ireland, Annette Peard
2004 Massage sportif, relaxant, dos (57h) Fit-Massages, Switzerland
2024 Yoga for the Stages of Menopause, 40h, Yinstinct Yoga.
2015 Yoga Nidra Teacher Training, 45h, Yogacampus, Uma Dinsmore Tulli
2013 Move from the Organs, 40h, London, Judith Hanson Lasater
2012 Relax and Renew Advanced Trainer, 22h, London, Judith Hanson Lasater
2012 Rainbow Kids Yoga Teacher training, Ireland
2011 Off the Mat, Into the World Leadership, New York, Seane Corn
2011 Relax and Renew Trainer, 22h, London, Judith Hanson Lasater
2010 Yoga Teacher Training, 208h, Switzerland, Jessica Magnin
I have been inspired and influenced by many other teachers and experiences, including Amir Jaan, Rod Stryker, Marc Holzman, Kira Ryder, Donna Farhi and Ana Forrest.
2000-2012 International Union for Conservation of Nature, Switzerland
2007 MSc Environment and International Development, University of Norwich, UK
2001 United Nations Environment Programme, Geneva
1999 Department of Conservation, New Zealand
1998 BA (Hons) Countryside Recreation Management, Moray House, Edinburgh, Scotland
