Who I am beneath the roles

I was born to a Cuban–Spanish mother and a Ukrainian father. I spent the first years of my life between La Habana and Madrid, eventually settling in Madrid until I moved to California in 2009. After 16 years in Southern California, I now call Costa Rica home — a land that continues to root, soften, and expand my work.

Since I was a child, I’ve lived between worlds — between cultures, continents, and the realms of the seen and unseen. My family taught me that intuition is intelligence, that art is medicine, and that the soul remembers more than the mind ever will.

I grew up surrounded by creators, mystics, travelers, and healers.

My mother is a psychic and a fierce intuitive. My aunt — who would never call herself a shaman but undeniably is — first introduced me to the healing arts.

Their teachings shaped me long before I ever stepped into a training room.

I’ve always been drawn to ancient worlds, especially Kemet (Egypt). As a girl I hung papyrus on my bedroom walls; as a woman, I returned to the temples that felt like home and experienced profound activations that changed the trajectory of my life.

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The Path That Shaped My Work

To widen my perspective on matters of the soul, I’ve spent many years traveling and studying the healing arts, ancient cultures, Eastern philosophies, astrology, past-life remembrance, and esoteric and shamanic practices. I learned early that the deeper you want to go, the more you must risk, surrender, and trust.

Over the past 14 years, life has expanded me in ways I could never have anticipated.

I moved alone to a new country and learned to speak a new language.

I traveled through more than 30 countries, learning from diverse cultures, philosophies, and traditions.

I overcame a severe illness that lasted for years.

I lived through loss, heartbreak, and several “dark nights of the soul.”

And I also found great love and became a mother.

Every one of these initiations — the beautiful ones and the difficult ones — has deepened my path into self-knowledge, energy medicine, and embodied spirituality. They taught me that transformation is not something we understand with the mind — it is something we live through the body.

“The wound is the place where the light gets in.” — Rumi

And as I continue to explore this world, I remain humbled by the endless ways that inspiration, wisdom, and growth arrive with every journey.

This journey ignited a vision I had carried quietly for years:

to create a global space where embodied spirituality, cultural wisdom, creativity, and healing arts come together.

This became Shakti Collective:

A meeting place for artists, guides, healers, and seekers shaping the future of embodied spirituality.

A sanctuary for sound, ritual, movement, remembrance, and the study of the sacred feminine and masculine.

A living temple for modern mystics — grounded, relational, and brave enough to welcome the full human experience.

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My work today

My offerings weave together:

• Embodied tantric wisdom

• Somatic movement + intuitive dance

• Sacred sound + vocal awakening

• Energy work and ritual arts

• Nervous system repair + attunement

• Creative expression and storytelling

• Ancestral remembrance + cross-cultural mysticism

Why I do this work

Because remembering is liberation.

Because the body holds the map home.

Because every soul carries a lineage of wisdom waiting to be reclaimed.

Because healing is not becoming someone new — it is unfolding back into who we were before the forgetting.

My deepest wish is that we all find our way back to that remembering.

To the truth our soul keeps whispering.

To the path that was always ours.

May we always evolve through remembering.

— Felicidad de Lucas

Founder of Shakti Collective