About me.

"How do you begin to access a power
that is ineffable, centered in the body,
both ancient and emergent?"

My work as a personal and leadership coach, teacher and healing arts practitioner, and my original oracle deck, The Power of the Yin Oracle Deck, offers an answer to this question.

I think of myself as a Priestess of the Yin : engaging the wisdom of the body; the practical (and very yin) skills of nervous system regulation and trauma resolution; and the power of energy and the invisible world.

And most importantly: the embracing and cultivation of sexual energy—what I call the Sexual Soul—as a guide and resource for healing, creativity and wholeness.

I am a passionate advocate for the sovereignty, authenticity and freedom that is our birthright.

My work is the synthesis of my unique vision of healing, health and thriving, together with the development of a new paradigm of embodied leadership with a spiritual center.

As a guide and teacher, I support sensitive, intuitive clients and students to trust the knowing of their bodies, the wisdom of their desires, and the power of their gifts.

“Daven offers a deeply feminine view of the world that is both empowering and nurturing, grounded in the body and trusting of the soul.”

—D. Yael Bernhard

I am the creator & writer of The Power of the Yin Oracle Deck.

A 58-Card Deck to Connect You with the Wisdom of the Yin
Illustrated by D. Yael Bernhard

Influences, Training, Teachers & Collaborative Partners

The Wheel of Consent, created by Dr. Betty Martin
I am interested in the Wheel, but I have not studied with Betty or the School of Consent. For more information visit schoolofconsent.org . I have, however, served as an assistant to the Wheel of Consent Weekend Workshop with Adam Taffler in the UK.

Jeff Vander Clute Sourcing the Way

Sarah McCrum Money, Manifestation, Energy & Inner Technologies

MogaDao Institute, 2012-2014, qigong, sacred Daoist sexuality

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Santa Fe School of Massage

Working with Babies, John Chitty, Colorado School of Energy Studies

Polarity Therapy, Anna Chitty & Elizabeth Chitty-Sandoval, Colorado School of Energy Studies

The Journey Inward (Feldenkrais), Diana Razumny

Integral Anatomy Laboratory Intensive Gil Hedley

Two Moon Tango, Liz Haight

Love+Leche As an entrepreneur I created, ran and sold my business, 2005-2020.

Mothering! Since 1997~I have a daughter and a son.

I am also a dancer, the mother of two grown children, and the only child of two artists. 

I grew up in the Appalachian Mountains of upper East Tennessee. After living for 27 years in Santa Fe, New Mexico, I now work with clients all over the world in person and virtually.