About me
As the co-founder of Nectar Healing Arts (established in 2009 and now based in Barnardsville,
NC), she has dedicated herself to facilitating women’s retreats and healing spaces. In 2024, she
launched Sovereign Pearl: Reclaiming Feminine Radiance & Wholeness, a 9-week online
embodiment immersion for women. This transformative program merges yoga, meditation,
sensual movement, self-care, and philosophy—modalities that have profoundly shaped her own
path—guiding women back to themselves and their innate, luscious sensuality. This immersion
is accredited as continuing education through Yoga Alliance & YACEP. She considers this to be
part of her lifes work and is honored to guide women back to themselves.
Raphaela's journey through yoga and healing arts spans over three decades of dedication and
growth. Her unique blend of movement, breath, alignment, and energetic anatomy forms a
holistic approach to yoga and body work. Starting at the age of 19, her journey led her to
complete her hot yoga training in 2001, international yoga competitions, and become certified in
both Bikram and Anusara styles. While these methods inform her practice, she has been
teaching from the the well spring of her own experience since co-founding Nectar Healing Arts
with her husband in 2009. Their devotion and love forms the blueprint for her commitment to
creating unique spaces for women's workshops and retreats, empowering women to connect
with their bodies and spirits.
This is her second year at Love Shine Play Yoga Festival, and she is deeply grateful to be part of
this beautiful gathering.
IG Handle: https://www.instagram.com/raphaelanectar/
