Our Instructors
Lisa Schokking
Event Coordinator, BodyTalk Practitioner
As soon as you step foot in the Sacred Wild, you will feel Lisa’s loving, open nature radiate around you. Many moons ago, Lisa was plagued by migraines and emotional ups and downs for years before discovering the life-changing practice of BodyTalk. As her health improved, Lisa was drawn into the world of energy medicine. She eventually founded Rosedale BodyTalk and even went on to act as president of the entire Ontario BodyTalk Association. Years later, Lisa’s interest in alternative healing would lead her to plant medicine. She has spent the last six years experiencing and studying the profound effects of plant medicine ceremonies, travelling across Canada and the globe to commune with shamans, healers, psychologists, and doctors of all perspectives. Lisa’s wealth of knowledge strikes a balance between Western science and Eastern/Indigenous spirituality.
Her background in creating small businesses, such as a massage clinic, Rosedale BodyTalk, and the not-for-profit pottery studio she currently runs, has given Lisa the business savvy to bring The Sacred Wild to life. Through her studies, Lisa has garnered many qualifications; she is a registered massage therapist and holds an accreditation in an Eastern healing modality from Future Medicine Today and a B.A. in philosophy. However, though Lisa’s event planning skills are sharp, her heart’s calling is simply to use her many resources to help others along their own healing journeys.
Haley Schokking
Yoga Teacher, Sound Healer, Activity Leader, Marketing
As the daughter of an energy healer, Haley witnessed the profound effect mystical practices could have on the body and mind from a young age. She first stepped foot into a studio when she was twelve and since then has leaned on her yoga practice to guide her through life, on and off the mat. She has instructed travellers at an eco-lodge in the Panamanian rainforest and is currently a full-time teacher at Innocere in Montreal where she instructs Trauma-Informed yoga through the Blu Matter institute, an organization dedicated to using yoga as a means to better mental health. She is formally trained in Vinyasa, Hatha, Yin, and Trauma-Informed yoga as well as Pranayama.
Outside of yogaland, Haley is a sound healer who works with a variety of instruments from chakra bowls to drums to the mystical sansula. She believes sound allows us to step into another world- one that is not seen or felt, only heard. Above all, Haley hopes that her guests will leave the Sacred Wild feeling lighter and brighter.
You can connect with Haley by following @_thewildthing_ or visiting her website thewildthingyoga.life
Agi Papik
PaRama Level BodyTalk Practioner/Energy Healer
Though Agi entered the BodyTalk space as a client, she is now described as “The Lady of Miracles” by her own following. After a long and physically demanding career in the government, Agi developed numerous health issues including insomnia, frequent headaches, numerous sinus infections, carpal tunnel, and PTSD. Though she tirelessly sought treatment for these ailments, it was not until she discovered BodyTalk that Agi’s health, life, and even career flipped upside down.
BodyTalk is a sophisticated, modern form of energy healing that contains a vast number of energy healing modalities through its practicum which views physical ailments (I.e. pain, insomnia) as the last indicators that the body is out of balance. Agi is able to intuit and examine the energetic blueprint of everything from her client’s microbiome, immune system to their past life regressions and so, so much more. Widely speaking, Agi’s work “turns on” the body’s self-repairing and self-balancing mechanisms. Clients leave sessions feeling transformed from the inside out and, at the very least, amazed by Agi’s energetic abilities.
The grand scope of BodyTalk allows practitioners to treat clients uniquely and individually and Agi is a master of this craft. Her commitment to energy healing has garnered Agi a stellar reputation amongst Toronto BodyTalkers and a thriving business that attracts clients from around the world. In fact, to list all of Agi’s qualifications would take over a page of our web space!