Meet Carly Ko

SEP | RSMT | RSME | CSITP

Somatic Therapist | Intuitive Guide | Transformation Facilitator

Born in Calgary, Alberta (Blackfoot territory) and raised in Mesa, Arizona (Hohokam land), I am of Cantonese Chinese and Austrian-English descent. Currently, I reside primarily on the Big Island of Hawai’i (Nā Moku ʻEhā) and frequently visit Marin County in the San Francisco Bay Area (Coastal Miwok land).

My Journey

From Adversity to Empowerment

My early life was marked by challenges, including familial physical abuse, narcissistic behaviors and the constraints of authoritarian evangelical-Christian teachings. These experiences led to complex PTSD, manifesting as chronic shyness, self-doubt, and a sense of deep isolation.

At 16, I embarked on a healing journey—traveling the world as a circus performer, artist, actress, and model. This path led me to explore various healing modalities: shamanism, sexuality, Buddhism, meditation, yoga, psychedelics, spiritual and energetic healing, somatics, and neural rewiring.

Professional Expertise

I specialize in trauma-related challenges like anxiety, depression, PTSD, and developmental trauma, guiding clients to feel safe in their bodies, trust their own inner wisdom, and open to a new way of living—one that’s aligned, resilient, and deeply fulfilling.

My approach integrates body, mind, heart, and soul. I bring 25+ years of experience in personal development, embodiment, quantum physics, spirituality, and trauma resolution—and I stay devoted to learning so I can meet each client with depth, nuance, and care.

Credentials & Training

• Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP)

• SE Touch (somatic touchwork)

• Somatic Movement Therapist (RSDT, RSMT)

• Certified Sex Therapy Informed Professional (CSTIP)

• Certified:

  • Access Bars Facilitator

  • Hatha yoga instructor

  • Akashic Records Channeler

  • Reiki 1

• 5-star bodyworker

• Professional Actress, Model & Performer

Training Highlights:

• Internal family systems Therapy (IFS) 6 month circle + 3 month online training

• Akashic Records Earthbound Method® with Sarah Bisceglie, Taos, NM

• Grief Ritual Training (Dagara Tradition) with Maria Owl, Kona, HI

• Yoga Certifications: Iyengar (120 hours, Yog-ganga, Rajpur, India), Ashtanga (Ashtanga Yoga Paris), Bikram (Bikram Yoga, AZ), Kundalini, Hatha Yoga (200 hours, 7 Centers Yoga Center, Sedona, AZ)

• Meditation Retreats: Plum Village, France – 10 day silent Vipassana, Belgium

Movement and Physical Theater:

• Performing Arts: 1 yr. International School of Performing Arts (AIDAS), Paris

• Dance: 2 yrs. Contemporary Dance, Paris & Brussels (Micadanse, Menagerie de Verre)

• Mime: 2 yrs. Corporeal Mime, Paris (Théâtre du Mouvement)

• Circus Arts: 1 yr. Accademia di Circo di Cesenatico, Italy

Healing Is Possible—And It Doesn’t Have to Take Forever

Thanks to the long, winding, and wild path I’ve walked, I can say this with full integrity: healing is absolutely possible—and it doesn’t have to take as long as it did for me.

Because I’ve lived through the depths, I don’t just understand my clients’ pain—I feel it. I’ve moved through trauma, isolation, and uncertainty, and emerged more whole, embodied, and alive. That lived experience is now one of my greatest tools.

As a highly sensitive person, I’ve learned to turn my deep empathy and intuition into assets—ones I now use to help others navigate their inner terrain and come home to themselves. My sensitivity is no longer a burden. It’s a superpower.

Embodied Transformation for Real Life

I trust the body’s intelligence. I trust the timing of healing. And I trust that when we make space for the sacred—when we ask for support beyond ourselves—transformation becomes not just possible, but inevitable.

Rooted in Truth, Awake to the World

I also want to acknowledge the world we’re living in: fast-paced, often overwhelming, and shaped by systems of oppression and intergenerational trauma that many of us carry in our bodies. My work is rooted in both personal healing and collective liberation. I hold space for the grief, the rage, the exhaustion—and the hope. Healing isn't about bypassing reality; it's about finding our wholeness within it.

I’m warm, intuitive, irreverent, and real. I love this work with my whole being, and I believe in its power to shift not only individual lives, but the collective patterns that hold us all back.

At the core of it all, I value truth. Because when we remember who we really are, everything begins to change.

Current obsessions include:

• Writing ultra-personal, sexy, and traumatic true stories on Substack

• Drinking my mushroom hot chocolate after my HIIT workout every morning.

• Freediving 90 feet into the ocean and meeting god.

• Watching sunsets—and whale breaches—from lava rocks.

• Having great sex as often as possible.

• Constantly learning because I’m obsessed with better serving my clients.

• Talking to the wild chickens in my yard and trying to figure out where the hell they hide their eggs.

• Decoding the wisdom of geckos who stare at me like they know something I don’t.

• Traveling to France, California, Spain, and other places you can’t replicate in Hawai’i—plus visiting my son in France multiple times a year.

• And hey, I’m a creative—tomorrow might look totally different.

Follow me on Substack

I write ultra-personal, sexy, and traumatic true stories. Along with with my cheesy drawings- Here’s a few:

Can you head butt your own brain?, Dream Kitchen– how to do anything you’ve ever wanted, Words looking for an escape, Girl you’re a badass

Dive Deeper with me

For a deeper dive into my journey, listen/ watch my interview on the Path to Empowerment Summit, where I discuss:

• Overcoming an abusive childhood and religious oppression

• My experiences as a model and circus performer in Europe

• Navigating motherhood and personal growth

• Building a life in San Francisco with limited resources

• Healing from C-PTSD and embracing self-worth

• Connecting with spirit and channelingChildhood

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Past workshops

Performances- Commercials

Flashback of my theater life

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