ABOUT

MULTI-PASSIONATE:
YOGA TEACHER.
ASTROLOGER.
ENERGY WORKER.
RETREAT FACILITATOR.
CREATIVE.

Karen Olivia Kiely, energy worker, shares an original song on the guitar during savasana
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YOGA 🧘🏽‍♂️

I took my first yoga class in 2010 but only began practicing in earnest in 2016. Yoga has since been one of the main vehicles for my own self-understanding and wellness. I am incredibly grateful to my teachers and my teachers’ teachers and beyond for the opportunity to practice and to share yoga with you today.

Qualifications: 200-hour YTT, Laughing Lotus Yoga School; Nidra + Nadúr, Cathy French; 25-hour Restorative + Yoga Nidra, Jeanie Jyanti Noonan; 12-hour Assists, Janet Stone; 30-hour Bhakti + Chanting, Janet Stone

Experience: Teacher at Ganapati School of Yoga, Ireland; community teacher + sub at Lotusland Yoga SF; teaching at retreats and festivals

ASTROLOGY 🌙

Curiously reading magazine horoscopes was my first exposure to astrology, but it was discovering the wider scope of the chart and how much it resonated that took me on a path of learning how to practice the art itself. I credit my first couple readings (with wonderful astrologers Rebecca Farrar and Bess Matassa) with opening my eyes to the wisdom of the chart.

Qualifications: 1-year Astro Empowerment Program, Portland School of Astrology

Experience: Hundreds of 1-1 natal + transit clients; market and festival astrologer, including at SoFFT Nights 2021 and 2022 festivals; leading moon circles and teaching workshops since 2019

Karen Olivia Kiely, energy worker, smoke cleanses a retreat participants

RETREATS 🌲

My first ever retreat was a yoga + surf week in Bali in 2016, where I deepened my practice and opened myself up to more healing through movement, meditation, and time in nature (and in my element 🌊). To now be in a place to offer a similar experience to people is a dream and a privilege.

In Ireland, I operate a yoga and wellness retreat venue called SONA Retreat. I host occasional retreats there, nestled between the mountains and the sea.

In the US, I am one part of a community healing effort: Sun Moon Stars Collective. We hold an annual camping retreat in the Pacific Northwest, combining yoga, ecstatic dance, embodiment, tarot, astrology and ritual.

ENERGY + INTUITIVE WORK 🔮

I spent a lot of my life thinking sensitivity was a problem, until finding that it was actually a gift. I continue to hone this gift by practicing and facilitating Reiki and the intuitive arts.

Qualifications: Reiki I, Janine Trinidad; Reiki II, Christopher Tellez; Mediumship, Michael Mayo + Megan Alisa; Sacred Stone Healing, Anna Dorian; Embodiment Breathwork + Intuitive Coaching, Alexandra Roxo

Experience: Resident Reiki healer at The Wellness Room, Mallow; Embodiment Coach + Assistant to Alexandra Roxo (2020)

  • Angela | Karen Olivia

    “Karen has such a gentle, nurturing and inviting energy to her. I felt as if I was wrapped in a blanket of love the entire session!"

    ANGELA

  • Laura | Karen Olivia

    "Karen helped me connect with my own wisdom for answers. She held a safe and gentle space for exploration. She is a natural healer."

    LAURA

  • Mairéad | Karen Olivia

    "I was so fascinated how much the astrology reading resonated with me. Karen is so knowledgeable and is such a warm, lovely person it was like sitting down with an old friend."

    MAIRÉAD

  • Stephanie | Karen Olivia

    "Karen was intuitive without pushing an agenda which allowed my chart to reveal itself. She is a great listener and has a lovely sense of humour. I will use her again when the time is right."

    STEPHANIE

  • Molly | Karen Olivia

    "It was transformative: I learned how powerful my subconscious is at giving me the answers I seek, even when my conscious mind doesn't see what is in front of me. "

    MOLLY