Hi, I’m Brooke.

My Story

I’ve been sensitive for as long as I can remember.

I grew up in a home full of faith, where God was a very natural part of family life, and I felt connected to something bigger than myself—in the trees, in people, and in quiet moments. I was a deeply sensitive, intuitive kid (a Pisces Sun and a Manifestor through and through), attuned to people, energy, and the unseen. But the faith I grew up in had walls around it, and it was an interesting experience to feel so attuned and, at the same time, so limited. Looking back, I was doing energy work long before I had words for it… I remember praying over someone at church with my hands on them, not realizing it was my first Reiki session.

There wasn’t much space to process that kind of sensitivity as a child, and like so many of us, I found ways to cope that pulled me away from my body. I ate to soften how much I was feeling, and as a young woman I didn’t always honor my body the way it deserved. So for much of my life, I’ve been learning to come back home to it… to build self-trust in what I can feel and perceive through it, and to recognize my body as the bridge between the physical and energetic worlds, the tuning fork for the soul in this lifetime. That relationship with my body really began to deepen when I found my yoga practice in New York City in 2008.

What started as something I wandered into for a workout became a doorway into a much deeper curiosity about the body, breath, energy, and consciousness. Yoga taught me, and continues to teach me, to listen to what my body is telling me… to pay attention to sensation, intuition, and all the subtle information we’re so often taught to ignore in modern culture. It has been my practice for so long, and it continues to show me that yoga isn’t just a way of life, but a state of mind… a state of frequency. From there, the threads kept unfolding: teaching, somatics, meditation, the chakras, Reiki, and eventually sound.

I became a yoga teacher while living in Asheville in 2019, where I mainly taught gentle and restorative yoga, held space for pregnant bodies, and joined in women’s circles. Around that same time I bought my first crystal bowl and began bringing my cello into the yoga space, playing for a few classes and sharing sound with friends and peers. It was a small beginning, but it opened my curiosity about what sound could offer in this kind of space.

My life had taken me through a few different landscapes by then, from city life to the mountains. And then, amidst the rockiness of COVID, Nick and I landed back on Ocracoke, the island he grew up on and where we first met in 2010. There’s something unvarnished about Ocracoke… a place where life feels close to the elements, people know each other, and there isn’t much room for pretense. The disconnect from the modern world creates a sense of both inner and outer connection, and there’s always been a familiarity here that feels like home on earth for my body and soul.

It was here, in the quiet of island life, that the different parts of my path began to come together. I received my Reiki attunements, started working with clients one-on-one, spent a year and a half studying the Akashic Records, and continued to study the therapeutic aspects of sound. In 2022, Little Rituals opened its doors… what a true trust fall into the universe.

Over the past five years especially, my body has been teaching me about energetic boundaries, energetic hygiene, and how to truly care for myself, so I can create that same space for others. It hasn’t been one big dramatic moment, but a slow, devoted exploration that has drawn me deeper into my gifts. Today, my work brings together what I’ve been exploring for years: the body, sound, energy, intuition, yoga, and our relationship to what we can feel but can’t always explain. I’m still learning, still listening, and still following the threads as they unfold.