Welcome!!! Thank you for visiting my site.
Please note I am in the process of rebuilding my site and it will be up soon! In the meantime… please take a look around in the current jumbled state :)
I can be reached at: nadine.b.keller@gmail.com
Yes, I am currently accepting new clients in my Private Practice. I see people in person in Moss Beach, CA on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays. Weekends by special appointment.
I also take clients on zoom as well, preferably on Wednesday and Thursdays.
To set up a complimentary Exploratory Session to learn about how I work and if we are a resonate match, please schedule an Introductory Call on my Calendar here: https://herholytemple.schedulista.com
I look forward to meeting you and supporting you in your Sacred Journey of Life. \
Many blessings, Nadine
Her Holy Temple Mystery School for Women - to learn about my mystery school for women. We have an upcoming 4 day retreat in Mount Shasta coming up in August… details coming soon!
Nadine, MA is a Somatic Therapist specializing in intimacy, sexuality and spirituality. Also an Ordained Priestess, Minister and Tantra Yogini, she facilitates retreats into the mysteries of the Sacred Feminine and Masculine. She facilitates "Relationship as Sacred Practice" at Tara Mandala with her husband, Andrew, and various women's retreats, including Esalen in Northern California, Mexico and Costa Rica.
Her work blends various modalities and traditions of East and West, Ancient and Modern; including Psychology, Hakomi, Tantra Yoga, Ceremonial Rites of Passage, Holy Anointing, Shamanism and Esoteric Mysticism.
She makes her home in Half Moon Bay, CA with her two sons and husband of 25 years.
EXPERIENCE
Spiritual Counselor and Midwife of the Soul, Somatic Therapist; Joy of Being, Moss Beach, CA 2009 - Present
Private Practice and Partner at Joy of Being. I work with individuals, couples and families utilizing a variety of modalities including Transpersonal Psychotherapy, extensive wisdom of various Spiritual Traditions and Religions, Hakomi, Tantra, Meditation, Guided Journeywork, Holy Anointing, Sound Healing, Hatha Yoga, Ayurveda, Reiki, Theta Healing and more.
Her Holy Temple, Founder, Ordained Minister; Montara, CA 2019 -Present
Her Holy Temple is a Mystery School for women; a 13 month immersion of training and Spiritual Initiation with an option to move forward into becoming an Ordained Minister offering Ceremony, Rites of Passage and Spiritual Counsel. Retreat facilitation in Mount Shasta, Saratoga Springs and various locations in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Wisdom Women, Founding Member and Council Steward 2014 - 2020
Birthed out of Wisdom 2.0, Wisdom Women was a collective of visionaries holding unique retreats, meet ups and gatherings around the world to network and collaborate on projects addressing our world’s current socioeconomic, spiritual and environmental crises on topics such as Spirituality, Education, Healthcare, Social Justice, Diversity, Gender, Politics, Technology, and more; including the Indigenous Women’s Collaboration. I was one of the leads in creating and facilitating at 3 - 5 annual retreat gatherings at Esalen in Big Sur, CA (5 years), Tara Mandala in Pagosa Springs, CO (6 years), Blue Spirit Retreat Center in Costa Rica and more.
Cielo House, Recovery Counselor, Group Facilitator; Moss Beach, CA 2016 - 2020
Family and individual therapist at an eating disorders/dual diagnosis residential treatment center, Cielo House in Moss Beach and Burlingame, CA. I worked as a therapist and recovery counselor with an extensive staff of psychotherapists, nutritionists, doctors, nurses, chefs and more. I regularly facilitated up to 5 groups a week including Spirituality, Yoga, Sound Healing, Body Image, Life After Treatment, Forest Hikes & Meditation, Group Process and Equine Therapy at Square Peg Horse Ranch.
Tara Mandala Retreat Center; Pagosa Springs, Colorado 2014 - 2019
Adjunct teacher and facilitator at Tara Mandala Tibetan Buddhist Temple. I facilitated an annual retreat, “Relationship as Spiritual Practice” and Women’s Sacred Embodiment Retreats.
Medicine Heart Recovery Center; Baja, Mexico 2016 - 2018
Integrative Practitioner and Personalized Retreat Coordination for Medicine Heart; a private retreat center in Mexico offering intensive Spiritual Wellness and Recovery Retreats working with a variety of clinicians and modalities including Shamanic Journeywork and Plant Medicine, Sweat Lodge, Tipi Ceremony, Yoga, Nutrition, Detoxing, Relationship Counseling and more.
Center for Mindful & Somatic Psychotherapy, Therapist; San Francisco, CA 2009 - 2014
Intern, Associate and Therapist including the founder and facilitator of multiple “Relationships and Intimacy” Groups. Center for Somatic Psychotherapy.
BirthSage, Childbirth Doula, Holistic Massage Therapy 2002 - 2012
Attending families during the preparation, birth, and postpartum care. Liaison between doctors, midwives and mother.
Multiple Technology Startups in the “dot.com” Years 1993 - 1999
I had the extraordinary experience of working with several technology companies after college led and funded by some of the world’s leading visionaries and technology influencers of the time, bringing multiple companies from 3 employer beginnings to over 200 employees, through various mergers, acquisitions and IPOs. Communications Manager at ClickOver, Investor Relations and Human Resources at NetAngels/Firefly, Executive Assistant at Great Bear Technology/StarPress. I also ran trade shows, conferences and nourished corporate culture.
ADDITIONAL RELEVANT OFFERINGS
International Amazon Best Selling Co-Author 2022
Unapologetic: Shedding Inauthenticity to Become Uniquely You
Host of the Sacred Sexuality Series with SHE Living Media 2020
7 episode Video Series on the Sacred Body, Relationships, Intimacy and Sexuality, interviewing leading teachers in the field, including a live demo of a Sacred Practice.
Education, Certifications and TRainings
HIGHER EDUCATION
California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), Masters, San Francisco, CA 2004 - 2009
5 years at the CIIS receiving my Masters in Transpersonal Psychology with an emphasis in Somatics and Spirituality.
University of California, Berkeley, Bachelor of Arts, Berkeley, CA 1988 - 1993
Undergraduate BA Degree at UC Berkeley, Political Science with an emphasis in International Relations and World Religions.
Hakomi, Mindfulness, Somatic and Psychodynamic Therapy, Felton, CA 2010 - 2012
Ordained Minister, Sanctuary of the Open Heart, Universal Life Church 2012 - 2015
CERTIFICATIONS and TRAININGS
The Mystic Christ Path: Embodying Love and Service in Action 2022
Immersion with Andrew Harvey into the Mystical Teachings of Christ and Gnosis
Hatha Yoga, 200 Hour YTT, The Yoga Room, Lake Tahoe 2019
Certified teacher training in Tantra Hatha Yoga, Meditation and Ayurveda
Tantra and Advanced Spiritual Intimacy, Oakland, CA 2017 - 2022
Year long immersion into and continued mentorship with Stuart Sovatsky
Sacred Body Rites, Tantric Practitioner, Muir Beach, CA 2014 - 2016
Apprenticeship in Tantra Shaivism, rooted in Craniosacral Therapy, with Charles Ridley
Mesa Carrier, Pachakuti Tradition of Cross Cultural Shamanism 2014 - 2020
Training with Madhu of don Oscar Miro-Quesada lineage.
Various apprenticeships in Shamanic Journeywork to serve as a guide.
Emerald Temple, Holy Anointing and Rites of Passage 2014 - 2015
Interfaith Rites of Passage, healing and Death Rites of multiple religious traditions.
Faces Conferences, (40 + CEU’s), La Jolla, CA 2012 -2017
Leading world spiritual teachers bridging mindfulness, Dharma, Buddhism with psychology
Hakomi Institute of California 2012 - 2014
2 year post graduate program in Mindful Somatic Experiential Therapy
Sanctuary of the Open Heart, Ordained Minister and Priestess 2010 - Present
Ordainment, Ministry and Priestess Initiation with a non-denominational interfaith lineage. I also served as a Temple Keeper in the Church High Council for 8 years.
World School of Massage Therapy and Holistic Healing 2001 - 2003
Holistic Health Practitioner Program with Massage Therapy and Childbirth Doula Certification
