Aurelie Richards

Mishka

she/her

My Practice

My practice blends three core areas — Somatic Therapy, Astrological Consultation, & East Asian Medicine — providing you with personalized, robust, and transformative care.

Whether you’re navigating trauma, seeking psychospiritual balance, or deepening holistic health, my trauma-informed, polyvagal approach integrates mindfulness, somatic practices, and traditional & modern techniques to support your journey.


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Experiential Astrology

As a naturopath and acupuncturist, my primary commitment is to clinical care that is grounded, precise, and personalized. Medical astrology is one of the tools I draw on to deepen that care, as a way to listen more closely to the rhythms that shape your inner and outer landscapes.

Experiential astrology takes that astrological theory and dynamically pulls it into your lived experience. Enacting planetary transits or embedding natal chart insights in myth and storytelling, I attune to the subtle influences that may be echoing through your body, emotions, and life cycles.

Astrology isn’t necessarily predictive in this context. It’s rather pattern-based, poetic, and relational. This dynamic dialogue with the living sky helps illuminate what may be ripening for change, where the body is holding archetypal tension, or how timing might support integration.

These insights live next to and within your treatment plan, guiding when we act, what we support, and how we pace transformation. It’s not a detour from evidence-based care but a dialogue between pulse and planet, body and sky.

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Somatic Therapy

My approach to counselling integrates mindfulness, nervous system regulation, and trauma-informed care to support healing that is both embodied and relational. A former Zen Buddhist monastic, I’ve guided individuals, educators, therapists, parents, and healthcare professionals in meditative and embodied practices since 2011. My work draws on over a decade of professional performance experience, giving me a deep sensitivity to the personal body, the group body, and the subtle signals that live beneath words.

I’m certified in Parts Work, Attachment Theory, the Resilience Toolkit, Right Use of Power, the Wheel of Consent, Diversity & Inclusion (DEIB), Emotional Freedom Technique, and therapeutic tremor. I also offer the NADA protocol for addiction and trauma recovery. My sessions incorporate Theory U, a framework for transformative change developed at MIT, and are grounded in a polyvagal-informed understanding of self- and co-regulation.

Somatic counselling with me is not about fixing what’s broken—it’s about listening to the body’s wisdom, honouring its survival strategies, and gently restoring trust, presence, and connection. This work supports clients navigating stress, grief, burnout, trauma, identity shifts, and relational challenges—with care, nuance, and depth.

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East Asian Medicine

I’ve been practicing intuitive and somatic healing since 2009, beginning with Reiki training through private apprenticeship. In 2012, I completed Shiatsu studies at the Ohashi Institute in New York, deepening my understanding of meridian-based bodywork. My approach is additionally shaped by decades of immersion in somatics, including Klein Technique™, Alexander Technique, Body-Mind Centering®, Kinetic Awareness®, functional anatomy, and neuromuscular re-education.

In 2022, I pursued certification in East Asian Medicine with a focus on acupuncture for hormonal health, psychospiritual trauma, and infectious disease support, including HIV and STIs. My treatments blend traditional wisdom with trauma-informed care, offering gentle, personalized support for nervous system regulation and long-term wellbeing.

Services include acupuncture (body and ear), cupping, moxibustion, Shiatsu massage, herbal medicine, and holistic nutrition & lifestyle guidance—all tailored to your unique constitution.

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Current Partnerships

Hermes-Hestia Centre for Living Astrologies

Experiential Astrology Practitioner Programme

Member of the 2025-2027 Cohort

Thought partnership and programming development

Living Astrologies Conference

Presenter, coordination of volunteers, and outreach.

The Numinous Network

Every Monday
9:00 – 10:00 PCT (UTC -7)
Embodied Attachment
Group Somatics Practice

Second Thursday
9:00 – 10:00 PCT (UTC -7)
Peer Supervision
Facilitated with care and rigour, for people in all helping professions

Periodic Offerings
Taking Root to Fly
Neuroanatomy & Advanced Somatics

Astro Jam!
A look at upcoming transits, through the lens of experiential/somatic astrology.

International Society for Astrological Research (ISAR)

Outreach and development in Central Europe

Volunteer coordination of education and professional development in DACH region

If you are a professional astrologer in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland please reach out!