Illumine Within
“The body remembers what the soul has never forgotten.”
Embodiment Guide · Sacred Witness · Encourager of the Authentic You
A Space From You For You
I guide somatic coaching, sacred witnessing, and circles where you can slow down, listen inward, and return to what’s real.
“She keeps going till she finds the guide, the scent, til she finds the trail, til she finds home.” - Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Vision & Invitation
I envision a world where authenticity, empathy, and embodied healing are accessible to all.
I believe in the sacredness of our collective human experience and in the body as trustworthy ground.
My work celebrates the human spirit and the power of the embodied self — so you can remember your wholeness and come home to your life with gentleness and courage.
“The challenge for the heroine is not one of conquest but one of acceptance — of embracing her nameless, unloved parts that have become tyrannical because she has left them unchecked. It is the heroine’s task to enlighten the world by loving it — starting with herself.”
— The Heroine’s Journey
About Devany
Return to yourself. The sacred has never left.
I’m Devany Bourdo, and through my own journey of untangling from religious conditioning, re-meeting myself through the unraveling of identity in motherhood, and rediscovering the mystic path, I’ve come to trust that healing isn’t something we find — it’s something we remember.
My work is grounded in the knowing that the body, psyche, and sacred are not separate — each of us carries an innate wisdom that guides us home when we slow down enough to listen.
My Work Is About Remembering Yourself
I create safe, nurturing spaces where people feel seen, understood, and supported as they reconnect to their own worth and belonging. I’m devoted to helping heal patterns of self-abandonment through compassionate guidance around self-worth, emotional boundaries, and the reclamation of authenticity and personal power from cultural and religious conditioning.
This work helps you return from over-striving and over-functioning to a steady sense of enoughness — a place where you can breathe, rest, and live from your embodied truth.
Roots & Remembering
Raised in the Christian contemplative and mystical tradition — and shaped by decolonizing study, Celtic ancestral practice, feminine spirituality, and archetypal work — my path has become one of deep remembering.
Healing is not about striving but about trusting Love — the slow, wise unfolding already at work within us. My body is wise. I can trust her pace — and the presence of my ancestors, and the Divine who lives within and with me.
The Work I Do
Through Somatic Coaching, Sacred Witnessing, and Circle Facilitation, I tend spaces for embodied healing and spiritual remembering — places where people can slow down, listen inward, and rediscover the quiet truth that’s always been there.
This work draws from Christian mysticism, Celtic spirituality, and feminine and archetypal study — traditions that honor the sacred in all things and remind us that our bodies and the earth are holy ground.
I come as one who carries the salt of her own tears and the memory of ancestral waters — arriving not to lead, but to listen, to offer, and to walk with reverence beside what is sacred and unseen.
Who I Walk With
I companion those longing to feel alive and at home in themselves again — helpers, healers, and women crossing thresholds through motherhood, loss, or transformation, when identity feels uncertain and the self feels far away.
Others are healing from religious or cultural conditioning that taught them to distrust their body or silence their truth. Some are seekers and spiritual wayfinders, reimagining faith through an embodied and relational lens.
Wherever they begin, the thread is the same: a return to what’s real — self-trust, presence, and the pulse of life itself.
A Return to Aliveness
As a little girl, I felt the magic of being alive — running barefoot in the grass, singing harmony in pews, and dancing through the living world.
I’ve come to remember that Love’s unfolding is intimately connected to turning toward ourselves, one another, and the earth — with compassion and care.
This is the work I offer now: to help others remember that our wholeness — our sacredness — has never been lost, only waiting to be rekindled from within.
You have what you need.
Formation & Teachers
My work is actively mentored by Marisa Guadalupe Wandeler and informed by study with Dra. Rocío Rosales Meza — teachers who root my practice in decolonial healing and embodied spirituality.
I apprenticed in spiritual companionship under Tara Owens (Anam Cara Ministries) and draw deeply from Thomas Keating, Cynthia Bourgeault, and the Center for Action and Contemplation.
As a 200-hour Yoga Alliance–certified teacher, I bring the wisdom of the body into every space I hold — where breath, silence, and movement meet the sacred.
What I Offer
As someone who has found aliveness in her body — running, laughing, singing, hugging, crying, and dancing — I’ll be your body’s biggest cheerleader.
Having once lost the sound of my own voice under the weight of pleasing and perfection, I’ll honor your intuition as a trusted friend.
I’ll believe what you feel but can’t yet name. I’ll believe the parts that hurt. I’ll help you love what you love.
And with a hope I can’t shake, I’ll walk beside you toward what sparks you to life — because the world needs the light of your love.
Devany collaborates with Collective Certeza, a community of coaches dedicated to holistic well-being. This collective approach ensures clients receive comprehensive support, drawing on a wide range of expertise and resources to foster healing and growth.
Within the Collective
Inbox Inhales
Welcome to the writing well of Illumine Within.
Here, I share Inbox Inhales—slow, soulful reflections offered through Substack. These writings are part personal practice, part shared journey—rooted in decolonized spirituality, embodied listening, and mystical return.
Each note is a gentle invitation to pause, breathe, and come home to yourself. With the hope to your day feeling connected and loved.
I write to remember. To reconnect. To hold space for the sacredness of what it means to be fully human.
And I offer these words to help you do the same.
🌿 You’re warmly invited to read along and subscribe below to receive each reflection directly in your inbox.
To move into the realms of the spiritual journey, we ultimately come to meet ourselves within various stages of our lives. My story of healing has been a gift to me, and a share this gift with you.
From Me to You
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