Hello, I’m Dominique Warfield.
There is a lot to a name —
let’s begin here.
Warfield
A name representing the battleground the soul must venture through to experience new growth and transformation.
I was born in Japan: to a ethnically mixed father, born into the United States' racial warfare in the 1960s, and a rural Filipina mother who was raised amongst the rice fields growing food with her family.
My father served in the U.S. Navy, and I moved to the States when I turned five. We relocated often, living in various places before eventually settling in the suburbs of Tampa, Florida. I think moving so much as a young person taught me how to be adaptable wherever I go. And wherever we lived, my mom kept her Filipina culture intact, which helped me always feel a sense of belonging. We sang karaoke at every large family barbecue, and there was one or two every weekend!
I grew up as a competitive cheerleader. Flying through the air with staccato movements and twisty backflips matched my exuberant energy. I was also a thespian, immersed in school musicals, pantomime, and one-act plays. I won critics' choice awards and gold medals for my talents, yet inside I contended with emotional suppression that manifested in anxiety and severe eczema.
In my early twenties, my life drastically shifted. I stepped out of the conventional world I knew and dove into Ayurveda/Bhakti Yoga in Alachua, Florida, and Apache sweat lodge ceremonies in Taos, New Mexico. I fell in love with Ecopsychology, and found a fulfilling sense of Soul and Spirit through spending quality time in nature, authentic dance and ritual drumming. After graduating from Prescott College, I went straight to the Florida School of Massage to go deeper into understanding the language of the body.
It was during this time that my healing arts path began to take shape, as I worked to reconcile all I had kept hidden in my private world. Integrating these fragments with self-compassion, acceptance and joy became my life-long intention, which gives me a sense of personal fulfillment within my own skin.
As I deepen into my path as a healing artist, I have cultivated a rich collection of holistic resources that I feel genuinely passionate about sharing. I am a lover of practice and the arts ~ forever a student, continuing to train in modalities from around the world: clinical trauma healing, integrative bodywork, world music, and Eastern embodiment practices like Yoga, Qigong, and Taoism.
Professional Highlights
Almost 20 years of professional experience in the Healing Arts
Traveled to over 25 countries (since 2017) offering healing arts–based services, trainings, and facilitation
Licensed Massage Therapist (North Carolina #14646); NCBTMB-approved Continuing Education Provider; Certified Yoga Teacher
International facilitator of Thai Yoga Massage trainings and Embodied Trauma Healing seminars and retreats, in collaboration with Ralf Marzen
Studied NARM (NeuroAffective Relational Model) for developmental trauma healing in the Netherlands
Bachelor of Arts in Expressive Healing Arts, with a focus on Eastern and Western philosophy and spirituality
Ayurvedic Therapist, Sohum Ayurvedic Retreat ~ under the lineage of Dr. Vasant Lad, Asheville, NC
Healing Arts/Creative Director and Cultural Coordinator at Lake Eden (the home of Black Mountain College) located in North Carolina
Guide of sacred feminine rituals worldwide, igniting Soul expression through drumming, movement, dance, and voice
