Founder Liza Kindred
Liza Kindred (she/her) is a Buddhist meditation teacher, a serial entrepreneur, and the author of two wellness books: Calm Your Anxiety Journal and Eff This! Meditation.
She has completed more than a decade of dedicated Buddhist study and believes in respecting ancient spiritual traditions while making them accessible in modern times. Liza teaches by offering spiritual friendship, known in Pali as kalyāna-mittatā, and she’s thrilled to now be sharing this approach with more people through Holy Shift.
Our Senior Teachers Include…
Cynthia Santiago-Borbón (she/her/ella)
Cynthia is a transformational coach, therapist, healer, and Priestess of Obatala — helping other healers to reclaim their lives so that they can be the leaders that our world needs at this moment.
Check out Cynthia’s class: How to Help Your Clients *Actually* Transform & learn more about her on her website.
Shawn Moore (he/him)
Shawn is a yoga teacher, sound and reiki practitioner, meditation teacher, Yoga Nidra facilitator, coach & educator — with a passion for empowering changemakers to become embodied leaders.
Check out Shawn’s class: Sound Healing 101 & learn more about him on his website.
Caroline Rice (she/her)
Caroline is a marketing & branding strategy expert — helping brands uncover their purpose and authentically connect with their audience.
Check out Caroline’s class: Marketing Without the ‘Ick’ & learn more about her on her website.
Our Miami Beach Wellness Studio
Our in-person events are held in our beautiful private boutique wellness studio in the South Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach, Florida. 🌴
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Our Spiritual Guiding Principles
We are complete, just not finished.
You are whole. A whole person, a fully-fledged human, a complete entity. There is nothing missing from you: no inherent lack, no emotional holes to be filled by anything or anyone outside of yourself.
Spiritual work is about finding and connecting to that wholeness; to that beauty that is in you–whether you feel it right now or not.
There is work to be done; there are teachings to grow from–but our work together starts from this place of wholeness.
We cannot hate ourselves into someone we can love.
The only way to love ourselves is to love ourselves as we already are–right now, today. We can’t change ourselves into someone more lovable, or more worthy of love. We are already deserving.
Liza teaches precise practices that allow us to begin to make friends with ourselves, because it’s the most important relationship we will ever have–and it enriches every other relationship in our life, too.
A deeply held respect for ancient traditions.
There is a vast ocean of fundamental truths out there for us to learn from, and Liza has spent many years studying with renowned spiritual leaders. By respecting our past, we can more thoughtfully meet the present moment.
Anyone who wants to “fix” you thinks that you are broken.
The teacher’s role is to help you learn to clean some of the dirt off of the mirror so that you can see yourself reflected as you truly are: brilliant, imperfect, full of primordial goodness and love.
If someone implies that you need to be “more,” “better,” or “fixed,” then they are probably not connected to their own innate truth, and will likely not do a good job of helping you to connect with yours. We don’t want to “fix” you–we want to help you see and feel your own wholeness.
A good teacher is a spiritual friend first.
The Pali word kalyāna-mittatā describes the Buddhist concept of spiritual friendship. Liza believes strongly that a teacher is a spiritual friend first and foremost; someone who has been down a certain path and can share from their own lived experiences.
In a world of self-styled gurus, self-appointed shamans, and prophets seeking profits, it is vital that a spiritual teacher always embodies the twin spirits of learning and friendship.
Our spiritual teachings are updated for modern times.
While many ancient teachings are full of wisdom, they also come from eras of rampant racism, sexism, and classism.
We certainly don’t do things perfectly, but we do take great care to study and avoid whitewashing and spiritual bypassing. We are always working to dismantle our own privilege and to hold a safe space for others to do the same, and to amplify the voices of people from marginalized communities. We do everything we can–and are always learning to do better.
Our Values
We acknowledge that we live in a culture that values certain humans and silences others; and that our society is overtly and violently racist, misogynistic, anti-disability, and homo- & trans-phobic. The world of wellness has been whitewashed and co-opted for profit, and many parts of the wellness industrial complex continue to harm exploited groups.
While we know our work is imperfect, we aim to doing our best to create a safe space for all–especially those community members from marginalized and exploited communities. Our teachings are trauma-informed, and we welcome all into our community who are willing to commit to learning and un-learning with open hearts.