Through movement, breath, energy, and presence. I help you soften into who you already are. Slow down and find a place to land, even if it is just for a moment.
"Nature has always been a mirror. It has always shown me how to slow down, trust my rhythm, and come home to myself."
I'm Kai Des Etages, a certified yoga instructor, Reiki practitioner, retreat facilitator, and meditation teacher based in Raleigh, North Carolina. My work lives at the intersection of the body, the breath, and the wild world around us.
I believe when we finally stop chasing, gripping, forcing, we return to peace. And that returning can be transformative. Movement, stillness, sound, ceremony, the quiet company of trees. The path takes many forms. It always leads inward.
If you're here, something in you is already listening.
Work With MeEach offering is a doorway. I look forward to meeting you.
Free, on-demand meditations rooted in nature, breath, and presence.
Listen nowReceive gentle, intuitive energy work wherever you are. Distance Reiki sessions offer a restorative space to soften, reset, and return to ease. You can receive this work from anywhere.
Book a sessionThese are intimate, one-on-one offerings. Held with care, built around where you actually are.
Four sessions · 45 minutes each
This is a month set aside just for you. Each session opens with yoga and closes with a short meditation, so you leave feeling settled. We incorporate rituals like lighting incense or a candle, sipping tea or cacao, and pulling cards.
You don't need experience. You don't need to be consistent yet. You just need to show up, and we'll go from there.
Book Your MonthFour weeks of space to feel what's going on
We move, we breathe, and then we talk. About what you're carrying, what you want, what keeps getting in the way.
People bring a lot of different things to this. Grief. A big transition. Creative blocks. The feeling that something needs to change but you can't name it yet. You don't need to have it figured out before you come.
This is for you if you've been waiting for the right time to slow down and actually tend to yourself. This is the time.
Reach OutA three-part workshop arc designed to help you feel at least 10% better. No big promises. Just an honest invitation to move through something real.
Retreats are not escapes. They are arrivals. I co-facilitate immersive experiences with Doug under Kumbaya Collective, weaving yoga, ceremony, sound, and the healing power of nature.
My guided meditations are free and waiting for you on Insight Timer. Earth-rooted presence practices, energy resets, nature immersions. Something for wherever you are right now.
Find Me on Insight TimerA 4-day series of short sits: 1, 2, 3, and 4 minutes. For returning to warmth, light, and stillness.
6 min · A Reiki-infused reset for when the afternoon pulls at you.
10 min · Soften and open the heart through gentle energy work.
6 min · Root down and reconnect with the intelligence of the earth.
20 min · A full-body breath journey through all seven energy centers.
4 min · A short sensory meditation for warmth, sound, and release.
"Everything I offer comes from the same place: a deep love for presence, connection, and the healing power of nature."
Yoga, meditation, Reiki, retreat, writing. These are not separate things. They are all ways of asking the same question: What does it feel like to truly be here?
Let's ConnectOccasional notes on presence, nature, ritual, and the inner life. Nothing performative. Just the real stuff. The kind that feels like a hand on the shoulder.