About us...

 We’re Emily and Michael—the hearts behind Loving Kambo.
Our path to this work wasn’t perfectly planned, and honestly, we wouldn’t want to pretend that it was.
Kambo entered our lives through our own searching, experiences and growth. What began as something personal eventually became something we felt called to learn more deeply and, ultimately, to share with others.
Today, we serve Kambo with a simple philosophy:
Your experience belongs to you. Our job is to help you feel informed, prepared, respected and safe while you have it.
Meet Emily — aka Lovey
If you spend much time with Emily, you’ll quickly understand where the name Loving Kambo comes from.
Lovey is a nickname given to her by her grandchildren, but loving big has been a theme throughout her life.
Her path has included caregiving, ministry, teaching, community work, public speaking, harm reduction, natural wellness practices and a whole lot of life experience that couldn’t have been learned in a classroom.
At the center of all of it has been one common thread:
Helping people feel safe enough to be themselves.
Emily came to Kambo through her own personal journey. After experiencing the practice herself, curiosity turned into education, education became training, and eventually she stepped into serving others.
She has since served people from many walks of life, helped educate others about Kambo, spoken in community and educational settings, and assisted in training future practitioners.
But she will be the first to tell you:
She isn’t here to heal you.
She doesn’t believe a practitioner should be placed on a pedestal, and she doesn’t believe anyone else gets to decide what healing should look like for you.
Her role is to educate, prepare, listen, screen carefully, hold a supportive space and sit beside you through the experience.
There will probably also be bubbles.
Because some things are simply non-negotiable.
Meet Michael
Michael brings a different energy to Loving Kambo—and that’s part of what makes us work so well together.
He is steady where Emily is sparkly.
Grounded where she may be dancing around the room.
And his calm presence has a way of making people feel like everything is going to be okay without needing a lot of words.
Michael has his own relationship with Kambo and brings that experience into the way he supports our sessions and community.
Depending on where we’re serving and what kind of experience we’re creating, you may work with Emily, Michael or both of us.