Meet Raquel Minh
Raquel Minh is the co-owner and director of School of Modern Meditation. She leads SOMM’s Trauma-Informed and Plant Medicine programmes, as well as general operations. She’s often your first point of contact when reaching out to SOMM!
She is a trauma-informed somatic facilitator, plant medicine guide, and educator working at the intersection of nervous system regulation, altered states, and relational ethics.
Her approach is informed by indigenenous practices, trauma-sensitive yoga, meditation, somatic facilitation, psychedelic preparation and integration, and years of community-based teaching and leadership. She is committed to decolonising wellbeing practices by resisting extraction, honouring cultural humility, and staying accountable to the limits of her role.
Raquel also facilitates SOMM 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training, Guide to Microdosing, 50 Hour Trauma-Informed Community Yoga, Meditation, and Breathwork, and 50 hour Fundamentals of Psychedelic Care. Scroll down to learn with Raquel.
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Education: 200hr Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Training (Raw Wellbeing, 2019), 300hr Trauma-Informed Integrative Somatic Facilitator (ISF) Training (SomaPsych, 2023), 85hr Trauma-Informed Plant Medicine Facilitator Training (Atira Tan, 2024), Psychedelic Integration Training & Consultation Group (Integration Circle, 2025), 60hr Trauma-Informed and Community Yoga Yoga Teacher Training (Rise, 2021), 20hr TCTSY Yoga Teacher Training (TCTSY, 2021), Bachelors Degree in Psychology (GWU, 2009), Red Cross First Aid Certified (2024)
Facilitation: ACC Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator, Yoga Teacher (Workplace, Private, Group), Yoga Teacher Trainer: SOMM 200 hour, Founder of Kanuka Yoga Space, Co-owner & Director of School of Modern Meditation, Retreat Facilitator & Host, Workshop Presenter, Admin & Moderator of Plant Medicine Aotearoa
Collaboration: Lululemon Here to Be Grant Recipient (2020), Psychedelic Therapy: National Discussion (2025), Cultural Advisor of Auckland University Mushroom Checking Project
