Our Facilitators

I began my journey with the Pneuma Institute in 2009, which coincided with the start of my career as a Naturopathic Physician. The teachings from the institute have profoundly enhanced my understanding of health and healing, extending beyond the physical body. Pneuma teachings helped me understand how to heal beyond the symptoms within myself and also with my patients. With 15 years of practice, I am delighted to serve as a facilitator for the Pneuma Institute, guiding students through this transformative body of work. In addition to holding a Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine, I am an Ayurveda practitioner and women's health expert. I earned a Bachelor of Human Kinetics from the University of British Columbia and worked as a fitness expert for many years. Over the past 20 years, I have delivered more than 2,000 talks to over 150 organizations, including the United Nations and TEDx. I am passionate about guiding individuals and groups toward happiness and well-being. My work integrates ancient healing traditions with modern scientific knowledge to support each person's unique journey. Pneuma teachings are a core part of my practice. Beyond my professional life, I enjoy traveling to sacred places around the world, hiking mountains, and practicing the sitar and Bharatnatyam dance.

My name is Noriko Tunnah and I am a Pneuma facilitator specializing in kids mental and spiritual wellbeing in Vancouver, Canada. 🇨🇦 I am passionate about kids mental health education including psychological, philosophical and spiritual aspects. This world is getting more and more complex and children need to have tools, confidence and comprehension of themselves to navigate through this complexity. They are our future 🙏and I’m so honored to be part of their journey to get to know themselves. 🙌 In my profession, I am an international tax advisor/consultant and hold a Master of Science in Taxation and CPA. I am always in love with numbers. Each number has its own vibration and meaning. Numbers are divine and mystical which is worth spending time on exploration for its deeper relationship to ourselves. I look forward to spending time with you in an upcoming class or Pneuma Breathwork.

I started as a student of Pneuma in 2013 when I was feeling a lot of stress and anxiety in my life and didn’t have any tools that were creating lasting change. Immediately after my first Pneuma Breathwork session I started to experience some real changes that I hadn’t felt before, and as I started to study and learn more about the psyche from the Pneuma perspective, my inner process accelerated even more. When it became very clear that the Pneuma teachings had touched my life more profoundly than anything else I had ever experienced, I began the process of becoming a facilitator, and since 2019 I have been fortunate to help others walk the path of self discovery that Pneuma proposes. Alongside my role as a Pneuma facilitator I work as a kinesiologist and fascial stretch therapist, and am currently studying with the Canadian College of Osteopathy to further understand the subtle relationships between the physical body and the internal worlds.

I have been a student of Transpersonal Psychology with the Pneuma Institute since 2018 and am certified as a Facilitator of Pneuma Courses, Breathwork, and Therapy. For two decades, I worked as a Sustainability Advisor, helping businesses address social and environmental challenges. In these spaces, transformation is often framed in terms of economic, social, environmental, or political systems. Yet what I have come to see is that true change begins with personal transformation—reconnecting with the innate wisdom that lives within us. As Pneuma’s Founder, Juan Ruiz Naupari, reminds us, the most important journey we face as humanity is the distance from the head to the heart. Walking this path has been—and continues to be—the greatest adventure of my life. It is a joy to now share Pneuma’s teachings and tools to help others on this journey.

Maite is an educator with a Masters in Communication Psychopathology. She is a member of the international staff of the Pneuma Institute and a Transpersonal Pyschotherapist. She is a member of the European Transpersonal Psychology Association (ETPA), the European Transpersonal Association (EUROTAS) and the Ibero-American Transpersonal Association (ITA). Maite travels throughout Europe and the Americas offering courses and trainings, individual consultations, and participating in congresses and conferences, with a practical vision and a remarkable ability to provide applicable and effective solutions to challenges faced by participants. With over 30 years of experience in the field of child and adult education, Maite has a wealth of knowledge to share with our parent group. In the field of Pneuma Transpersonal Psychology and under the mentorship of Prof. Juan Ruiz Naupari, she has developed training in "Pneuma Dreamwork, Dreams for Awakening" and "Psychoenergetic Therapy – Solar Magnetism.

With a background in psychology, Lucy has always been drawn to understand the thoughts, feelings and behaviours that we experience as human beings. Her passion for learning about the human psyche was further ignited when she encountered the teachings of Pneuma in 2015. Since then she has experienced profound shifts in her sense of self and wellbeing that would not have been possible without these wonderful teachings and practices. As a facilitator of Pneuma Breathwork for Kids, Lucy is delighted to be able to share this practice with children and youth. Lucy lives in Victoria, where she works as a paediatric Speech-Language Pathologist.

Over the last few decades I have experienced an incredible spiritual journey of knowledge, experience and cultivation of my own personal wisdom. I traveled great distances seeking truth and healing. My journey took me to the jungles of Malaysia, the mystical island of Jersey, the Buddhist temples in India, the sacred mountains of Mt.Shasta, etc. Each step of the way moved me further along the path back to my heart. Today I am a worldwide lecturer/educator, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and facilitator with the Pneuma Institute. I would best describe myself as a storytelling intuitive doctor of TCM who belly laughs out loud every day and inspires everyone to be the most optimal version of themselves. My life is dedicated to the principles of Service, Devotion, Compassion and Love.