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Welcome to All Your Parts

Every inner voice has a reason for being here.
When they pull you in different directions,
we listen without judgment.
Patience, Presence, Persistence, Playfulness, Perspective.
Guiding you into a grounded, aligned sense of yourself.
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About Aya

My path into Internal Family Systems (IFS) grew out of more than 13 years of Vipassanā (Insight) meditation and community practice. Through this work, I came to deeply appreciate the healing that becomes possible when inner experience is met with curiosity, patience, and compassion rather than pressure or judgment.

Alongside my professional training, I have engaged in extensive personal IFS work over the years, including the unburdening of parts connected to people-pleasing, anxiety, attachment patterns, procrastination, and self-sabotage. This lived experience allows me to meet clients not only with conceptual understanding, but with a grounded, experiential sense of the inner landscape.

My work centers on recognizing and naming subtle inner dynamics, supporting clarity and allowing meaningful shifts to unfold with greater ease.

I support individuals in cultivating Self-leadership, emotional clarity, and a more compassionate relationship with their inner system. Many of the people I work with are therapists, coaches, and helping professionals who want to deepen both their personal work and their professional presence.

My background in education and facilitation has also shaped the way I listen and attune, supporting a space where people feel both understood and gently guided.

Having lived in the United States, Japan, Thailand, Israel, and India, I bring a cross-cultural perspective and a mindfulness-based approach that honors the complexity and dignity of each person’s inner world.

Background & Training

B.S. in Psychobiology
IFSCA Stepping Stones Graduate
Somatic EMDR Certificate Program, in progress, The Embody Lab
200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200)
13+ years of Vipassanā (Insight) meditation practice
Classroom Teacher (High School & Middle School)
International program coordination
Facilitation of yoga, meditation, and creative expression workshops

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a bit more about

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

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Internal Family Systems (IFS) is an evidence-based model of inner work that understands us as having many different "parts" — like inner voices, roles, or aspects of our personality — and a deeper, steady core called Self.

Rather than seeing these parts as problems, IFS views them as protective and adaptive, each carrying its own history, burdens, and intentions to help.

In IFS, we don't force change or try to "get rid of" any part. Instead, we create space for a compassionate, curious relationship with your inner system.

I like to think of us as having as many parts as a tree has leaves: each one distinct, each with its own story, all belonging to one living, connected whole.

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