My name is Kristen Butera, aka Finn. I work at the liminal thresholds where water meets land meets sky, in movement, expression and stillness.

The work unfolds at the crossroads of academic inquiry and body-based knowing, and draws from yoga therapy, ecosomatics, mythopoetics, expressive arts and aquatic practice to open spaces of deep listening, relational intimacy, and felt meaning.

Mythic meaning and somatic remembering are invited back online, restoring a sense of right relationship with the human and more-than-human world.

This is a practice of crossing and recrossing thresholds, of learning to be moved as much as to move, and of remembering that depth is something needs to be lived.

In practice, this looks like guided experiences that blend structured inquiry with open exploration.

Sessions may include breathwork, slow movement, partner-based touch practices, and time in water, where the body can reorganize through buoyancy, pressure, and flow. Verbal guidance is offered sparingly and with intention, allowing space for nonverbal awareness, sensation, and direct experience to lead.

At times, language and imagery are woven back in, not as concepts to grasp, but as reflections that arise from what has already been felt and lived in the body.

Work unfolds in both individual and group settings, in pools, natural waters, and on land. Each container is shaped with care around consent, pacing, and relational attunement, so that participants can engage without overwhelm.

What emerges is a deepened capacity to listen, to respond, and to inhabit one’s experience with greater clarity, sensitivity, and trust.

Click here to read more about my teaching experience and educational background.