Ella is a workshop facilitator, multi-media presenter,  and author of three 500-page textbooks on self-healing/ shamanic practices with nature.

The subject-matter of Ella’s textbooks are drawn from her 26 years on the shamanic path, marked by waves of initiatory experience, tempered with extensive training with both indigenous and modern-style shamanic teachers.  Her traditional education includes an honors BA in Literature, years of post-bac study in movement composition and alternative healing, and three graduate schools in Clinical Psychology (Antioch U), Dance Therapy (Princeton extension), and World Arts and Cultures (UCLA).

Her textbook titles are Healing Through Nature:  A Self-Healing Practice and Reference Guide. Volume I and Volume II;  and Initiation: Teachings of the Forest. Volume III. 

Ella has taught the subject-matter of her textbooks for 12 years, and was formerly an adult education teacher in the Los Angeles schools (with credentials to teach many subjects).

Ella is also a classically-trained modern dancer/ Ritual Dance Artist at Festivals, with over ten years in classical dance conservatory.  She continues with on-going performance at summer spirituality festivals, and she has a daily Bikram yoga practice for seven years. 

She is co-creator of shamanic photographic gallery collections since 1999.  She continues to exhibit in shows, and she has a forthcoming picture-book which includes text on the artistic process and philosophy . 

Ella is also a successful business woman, and owner-manager of a large Eco-Center with adjoining rental-residences, in Washington State – which enables interdisciplinary dialogues of environmental issues.