Today we’d like to introduce you to Aubrey Nadalie.
Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
For as long as I can remember, I have been interested in what lies beneath the surface.
Beneath appearance. Beneath tension. Beneath the ways we learn to hold ourselves in the world.
That curiosity has shaped nearly every chapter of my life, guiding me from the community that raised me in Michigan to years of travel, study, and apprenticeship around the world, and eventually to a practice devoted to the transformative power of touch.
Michigan was where I first learned the value of community, where people showed up for one another, and where I discovered that some of life’s most meaningful transformations happen through simple acts of presence, care, and connection. The people, places, and relationships that shaped me there became the foundation that would later give me the courage to travel, study, and share what I love with the world.
Over the years, my path has never been linear as I’ve been guided across the Hawaii islands, Europe, South America, and Indonesia, studying different approaches to healing, embodiment, ritual, and human connection. Across cultures and traditions, I found myself returning to the same question:
How do we help people come back home to themselves?
That question eventually led me to to anchor fully in the Hawaiian Islands, and ultimately on Kauaʻi, the place that has become my heart’s home.
Along the way, I had the great privilege of becoming an apprentice to Elizabeth Carter, founder of Honest Rituals and a master aesthetician whose work profoundly changed my understanding of beauty, anatomy, and healing. Studying under Elizabeth has been one of the greatest gifts of my life. Her mentorship continues to deepen my appreciation for the intelligence of the body and the extraordinary power of intentional touch.
Through her guidance, I discovered Sculptural Buccal Therapy—a modality that transformed the way I understand the face.
While often recognized for its sculpting and lifting effects, Sculptural Buccal Therapy is far more than a facial treatment. Working both externally and internally through the oral cavity, it addresses the deeper structures of the face, including the muscles of mastication, fascia, lymphatic pathways, and connective tissues that influence expression, tension, posture, circulation, and nervous system regulation.
The face holds far more than emotion; it holds habit, memory, stress, adaptation, and the stories of how we move through the world.
When these structures are approached with precision and care, remarkable shifts can occur. Tension softens. Breath deepens. Circulation improves. Expressions become more open. Many clients describe feeling lighter, clearer, and more connected to themselves long before they notice the visible changes in the mirror.
What fascinates me most is the intersection of beauty and healing. The physical and energetic body are not separate. The skeletal, muscular, lymphatic, and nervous systems are constantly communicating, influencing not only how we look, but how we feel.
Today, I am honored to work with clients and facilitate trainings throughout Kauaʻi and Maui while continuing my studies under Elizabeth. This September and October, we will also be leading international trainings in Spain, sharing these techniques with practitioners from around the world.
Above all, I remain a student.
The more I learn, the more I understand that true transformation rarely comes from force. It comes from listening. From presence. From creating the conditions for the body to remember its own innate intelligence.
To me, that is the heart of this work.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
One of the greatest challenges on my path has been learning to trust what cannot always be logically explained.
Many of the most meaningful opportunities in my life have arrived without certainty, guarantees, or a clearly mapped destination. Whether it was leaving home, traveling abroad, moving to the Hawaiian Islands, or pursuing work that didn’t fit a conventional career path, I have often found myself standing at the edge of the unknown, asked to take a step before I could see the entire staircase.
There have been seasons of financial uncertainty, moments of self-doubt, and periods where the next chapter had not yet revealed itself. Like many people, I have wrestled with the desire for security while simultaneously feeling called toward growth, exploration, and a deeper purpose.
Over time, I realized that the challenge was never simply navigating external circumstances—it was learning to cultivate trust within myself.
Again and again, life has invited me to strengthen my relationship with intuition: that quiet inner knowing that often speaks softly, asks for courage, and rarely provides all the answers upfront. Following that voice has led me across continents, into transformative mentorships, lifelong friendships, and work that feels deeply aligned with who I am.
The path has not always been smooth, but every period of uncertainty has expanded my capacity to listen, adapt, and remain open to possibility. It has taught me that clarity often arrives through movement, not before it.
Today, I see uncertainty less as something to overcome and more as an essential part of growth. The deeper I step into teaching, leadership, and service, the more I understand that trust is not the absence of fear—it is the willingness to move forward with an open heart despite it.
In many ways, that lesson continues to shape both my life and my work: creating space for people to reconnect with their own innate intelligence, their own intuition, and the wisdom that already exists within them.
Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
As an artist and practitioner, my work lives at the intersection of beauty, anatomy, healing, and human connection.
I specialize in Sculptural Buccal Therapy, an advanced hands-on modality that works with the deeper structures of the face, jaw, fascia, and nervous system. While many people are initially drawn to the visible sculpting and lifting effects, what continues to inspire me is the profound impact this work can have on how someone feels within themselves. The face is a living map of our experiences. It holds tension, expression, emotion, stress, resilience, and memory. Through intentional touch, we create space for both physical and energetic shifts to occur.
What sets my work apart is the way I approach the face not as an isolated feature, but as part of an interconnected system. I am deeply interested in the relationship between the skeletal structure, muscular patterns, lymphatic flow, posture, breath, and nervous system regulation. My approach is informed by both modern anatomical understanding and holistic traditions that recognize the body’s innate capacity to heal and restore balance.
Beyond my work with clients, I am passionate about education. I currently facilitate trainings throughout the Hawaiian Islands, sharing Sculptural Buccal techniques and helping practitioners develop greater confidence, precision, and presence in their work. Teaching has become one of the most rewarding aspects of my career, allowing me to contribute to the growth of a modality that I believe has the power to transform the beauty and wellness industries.
I am especially proud of the path that has brought me here. Through years of travel, study, mentorship, and practice, I have learned that true mastery is less about having all the answers and more about remaining a devoted student. My apprenticeship under Elizabeth Carter, founder of Honest Rituals, continues to be one of the greatest honors of my professional life and has profoundly shaped the practitioner and educator I am becoming.
At its heart, my work is an exploration of what becomes possible when beauty is approached as a form of care, when touch is approached as a language, and when healing is understood as a return to relationship with ourselves.
Today, I am honored to work with clients and practitioners throughout Kauaʻi and Maui while preparing for international trainings in Spain this fall. Whether in a treatment room or a classroom, my intention remains the same: to help people reconnect with the intelligence, vitality, and beauty that already exist within them.
Alright so before we go can you talk to us a bit about how people can work with you, collaborate with you or support you?
I currently offer Sculptural Buccal Therapy and holistic facial treatments on the islands of Kauaʻi and Maui, working with clients who are interested in a deeper relationship with beauty, wellness, and nervous system care. My approach is highly personalized, blending anatomical precision with intuition, presence, and touch to create meaningful and lasting results.
For practitioners, I facilitate trainings and mentorship experiences focused on Sculptural Buccal Therapy, helping aesthetic professionals deepen their understanding of facial anatomy, technique, client care, and the transformative potential of hands-on work. I am passionate about supporting the next generation of practitioners and contributing to the growth of this evolving field.
Collaboration is also a meaningful part of my work. I love partnering with wellness practitioners, educators, artists, retreat leaders, and brands whose values center around beauty, healing, embodiment, community, and thoughtful living. Some of the most rewarding experiences in my career have emerged through authentic relationships and shared vision.
Support, to me, is simply participation. Whether someone chooses to receive a treatment, attend a training, invite me to teach, collaborate on a project, or share this work with someone who may benefit from it, they become part of a larger conversation about healing, connection, and care.
As this work continues to evolve, I remain committed to learning, teaching, and creating spaces where people can reconnect with themselves and one another. I believe some of the most meaningful transformations happen through genuine human connection, and I am always grateful to meet those who feel called to be part of that journey.
Pricing:
- Sculptural Buccal Facial $300
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.honestrituals.com
- Instagram: @aubreynadalie
