ABOUT Dori

Dori Michelle Curtis

Founder of All About Alchemy • 9D Breathwork Guide • Creator of Dori Balm

For decades, Dori has devoted her life to understanding how the body heals.

Through herbal medicine, trauma-informed breathwork, and somatic practices, she creates remedies and experiences that help people release pain, regulate their nervous systems, and feel better.

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The Woman Behind the Work

My path of transformation began in 1985 with the passing of my sister — a moment that awakened me to the mystery of life, death, and our divine essence.

Since then, I’ve walked a lifelong journey of seeking — seeking humanity’s Creator and exploring how spirit and science intertwine. I’ve become a devoted student of the human experience, endlessly curious about what helps people heal, grow, and live with greater freedom. Over time I’ve learned to trust in Divine Grace and in the quiet wisdom of the earth and her elements.

That search eventually became deeply personal.

Years of navigating chronic Lyme disease and Epstein–Barr forced me to listen in a new way — not just with my mind, but with my breath, my body, and the quiet intelligence within. Through breathwork, somatic practices, my balm and a return to nature’s rhythms, I began rebuilding my health and reclaiming my vitality.

What followed was more than healing. It was Re-Membering.

Along the way I manifested a life that once felt impossible — vibrant community, meaningful work, thriving businesses, a 23-acre ranch in Michigan and a home on a mountain overlooking the sea in Jamaica.

That journey continues to shape everything I share today.

Healing isn’t about fixing what’s broken. It’s about remembering what’s whole.

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What I teach & practice

Plant Medicine

Trauma Release 9D Breathwork

Embodied Movement

Co-Creative Meditation

Milestones

1992-1996

Traveled across the country in Volvo station wagon w/ a mountain bike & a tent

1996

Became a mother. Home birthed a baby girl

2000

Home birth to my 2nd child (son)

2000-2008

Director/Choreographer/Dancer/Teacher

Like Water Drum & Dance

2000 - Present

Developed Dori Balm — Muscle Recovery Rub

2006

Launched Vive La Femme and Move Woman Move(workshops → retreats for women's wellness)

2010

Opened Treecity Health Collective / Ganjamamas — first woman-owned dispensary in MI

2011

Founded Ann Arbor Medical Cannabis Guild

2012

Opened Sticky Ypsi

2014

Opened Bloom City Club Ann Arbor. Her 3rd & Best

2015

Women Grow Michigan market leader

2016

Founded Blue Sage Health &

All About Alchemy

2018

Co-founded Into The Heart Retreats for women

2019

Launched Artemis Brands - fastest growing topical products in Michigan cannabis market

2024

Opened Indigo Grace - A safe place for psychedelics & sober wellness practices

Present

Leads transformative retreats in Michigan & Jamaica

Facilitates 9D & Trauma Release Breathwork

Manages Indigo Grace, Ganjamamas craft cannabis & Dori Balm.

Training & certifications

Michigan State University (1991–1995)

Child Psychology

Rudolf Steiner Teaching Institute 1998

Esoteric Spiritual Science & Teaching certification

Pure Barre Instructor 2009

Level 2 Instructor

Dreamporting Alchemist 2013

Dr. Joe Dispenza advanced meditation student

Silva Method

Blue Sage Psychedelic Therapy Training

Trauma Release Breathwork Coach 2021

Tao of Gratitude (BBTRS Biodynamic Breathwork & Trauma Release System®)

Certified 9D Breathwork Facilitator

Yoga 200hr YTT 2024

A curious yogi since 1993, Dori is a 200-hour certified yoga teacher and Level 2 Pure Barre instructor (2009)

From early workshops to
global containers

In 2006, I began hosting small gatherings called Vive La Femme — single-day workshops created as spaces for women to come together in curiosity, conversation, and self-discovery teaching wellness techniques.

Over time those gatherings grew into immersive retreats, educational communities, and spaces devoted to healing and personal transformation.

My work in the plant medicine field expanded this vision further through dispensary education, where my focus was always simple: creating respectful, informed access to plant medicine while helping people understand the intelligence of the plants they were working with.

Today that work continues to evolve through the medicines and methods I share — Dori Balm, trauma-release breathwork facilitation, and nature-based retreats that weave together movement, breath, ceremony, and nature.

Whether in a breathwork journey, a retreat container, or a quiet moment of connection, my intention remains the same: to hold spaces that are safe, reverent, and deeply human—where people can soften, breathe, and remember the wisdom already living within them.

Press & Partnerships

Retreat with Me

Women, practitioners, and seekers are experiencing profound transformation working with me.

Tell me more

“Working with Dori has been one of the most transformative experiences of my life. Her spaces feel unlike anything I’ve encountered — grounded, safe, deeply intentional, and infused with a kind of wisdom that only comes from years of living this work. Through her breathwork and gentle guidance, I learned how to listen to my body in ways I never knew were possible. Patterns I carried for decades began to unwind, not through force, but through presence.

Her ability to weave movement, plant medicine knowledge, and trauma-informed support created a container where real healing could finally happen. Dori doesn’t just teach; she holds, she mirrors, she awakens something in you that already knows the way home.”

Ann Rosser

— Retreat Participant

“Working with Dori has been one of the most transformative experiences of my life. Her spaces feel unlike anything I’ve encountered — grounded, safe, deeply intentional, and infused with a kind of wisdom that only comes from years of living this work. Through her breathwork and gentle guidance, I learned how to listen to my body in ways I never knew were possible. Patterns I carried for decades began to unwind, not through force, but through presence.

Her ability to weave movement, plant medicine knowledge, and trauma-informed support created a container where real healing could finally happen. Dori doesn’t just teach; she holds, she mirrors, she awakens something in you that already knows the way home.”

Ann Rosser

— Retreat Participant

“Working with Dori has been one of the most transformative experiences of my life. Her spaces feel unlike anything I’ve encountered — grounded, safe, deeply intentional, and infused with a kind of wisdom that only comes from years of living this work. Through her breathwork and gentle guidance, I learned how to listen to my body in ways I never knew were possible. Patterns I carried for decades began to unwind, not through force, but through presence.

Her ability to weave movement, plant medicine knowledge, and trauma-informed support created a container where real healing could finally happen. Dori doesn’t just teach; she holds, she mirrors, she awakens something in you that already knows the way home.”

Ann Rosser

— Retreat Participant

“Working with Dori has been one of the most transformative experiences of my life. Her spaces feel unlike anything I’ve encountered — grounded, safe, deeply intentional, and infused with a kind of wisdom that only comes from years of living this work. Through her breathwork and gentle guidance, I learned how to listen to my body in ways I never knew were possible. Patterns I carried for decades began to unwind, not through force, but through presence.

Her ability to weave movement, plant medicine knowledge, and trauma-informed support created a container where real healing could finally happen. Dori doesn’t just teach; she holds, she mirrors, she awakens something in you that already knows the way home.”

Ann Rosser

— Retreat Participant