About Monica

Monica Basile, PhD (she/her) is a visual artist, graphic designer, Reiki master/teacher, and creator of The Earth Speaks Oracle Deck. Her work invites people to experience beauty, enchantment, and connection to the earth as pathways to inner peace.

With 28 years of experience as a birth doula, midwife, and bodyworker, Monica weaves deep reverence for nature's rhythms and the body's wisdom into visual explorations of seasonal and cyclical transformation. Her art practice currently centers on botanical illustration as meditation, a reflection of her lifelong relationship with plants and the spiritual-material bonds between humans and ecosystems. Her ability to translate energetic signatures into visual form is at the heart of her work as a designer.

She brings her love of liminal spaces into her work as an energy healer and mentor, helping people navigate the subtle, imaginal, and creative realms with self-compassion and acceptance. She is known for her calm presence, soothing voice, and her gift for finding the magical within the mundane. A practical mystic, Monica believes that everyone has access to spiritual discovery, and that the smallest, most everyday experiences can initiate profound insight and connection with the sacred.

Monica holds a PhD in gender, women's and sexuality studies. Her commitments to social, reproductive, and environmental justice infuse all that she does. She is a mother, a Taiko drummer, and a longtime practitioner of yoga and meditation.