Delaite Kassaye — Founder of Woop Woop Kinda Life Wellness Advocate | Sound Healing Practitioner | Registered Yoga Teacher | Reiki

Master I was born and raised in Ethiopia and moved to the U.S. as a teen, finishing high school and college in Virginia. I hold a bachelor’s degree in Health and Human Services and studied Applied Behavior Analysis at George Mason University. For several years, I ran a school for children with autism, where I trained doctors, educators, and families on how to support children both behaviorally and at home. That chapter shaped how I create safe space: with care, clarity, and compassion. But before I could create spaces for healing, I had to face my own. The pain began long before my mother’s passing—but the healing started with her death. Losing her shattered me, and I knew I couldn’t stay where I was. I chose to travel—not just to escape, but to survive. In that movement, I found peace, and tools like yoga and sound healing that helped me come closer to home within myself. Along this wellness path, I became a 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher, a certified Reiki Master/Teacher, and a trained sound healing practitioner. I’ve traveled to over 30 countries and have had the honor of teaching yoga and sharing sound healing in more than five of them. These practices have become both tools and truths I return to again and again. As a Black woman in wellness, I’ve often been the only one in training rooms, retreats, or certification spaces. That isolation revealed something: our communities are underrepresented in healing, but we are not absent. We are rising. And I’m here to help create spaces where we’re not just included—we’re centered. Healing has been messy and real. It’s about reclaiming the parts of ourselves we’ve lost and creating space for honest, sometimes difficult growth. I’m committed to that work. What I want everyone to know is this: You have a lifetime to become who you want to be. Nothing is permanent, and you have the power to keep moving forward. That’s what I’ve done. That’s what I keep doing. And that’s what Woop Woop Kinda Life is all about