I'm Christine Yannella -

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Creative Artist & Visionary Behind Earth Body Photography.

I guide devotional women to remember their sacred, living prayer through embodied film portraits -

A woman standing on a wooden deck outdoors, seen through a glass window, with trees in the background. She is wearing a beige tank top and a long, sheer skirt, with her hand on her head.

I am a storyteller

While I have many stories to tell ... This is the story of a woman who lost herself in the predictability of life — and found her way home through prayer.

For years, I followed the script: go to school, get the job, build the life, be successful. Clock in. Clock out. Counting the days until my next breath of freedom.

On paper, I had everything I was supposed to want — a respected career as a Cardiac Nurse at a Boston hospital, financial stability, a “good life.”

There was a quiet truth within me that kept calling for something more. And so, like many do, I buried her.

I told myself I couldn’t leave — I’d worked too hard, invested too much. How would I survive? What would people think?

But truth has a way of rising — even through the self-doubt. One day, I had to face myself. I couldn’t survive my own disconnection any longer.

So I prayed —

for courage, for clarity, for a way back home to myself. And little by little, that prayer became a path. I turned inward — into the dark mystery of my own longing. Through journaling, through photography, through embodiment work. Deeper and deeper I dug, unearthing all I had buried — until a quiet flame of truth emerged: I am not meant to conform. Not meant to behave. Not meant to be confined to sterile hospital rooms.

The truth of my spirit is wild, feral, and free.

It is unavoidable, alive — the living prayer of my life. That truth became my compass — my courage, my peace. It taught me to trust my body, to honor my intuition, to listen when my spirit speaks.

And from that devotion, Earth Body was born —

a reclamation of the wild and sacred within. A space for women to remember their own inner flame.

I believe we are all inherently wild — just like the earth herself: mysterious, rhythmic, alive.

When we reconnect with that wildness, we return to truth. We return to God. We return to ourselves.

Earth Body is my prayer made visible — the creative fire lit by that flame of truth within me. And my hope is that it helps you find yours — so it may light your way home toward a life that feels deeply beautiful and unmistakably alive.

A young child with black hair, wearing a red shirt with two hearts and stars embroidered on it, sitting on a brown chair.
A young woman in medical scrubs taking a selfie in a hospital room mirror, making a peace sign with her right hand. She is wearing a gray zip-up jacket over pink scrubs, has a hospital ID badge around her neck, and a phone holder attached to her jacket.
A healthcare worker wearing glasses, a hair cap, a face mask, and scrubs, with the word 'MOOD' written on the image.
A woman lying on the floor, smiling and laughing with a gemstone on her forehead, surrounded by candles, plants, and various objects.
A person with long dark hair, no shirt, and tattoos sitting on a rocky hilltop against a starry night sky, with some colorful light effects.
Woman sitting on a large rock by a river, wearing a tie-dye dress, with one hand on her head and the other resting on her knee, surrounded by greenery.
A woman with long dark hair practicing yoga on rocks by a river in a lush forest, performing a one-legged downward dog pose with one leg extended upward.
A woman with black curly hair sitting barefoot on a large moss-covered rock in a forest by a stream, wearing a patterned blue and white long-sleeve shirt and showing a floral tattoo on her left lower leg.
Two women wearing swimsuits are practicing yoga outdoors near rocks and a river, surrounded by green trees.

before we work together, there's a few things you should know...

I love Earl Grey in the morning, sunshine on my face, and banana ice cream. Being in water— is above all… where my body finally exhales.

I’m an Aquarius sun, Leo moon, Leo rising, if that explains anything for the astrology folk. Half of my life I thought i was a Cancer rising… talk about quarter life crisis finding out i’m a Leo.

I’m a wife and a dog mom! Recently married - grateful I could keep an Italian last name, because that’s more important to me than I knew it would be growing up! (My maiden name “Rotondo” means “Round” in Italian, now imagine me chubby in 3rd grade with a unibrow).

I’m an extroverted introvert and a middle child, which means I know how to listen, how to hold space, and how to disappear when it’s not my turn to speak.

Photography is not the only language I speak. I’m also a poet, a writer, and a singer. I notice rhythm. I hear what’s underneath. I feel when something wants to move or rest. My tone is impeccable, except when I’m feeling moody.

This matters because when you book a session with me, we’re not just making images—we’re building trust. We’re attuning. We’re allowing ourselves to be known, even briefly.

These portraits come from relationship, not direction. From familiarity, not performance.

We don’t stay strangers here. That’s the best part.

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