Let's work together to feel connected to self, other, and world.
My approach is embedded with reverence and playful curiosity. It is a relational, non-hierarchical, unfolding process that honors complexity, nuance, and slow time.
I know that some things are beyond words; that is why I work with dreams, art, and the body. I can help you learn how to relate to the language of your body and nervous system and stay present to sensations; it is my passion.
It is through listening to how one has been shaped – their wounds, patterns, themes, resources, and more – I support people to shift on emotional, behavioral, physical, and soul-seated levels.
I offer you presence, curiosity, safety, practices, and years of experience that give you back to yourself, letting your revelations be yours so you develop sovereignty and freedom.
In our work together, the speed of permission is honored and healing is tended as a process that is sometimes challenging and sometimes joyful.
More than anything, it is yours.
Change is possible
I am a trauma practitioner and somatic therapist who uses dreams, the creative art process, and plants to explore a connection to self, others, and the world.
For a long time I felt overwhelmed by life. I was absent, going through the motions, disconnected from my body. I longed for a sense of belonging and home, without knowing how or where to find it. I tried to feel better.
Over the years, I have learned that wounds are an intrinsic part of our shared human predicament; it doesn’t mean I’m flawed or broken; it means I’m alive. As I leaned further in to that notion, and stopped trying so hard or fighting against my body, things began to shift.
I’ve discovered that it is possible to cultivate openness towards what takes place in the body, without going numb, shutting down, or disconnecting further. The body does not have to be feared, and that doesn’t mean that it will be free of aches and pains, but it is possible to stay present for more.
These practices began as my life-lines when I needed them the most, they turned into what I have spent hours learning about both theoretically and experientially, and now, they are what I love to offer.
Leading Ethics
- Perspective shifting from either/or to both/and, so you can embrace more of your life with increased capacity.
- Befriending the body, sensations, feelings, and the world outside so you feel capable of staying present with what is happening from moment to moment.
- Addressing life issues in creative and embodied ways, so you can trust the resources within yourself and experience shifts.
- Working slowly, with thorough attentiveness, so you don’t have to have a dramatic change to recognize newness.
Training
- 200hr YTT
- Yoga 1, 2 & 3, Pranayam (breathing exercise) studies
- 3-month yoga development course
- Hidden Language Hatha Yoga Certification
- Hatha Yoga Certification
- Three-year Professional Training Program
- RSMT/E, Movement-based Expressive Arts Therapy
- Masters in Embodiment Studies
- 3 month Herbal Apprenticeship
- 1 year Herbal Apprenticeship
- 9 month Herbal Apprenticeship
Vermont Center of Integrative Herbalism
- Three-year Clinical Training Program
Yasodhara Ashram
- Kundalini & Dream Certification Program
In Vermont
- On-going 1-1 Studies