About Me.

I grew up in an environment that felt bereft of devotion to anything other than western patriarchal capitalism. Surrounded by a culture fascinated with conditioned worlds I was taught to objectify my body, rather than experience it. 

With little interest in embodied experience, I lived in my head and pain lived there with me.

Mental filter upon mental filter, these layers disconnected me from direct experience and detached me from the unfolding of life. I tirelessly attempted to turn away from my discomfort and the amount of energy required to not to feel my body left me exhausted. When all of my numbing strategies were no longer enough to block out the longing in my heart for wholeness I found myself on the spiritual path.

A journey of homecoming to myself. 

As I followed the compass of my body I began to access the truth of my experience. And the closer I listened the clearer that intuitive guidance became.

I encountered an intimacy with reality through the portal of my own body.

A poignant beauty that showed me heartbreak and joy greater than I’d ever imagined. Naturally, healing began to occur and I found myself in devotion to my nervous system.

Along the way I came upon classical tantric teachings and they were revelatory. A pre-modern tradition of empowerment with tools to access what was alive in me. It presented, in ways ever-fresh, deep truths my body had always known, returning me home, over and over again.

Elements of this framework continue to hold me throughout my integration, exploration and offering.

For years I trained full time in ancient eastern wisdom traditions, contemporary somatic modalities, and timeless non-dual traditions. I have been incredibly fortunate to encounter beautiful allies and mentors along the way. I bow deeply in gratitude to teachers Satu Tuomela, Kimberly Ann Johnson, Mark Haviland, Tara Judelle, Annie Carpenter and Joshua Schrei. Their transmission of embodied truth has made this journey possible.

Just as my body led the way for me, my heart longs to lead others into the wisdom of their own embodied experience. So that it may also be a compass for them to discover the unspeakable aliveness and freedom that can only be known through the body.