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about me

Natural mystic. Bridger of worlds.

I was told at a young age that I had chosen a big path in this life. As time has passed, I have come to believe it.

Ever since I can remember I have been fascinated by healing and transformative arts. I witnessed the pain of people and the earth and wanted to help. From an early age I began studying medicinal plants and indigenous wisdom, and I’ve held a life-long inquiry of how to live in right relationship to myself, others, nature and to life itself.

I found yoga at 20 years old and began an esoteric dive into embodied feminine spirituality that took me on many vision quest journeys around the world.

I immersed in the practices of mindfulness and meditation through my college education in environmental studies and psychology at Naropa University, a Buddhist institution. A voracious learner with a passion for healing and serving the world, I trained in Somatic Psychotherapy, Energy Medicine, Health Coaching, and completed 500 hours of yoga teacher training in Rishikesh, India. All the while I was leading groups around the world on transformative yoga & wellness retreats.

I became an ordained priestess, a facilitator of Authentic Relating and a SomaSource® Practitioner. A multipreneuer through and through, I co-founded several businesses, including Hanuman Academy, where I built a renown online yoga education platform.

Towards the beginning of all that, at the ripe young age of 23, I gave birth to my son Joshua. He quickly became my greatest teacher as I learned to navigate the waves of single mothering while making a living and following my dreams and passions.

While my studies have supported my evolution in countless ways, it is the cauldron of mothering and intimate relationship where I have learned and practiced the art of being with and embracing all parts of this magnificent, messy human life. In relationship I have seen my darkest shadows and my most exquisite super powers.

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When my son was 15, we entered a dark night of the soul in the form of childhood leukemia. I learned about the depths of human suffering and experienced the fiercest love and devotion as I held my son through 8 months of treatment.

In March of 2020, Joshua rang the bell of victory and we left the hospital as the pandemic shut down the world around us. Slowly, we climbed the mountain of recovery, integrating and alchemizing the enormity of that initiatory journey.

Looking back now, from the peak of the mountain, I can honestly say I am in awe of this holy catastrophe, and what I learned about resilience and relationship. I give thanks everyday for the massive support we received and the practices that helped me transform the pain into profound gifts of connection and wholeness.

For me, it’s really all about connection. We thrive when we are in connection with self, others, nature and the whole of life. And this is my life’s work — to guide, teach and train others in the practices, skills and wisdom to live a life of regenerative connection.

Currently, I serve as Senior Course Leader and Director of Leadership & Facilitator Training for ART International, where we train participants in the art of relational intelligence. In addition, I offer Relational Coaching to individuals and couples through my private practice, teach yoga through Gaia and Hanuman Academy, and lead groups on Vision Quest into the wilds of nature and the human soul with my partner Darren Silver.

I am beyond grateful for my many teachers and the multitudes of wise and well guides and wisdom keepers who have made it possible for me to be where I am today. I continue to be rocked and reborn through the mysteries and magic of life, and wouldn’t have it any other way.

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