my work over the past twenty years has focused in the areas of trauma response, racial + gender justice, spiritual leadership, community building, and social change + communal healing. i am a learner and listener and writing is a core way i make meaning of my life’s journey; i believe there is powerful medicine in the sharing of our stories. 

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the natural world has been my most enduring classroom, grounding my practice in living systems, systems thinking, and emergent theory. i have taught at the university-level and practiced in various contexts including higher education, community-based nonprofits, faith-based institutions with experience working with individuals, organizations, and in network-building. communities of practice as a model for transformative change have been a focus of my research and practice throughout my work and i continue to believe in the power of bringing people together through intentional cycles of action and reflection.

I believe in learning and sharing the skills we cultivate with the collective. I have spent the last 20 years working with groups numbering from 2 to 80 moving people through healing practices based largely in my studies of yoga but incorporated all the other gifts the world has revealed. Fascinated and engaged with humans and humanity, I have a BA in anthropology, worked for 7 years as an International Trade Specialist, and have spent the last 20 years studying yoga, various philosophical systems, and somatics. I also collaborate with other healers, bringing more ease into their spaces so that their gifts can shine. In this capacity, I have worked with yoga studios, energy healing spaces, spas, and landscaping companies that incorporate organic and native species in their mission. I am registered with the Yoga Alliance as E - RYT® 500, YACEP® .