What Inspired Me To Be
Here to Assist You.

My interest in physical fitness and movement began as a blue-ribbon winner of physical fitness challenges in elementary school and a cheerleader from fourth grade through my senior year in high school. In my teens, I fell in love with dancing and running. Both empowered me to feel my own strength, blast through my own and other people’s assumptions about what I was capable of accomplishing, and simply and elegantly enjoy being in my own body.

Over the next few decades, I completed four marathons and was drawn to yoga after an injury brought my running to a frustrating halt. Forced to slow down, my “monkey mind” picked up the pace. Along with learning yoga postures, I started studying the philosophy of yoga which led me to a personal inquiry around my own chronic, self-critical, worry-filled thoughts. On my yoga mat, I learned (and still continue to learn!) the value of slowing down and listening in, breathing consciously, and allowing the body and mind to drop old physical and mental programming and discover what was true and revitalizing for me now.

I became friends with a woman in one of my yoga classes who was a massage therapist, and I booked several massages with her to further assist my physical healing. As I practiced yoga and received massage, I discovered that making time for releasing built-up tightness in my physical body almost always caused a similar letting go of persistent, exhausting mental tension. What surfaced was more joy and ease, both physically and mentally. This powerful connection between mind, body, breath, and movement inspired me to learn how to assist others to do the same through bodywork, yoga inspired movement, and meditative practices. It is my privilege to assist my clients in breathing deeper, releasing unnecessary tension, and living with more joy and ease.