Holistic Cooking and Deep Yoga — two ways of conversing with the body — became central facets of my life and professional path. With these two modalities I could both support my own thriving, honoring my personal well-beingness, while engendering space for my clients and students to nourish themselves from within. I could cook decadent natural food for dinner parties, fill attendees’ glasses with the most delicious wines, and lead them in pranayama before dinner! I learned more deeply the connection between body and spirit, and realized it was not without the sensual pleasures I had found in my late-night life in the Bay, but rather joined them in the space of beauty and breath — the very essences of life. My work expanded into a zone of life-living practice. The somatic and the spiritual were one thing, and I strove to inhabit that space with others joyfully, and tenderly with a sense of gravity and grace.

I found working with others in a therapeutic context to be deeply satisfying, as I more intently practiced yoga therapy. Guiding my clients into the spiritual dimension was beautiful, sensuous, and contained the feeling of healing, for my clients but for myself, as well. It was a way of communing with nature: celebrating her mystery, bounty, and poetry. I recognized a potent feeling of burgeoning alignment — putting my energy towards this was a harbinger of a new, holistic, and  reciprocal way of life. In studying and sharing healing work, I was returning home to an integral part of myself and likewise began lending this sense of continual, deeply process-oriented whole-making to those I was working with. 

“...your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Without, everything seems discordant; only within does it coalesce into unity. Who looks outside dreams; who looks inside awakes.” - C.G. Jung, Letters, Vol. I

I worked as a yoga therapist, yoga teacher, and holistic chef, for many years. I was eventually introduced to the work of C.G. Jung and his descendants in the field, and I found myself captivated by the world of depth psychology. Bringing the psyche into my work felt like the missing piece. Within the body, alongside somatic expression, the psyche holds its own keys to our inner worlds, and is an essential layer of who we are. I realized that we can’t engage in spiritual practice without listening to the soul, and that we can’t practice embodiment without soul expressing through us. The unconscious — revealing itself through dreams, images, the body, and art — can be an unbelievably rich part of our self-understanding and subsequent flourishing. Intentionally engaging with the unconscious through dreamwork, expressive arts, and psychotherapy, we uncover significant personal messages from the deep, that have unparalleled potential power in guiding us toward growth and alignment.

Attunement to my own psyche’s guidance has allowed me access to deeper self-knowledge, granted entry into life-expanding experiences, and has allowed me to honor my emotional processes with care. To know the psyche can offer a life more fully fulfilled and profoundly connective! I now have a strong desire to hold this space for others as we engage in this courageous practice of self-inquiry, inner exploration, and reverence for the deep personal paths that are revealed in therapy. 

I have journeyed to this moment to offer my experience, creating space for others to heal, grow, and develop their relationships with themselves. I continue to be a dedicated student of the healing arts, and of life itself. I find joy in connections with friends, family, and community. My relationship to the earth and her wisdom keep me grounded and humble. My heart loves being a mother to my new son, art-making, cooking, being in my body, reveling in nature, nurturing my relationships, and connecting with beauty. Spending my time in these ways keeps me connected to the tactile, living, breathing world. It keeps me present to the inner beauty and resilience that exists in humans. I bring a grounded, expansive openness and lovingness to my work with others, and an authentic sense of curiosity. I seek to provide others a sacred container for self-exploration, honesty, and transformation.