What greater purpose is there than to be ourselves.
And yet, we’ve all learned to adapt who we are in order to belong.
Through our upbringing, conditioning, culture, and trauma, we develop patterns that help us fit in, stay safe, and avoid being rejected, abandoned, or outcast. These patterns aren’t random. They’re rooted in survival and they shape how we experience ourselves, others, and life.
Something deeper is being asked of us.
Not just to “heal,” but to untangle from what no longer serves and begin to remember our gifts, our power, and our essence.
My path continues to involve coming out of functional freeze. Shifting out of “everything’s fine” into more depth in emotion, expression, clarity, and relational connection.
I’ve been unraveling patterns rooted in not belonging. Moving through layers of shame, responsibility, anger, and forgiveness. The ways I’ve protected myself have softened. The walls I held to keep distance and avoid pain and vulnerability have softened.
My capacity continues to increase the more I inquire into and support where I’m still stuck. I find myself performing less. I’m able to stay with conflict without shutting down or appeasing like I used to. And I hold more grace for myself when I do find myself in old patterning.
I see this as an ongoing journey of rewiring and remembering, and my intention is to have some fun with it!Â
The human experience fascinates me.
We are far more patterned, and far more capable, than most of us realize.
Through years of deep exploration, I found my way into what I now call The Five Gateways to Rewire and Remember.Â
There’s no script I follow.
I’m tracking what’s actually happening in the moment and working with that. The work unfolds from there.
You’re not being led through something. You’re learning how to meet your own experience in a way that allows it to rewire and reorganize.
My Path
I started in yoga in the early 2000s, drawn to the physical practice without fully understanding the depth behind it. I did my teacher training in 2005, and dove straight into teaching.
But something never quite sat right.
I didn’t like telling people what to do.
I struggled watching people try to put themselves into form from a place of performance and image.
And my experience of not belonging was being poked and I kept myself at a distance from the yoga community.
I was looking for more depth, and was led to the Feldenkrais Method® in 2008, where I began to understand what it actually means to listen to the body and to explore with curiosity instead of force. I felt less like I was trying to fit in some sort of box, and more like I could be in the playfulness of exploration.Â
It showed me how deeply patterned we are.
And that real change happens through subtle and nuanced explorations.
From there, I moved into deeper nervous system work and trained in Somatic Experiencing. This opened up another layer of understanding around patterns rooted in survival, and what happens when we begin to support what was once too much for the system to process.
This was a turning point in my work. It brought depth to both my own experience and the way I support others. It felt like the missing piece.
As my understanding evolved, so did my connection to the more unseen layers of this work. What once felt like theory became lived experience. And my spiritual practice really began to deepen.Â
I continue to be in awe of how much there is to explore, and how what I now do reaches far beyond a single lifetime. The opportunity to evolve and deepen into the human experience feels endless and it excites the shit out of me!
Training & Lineage
- Yoga Trainings (2005-2009)
- The Feldenkrais Method® (2008-2012)Â
- Somatic Experiencing® (2015-2018)Â
- Master Classes with Peter Levine:
- Eye of the Needle (Part 1) (2018)Â
- Syndromes (2020) - Assisting Somatic Experiencing® Trainings (2019 - Current)
- Somatic Practice with Kathy Kain
- Touch Skills Training (2018)
- Somatic & Complex Emotions (2020) - Soul Based Work & Crystalline Consciousness Technique with Chris Dierkes  (2019-present)
- Meditation Teachings and Retreats with John Prendergast (2019-2021)
- Initiation & Grief Workshops with Francis Weller (2020/2022)
- Applied Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy: Foundations to Practice  (2022)
- Safe And Sound Protocol (2025)
I’m deeply grateful for those who have paved the path before me and the training I’ve received thanks to their inquiries and their teachings.
And my deepest learning has come from my own ongoing journey and from the people I’ve had the privilege of working with.
Our willingness to explore.
To meet our edges.
To ride the waves.
That’s what truly continues to shape this work.
Let's explore together!
An 8 week journey filled with teachings, experiential practices, and community engagement.
