For more than twenty-five years, I have been guiding people through experiences of healing, growth, and transformation—both in the natural world and within themselves. Since 1999, I have led soulful, nature-based adventures internationally and throughout Colorado, helping people reconnect with what matters most. My own relationship with nature has been one of my greatest teachers, inspiring profound healing, self-discovery, and a deep appreciation for the interconnectedness of life. I feel equally at home among the mountains of Colorado and the waters of the Caribbean, where I have lived, worked, and learned from the natural world.

My professional journey was shaped by a personal one. In the early 2000s, while navigating my own challenges with chronic pain, anxiety, and stress, I began exploring a wide range of healing modalities in search of answers. What started as a personal quest led me into the study of body-centered psychotherapy, somatic practices, manual therapies, mindfulness meditation, neuroscience, and experiential approaches to transformation. As I experienced the benefits firsthand, I became fascinated by the ways body, mind, and awareness work together to support healing and growth. Before long, I realized that helping others discover this same potential was the work I felt called to do.

In 2002, after completing comprehensive training in massage and bodywork and obtaining National Board Certification and state licensure, I began working in clinical therapeutic settings and holistic retreat centers. These experiences deepened my understanding of what it means to support the whole person and strengthened my commitment to an integrative approach that honors the physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual dimensions of healing.

Since returning to Boulder, Colorado, in 2005, I have maintained a private practice where I have continued to refine my unique approach to supporting clients through chronic pain, anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, and personal growth. My work draws from decades of study and experience, blending somatic psychology, mindfulness, nervous system regulation, interpersonal neurobiology, and contemplative wisdom traditions.

Meditation and mindfulness have been central threads throughout this journey. My personal meditation practice began nearly three decades ago after discovering the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh. Since then, I have practiced within Zen, Theravada, and Tibetan Buddhist traditions and continue my studies within the Tibetan Mahayana lineage under the guidance of Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Over the years, meditation has become much more than a practice for me, it has been a path of awakening, resilience, compassion, and understanding.

This lifelong commitment led me to a two-year mindfulness meditation teacher training program with renowned teachers Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach. Through this training, I deepened my understanding of both the contemplative foundations of mindfulness and the growing body of neuroscience that helps explain its transformative effects. Today, I enjoy bringing together traditional meditation teachings, modern psychology, somatic awareness, and practical neuroscience in ways that are accessible, grounded, and relevant to everyday life.

In 2010, I expanded my clinical work by training in Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy. After completing a comprehensive two-year professional training and advanced certification, I continued studying a variety of trauma-informed and experiential modalities. These include attachment-based approaches, family systems work, interpersonal neurobiology, and mindfulness-based interventions. This foundation has allowed me to support clients facing intergenerational trauma, spiritual emergence, major life transitions, and other complex challenges with greater depth and sensitivity.

My exploration of personal healing also led me into a deep investigation of my Native American ancestry and the broader impacts of historical and generational trauma. Through years of mentorship with Indigenous elders and extensive training in Bert Hellinger's Systemic Family Constellations, I developed a profound appreciation for the ways family, culture, and collective experience shape our lives. These understandings continue to inform both my personal path and my work with clients.

I have also spent many years studying traditional and contemporary ceremonial practices, including vision quest, purification lodge, and nature-based rites of passage. My training with Animas Valley Institute further strengthened my belief in the healing potential of nature as a catalyst for self-discovery, purpose, and transformation.

In addition to my private practice as a therapist, coach, and mindfulness teacher, I have served as core faculty for Hakomi for Bodyworkers training programs and as a teaching assistant for the Hakomi Institute's professional training programs. I continue to facilitate workshops, mindfulness programs, nature-based retreats, and transformational learning experiences that support people in living with greater presence, authenticity, and purpose.

Outside of my professional life, I find inspiration and renewal in the natural world. I enjoy hiking, backpacking, tennis, snowboarding, sailing, and free-diving whenever I can find my way back to the ocean.

At the heart of everything I do is a belief that healing and growth are possible for everyone. Whether through mindfulness, somatic awareness, nature connection, or compassionate inquiry, I am passionate about helping people discover their own innate capacity for resilience, wisdom, and transformation. It is a privilege to accompany others on that journey, and I look forward to exploring how I might support yours.

Credentials:

• Psychotherapist (Colorado State registry)

• Certified Hakomi Therapist (CHT)

• Colorado State Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT)

• National Board Certified Massage Therapist (BCTMB)

• Certified Advanced Myofascial Therapist (CAMT)

Education and Training:

• Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program taught by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach 2025-2026

• Hakomi Institute 2 year comprehensive training, 2013

• Hakomi Body-centered Psychotherapy advanced certification training, 2014

• Hakomi Teacher Training Mentorship, 2016-2018

• Animas Valley Institute Apprenticeship, 2012-2013

• Systemic Family Constellation facilitator training

  Dynamic Attachment Re-patterning experience Training

• Matrix Leadership Institute Comprehensive Training, 2016

• Matrix Leadership Institute Facilitator Training, 2017

• Matrix Diversity Training 2017

• Right Use of Power July 2016

• Right Use of Power Teacher Training, 2016

• Trauma Touch Therapy™ training, Level 1, 2015

• Brainspotting Level 1, 2020

• The Power of Embodied Transformation, 2020

• Generational Brainspotting 1 & 2 with Dr. Ruby Gibson, 2020

Memberships:

• National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB)

• Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (ABMP)

• Right Use of Power Institute, Teachers Guild, Boulder, CO

Teaching & Volunteer Service:

• Hakomi Body-centered Psychotherapy Training Teaching Assistant, 2013 – 2017

• Hakomi For Bodyworkers Core Faculty, 2015 – 2018

• Hakomi Ethics Committee Member

• Native American inter-generational trauma support project, Present

• Facilitating community-based young men’s rites of passage, 2005 - Present

• Grief Support Group facilitation - TRU Community Care & Hospice, 2018 - Present