​ My experience with stress was a devastating one.

I lived with a fair amount of pressure beginning with my first job at the age of 15. From then on, I gravitated towards more and more intensely stressful jobs. They made me feel alive, connected and important. 

By the time I was 17, the stress had escalated significantly, and I was having full-on panic attacks. The attacks started happening when I was in line at the bank, then at the grocery store, in the mall and eventually even while driving my car. I felt like I was losing control and that I was going to faint or black out. It was frightening. 
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I went on like that for years until I began a meditation practice at the recommendation of a friend. This was the beginning of a significant lifestyle change. I started practicing yoga and meditation regularly. Over time, my panic attacks subsided, and my anxiety became much more manageable.  I thought I was out of the woods, however, I wasn't ready to let go of the rush I got from stress.

When I was 31, I moved to an Ashram...

and the intensity quadrupled.  There was so much to do.  I didn't know how to say no and didn't feel like I was enough.  This was a recipe for disaster. Stress was very much a part of my identity and gave me a sense of belonging and self-worth.

It all culminated at the age of 37 when I had a complete physical breakdown. When it first hit me, I couldn't move. Literally. I couldn't move even to get help. I was broken...really broken. It was scary as hell. Over time, with the help of Chinese Tonic Herbs, I began to gain some level of functionality.  

​After three months, sitting on the ground and picking tiny weeds in a vegetable garden was my "exercise". I was slowly gaining strength.  

At the height of that physical breakdown, the thought that kept going through my mind was "I'm dying".  During that time, that
​felt very real.

I remember one day, I heard my spiritual teacher say something that changed everything for me;  "You become what you think."

​Wait...what?!!   In that moment, I totally got what the mind/body connection was all about.  No wonder I wasn't healing!  From that moment forward, I never had the thought "I'm dying" again. That was the beginning of my real journey toward healing.

I began to incorporate self-care into my life.

This was completely new for me.  I was introduced to Transpersonal Energy Healing Therapy (TEHT) and embraced the process fully. Over time, I was able to understand why stress had been such an important part of my life and identity.  

​TEHT got me in touch with events from my early years that left me with extreme insecurity, self-doubt and low self-esteem. Once this connection was made, the unraveling began, and the deep healing could occur.  Now when things ramp up in my life, I am able to see it for what it is and remain grounded and calm.  The need for stress to make me feel any sense of worth is gone.
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A little more about me...

​I was Certified in Yoga Instruction in 1999, Life Coaching in 2013, Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy in 2015 and am a Certified Transpersonal Energy Healing Therapy Practitioner since 2018.    

For fun I make art and greeting cards.  Two of my sisters and I play guitar and have weekly jam sessions that we love!    

​I enjoy yoga, walking in nature and swinging a kettlebell.

Above all, I am a lifelong spiritual aspirant with an (almost) daily practice of yoga and meditation. 

My intention as a TEHT Practitioner is to connect deeply, listen closely and support you abundantly as we navigate this path of your healing together.

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