“The only time presence exists is now. Using building blocks of presence and ease, I use many modalities to adapt to the circumstances for the human before me.

I grew up shy, afraid to talk about my beliefs and expressing myself. I never felt that a framework could contain me. I was a little odd, and deeply fascinated with how people operate and why they make certain choices. I studied theatrical design and traveled, working in the entertainment industry for years exploring what it means to be human and analyzing why we make the choices we do.

I was also deeply anxious and numb. If you would have asked me I would say I was fine, but day after day I grew more and more numb. I woke up and recognized I barely had any memory of the past years and I realized that the trauma in my life had me choosing things that let me escape the moment rather than be with myself. I chose presence in that moment, and I continue to choose presence because presence CAN only exist now.

Trauma is not always “capital T” trauma and I think that it can be a bit of a buzz word, but I also don’t have a better word for it. Trauma comes in all sizes and packages. Years and years of messaging from society and others that I took on as well as physical trauma in my body.

I began yoga. I studied and learned more about mindset and habits. I picked up information everywhere: books, as well as the people across the globe that I met while traveling. I picked up embodiment practices. I studied polarity. I tried so many different modalities. I also began talking to people, shining the light on how and why they are where they are and offering them their own light to shine where they want to go.

I used to feel that affirmations or mindset shifts were lying to yourself and giving yourself false hope. Wearing rose colored glasses in a world full of shit. Nowadays I see that by acknowledging where we currently are and FEELING the feelings associated with that, we create acceptance for whatever we feel. When we accept how we feel, we free up access to allow shifts in our reality. Not through “thinking positively”... but through thinking things that you BELIEVE in order to feel how you want to feel. Then taking aligned actions from those feelings. Anyone can say “I’m a millionaire”. If you don’t believe it, you won’t feel anything. If you don’t feel anything, nothing will change in your behavior.

Transformation occurs through acceptance and perspective rather than force and painting everything in a positive light. Through this immersion I will help you empower yourself with the tools to help you free yourself from the out of control rollercoaster of emotions.

“I am a heart-led advocate of acknowledging both ‘light’ and ‘dark’, ‘positive’ and ‘negative’, or whatever you want to call these seeming polarities. What if I told you you don’t have to hide parts of yourself? That everything is welcome? But really, truly, EVERYTHING is welcome? That you don’t have to fix, analyze, solve, or change anything about the things you’re feeling? That by simply (and yup, sometimes less simply) acknowledging whatever arises, it loosens its grip? Non-judgment and an attitude of allowing are transformative. In today’s culture of self development and new age spirituality, I see a tendency of teachers/gurus/coaches to focus on ‘good vibes’ or ‘high vibrations’ only. In my opinion and experience, a lot of this is bypassing, repression and another way to run away from parts of yourself that you’re afraid to see.

Integration only happens when you allow the full spectrum of emotions and felt experiences to just be there as they are. No fixing, analyzing, or solving. Not changing a damn thing. Then, you’ll find wholeness within yourself, without constantly looking outside of yourself for things to help you feel better. Then, you’ll operate from a sense of calm, groundedness and self-love. In my work, the body is the way in and through. 

In a society where the mind is seen as the king, the body tends to be undervalued. So many of us walk around like running heads, completely disconnected from our bodies. When having a balanced mind-body system that is attuned to its needs on a moment-to-moment basis, you continuously know how to best support yourself. You’ll more easily notice when you’re off track, over-working or crossing your own boundaries in any sense. You’ll go along your days with more ease and presence. 

I have worked through deep and more surface level trauma myself. I wasn’t ‘here’ most of my life. I wasn’t connected to my body. My (unconscious) normal was feeling unsafe, ungrounded unwelcome, unworthy and overwhelmed. Yoga and other body-oriented systems have helped me move from being depressed, chronically anxious and feeling burdened by my sensitivity, to seeing my sensitivity as the super power that it is. Now, my sensitivity is my work. I use it to empower myself and others. I have alchemized the lessons and ‘shadows’ into tools and embodied wisdom. I’m no enlightened demon-slaying ninja on a bubble of love and light, trust me. Just like you, I continue to feel, process, bump into stuff and eventually alchemize, as this process will keep on keepin’ on.  I’m simply here to gently encourage you to tune into your own body’s wisdom and to release judgments and tendencies to fix. You don’t need to run, numb, rush, and distract anymore. You are safe within your body. The only way to heal it is to feel it - but from a place of safety, so you won’t drown.

I’m here to hold the space for you to feel whatever wants to be felt. More importantly, you’ll practice being your own spaceholder. In our sessions, whether joy, anger, sadness, numbness, confusion, ungroundedness, pleasure, annoyance, or any other color in the spectrum comes to visit, you’ll meet it, greet it, feel it, and (whenever ready) release it. I pick subtlety and safety over force, overstretching and dissociation time and time again. Also, we’ll take plenty space for integration. 

During the 1:1 sessions with me, we’ll work on whatever is needed for you at that moment in your process. The sessions will consist of yin yoga postures (meridian-based yin yoga focused on the five elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine), meditations and/or movement, depending on what best supports you. 

In the yin yoga poses (passive stretches), you’ll learn to flirt with discomfort. Throughout all of the sessions, you’ll practice presence and non-judgment. You’ll feel into whatever wants to be felt, open whatever is ready to open, and release whatever wants to release. All in its own sweet time. All of these body-oriented practices are here to help you further integrate the lessons you learn along the way. 

I can’t wait to hold space for you throughout the whole immersion, in both the 1:1 sessions, the community calls and the online space.”