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My Story
For over 20 years, I was living the corporate rat race.
I had been living with anxiety my entire career, but I was moving too fast to even notice it was a problem.
I knew it was time for change - and yet I had no clue what that meant for me.
So, in 2019 I traveled with my daughter to Bali for a ten-day yoga and meditation retreat. And, at the end of the retreat, I took a deep breath and realized that, for the first time, I could take a deep breath without pain.
This experience was a transformational one for me - I realized that I had been living with anxiety my entire career, and I had gotten so used to living with pain and anxiety in my body that it became normal.
I made a commitment to myself that day and I set two goals for myself: to breathe deeply and have peace of mind. I was on a mission to find a way to make this my new normal and to find a way to live a life I didn’t need a vacation from.
From that day forward, I explored restorative practices and learned about the nervous system and how to regulate it. Having peace of mind meant slowing down and that began with restorative yoga which led to yoga nidra (yoga for the inside), meditation followed by forest therapy and reiki, and most recently, holistic yoga and sound therapy.
What I learned through these studies was that by slowing down, I was able to sleep more deeply, think more clearly, and be less emotionally volatile.
Eventually, the insomnia and anxiety vanished.
Professional Certifications
03/31/2024
03/21/2024
04/10/2022
Holistic Yoga & Sound Teacher Training
Integrative Sound Healing Foundations
Holy Fire III Reiki Master
04/10/2022
02/23/2020
Forest Therapy Certification, Global Institute of Forest Therapy
Restorative Yoga TT 23 Hours
08/02/2020
Yoga Nidra TT 22 Hour
10/16/2020
Meditation TT 30 Hour
1995
M.A. Adult Education
1990
B.A English
