My aunt tells me that as soon as I was able, I was telling stories to entertain and offering my hands and heart in loving care. The environment I was born into was not conducive to these ways of being. I suffered many kinds of abuse as a young child from different family members. Pretty quickly, I learned to hide and doubt myself. I internalized the pains of mistreatment and neglect. By the time I was 10, I was suicidal, and by the time I was 14, I was a full-blown drug addict and runaway. I was put into the system, into foster homes that were almost as harmful as my home of origin. I ended up running with other rebellious kids and experiencing many traumatic events on the street.

When I was 16.5, the divine knocked me upside the head and brought me back to myself through song. After years of wanting to die, refusing to cry anymore, and using rage as fuel to keep going, I cried. My heart broke open to the strains of “Let It Be”, and I knew I wanted to live again. I turned myself into the police, was put in rehab, and had an intense shaktipat/ awakening to why I was still alive and a realization of how much bigger life was than I ever knew. This happened standing in a circle of people, reciting a prayer during a 12-step meeting. I had never experienced people circling in support of one another before. I had an intense blast of light, and an extraordinary vision washed over me. 

This rebirth set me on the path I have remained on. All that I have done in this life since then has been about healing and learning more about who I am, how humans operate, and what spirit/source/creator/divine is…

I have fallen impossibly in love with life and myself.

Life has continued to test me with many cycles of death/loss/change and ensuing rebirth. Each time I dive into the beautiful darkness of mystery and contraction, I return wiser and brighter. I am not afraid of the dark. I am a hunter and eradicator of fear. Fear now directs me to what is the most alive within me and wants attention. I leave no parts of myself or my experience untended.

Having been brought up in an environment where these things were discouraged, I know what it is to struggle with one's own power and ability to break free and create the life of one's dreams. It is my life's work to overcome and help others to overcome the programming and experiences that keep us from living fully as the powerful, creative, expressive beings we were born to be. 

It has been 36 years now since stepping onto the path to getting well, of self-study, and experiments in the laboratory of the self. I found yoga 3 years into the journey and have been packing my toolbox with skills, knowledge, and acquired wisdom since. 

The majority of my trainings are listed below. Still, I find that being in union with all parts of myself, earth, spirit, and my earnest desire and efforts to love others unconditionally, are the real work, education, and most significant successes in my life. 

I lead classes, workshops, rituals, retreats, and trainings, and create events that welcome and guide people into their inherent fullness, free of the fetters of past lives, traumatic experiences, doubt, and fear. I enjoy entertaining, uplifting, creating, and supporting others in getting well and in everyday well-being. I know that no matter how lost or contracted we have felt, we can blossom into thriving and live ecstatic, extraordinary lives.

You were not born to hide. Your voice and your actions make a powerful difference in this world. It is through connection and courage that we polish our shine. 

Join me in this revolution of seeing clearly, living fully, and having vibrant connections with all of life!