Somatic Spiritual Counseling
We are a collective of body- and nature-based therapists + coaches.
My passion is to help you become deeply intimate with yourself and access the flow of creative potential and deep wellness within you. I work at the intersection of spirituality and the nervous system, bringing together spiritual care, shamanic healing, and somatic counseling approaches.
I received my Master of Divinity from Naropa University in 2014, where I became an interfaith chaplain, certified meditation instructor, and Buddhist reverend. Also in 2014, I became a certified yoga teacher through Shoshoni Yoga Ashram.
I serve as an adjunct professor in Naropa's Master of Divinity program and a meditation instructor in the Transpersonal Psychology program.
I study shamanic healing with Dr. Barnaby Ruhe (a student of Michael Harner). I have become Reiki III certified with Dr. Robin Powell. I have studied body-based meditation with Reggie Ray at Dharma Ocean, as well as tantric practices with Lama Tsultrim Allione at Tara Mandala (including Feeding Your Demons practice).
Currently, I am a student of Taoist medicine at the Institute of Taoist Education + Acupuncture, where I am pursuing a master's degree in acupuncture and Chinese medicine. Since 2011, I have studied intensively with Rabbi Zvi Ish-Shalom, PhD. I am currently in his Kedumah Institute teacher training, which brings together psychodynamics and mystical Judaism. I am also currently a student of Somatic Experiencing, a psychotherapeutic modality for healing trauma and accessing goodness developed by Dr. Peter Levine.
I have been blessed to have such amazing teachers and trainings. But ultimately, it is not about the modality—it's about showing up authentically in the moment and using the tools I have to meet you exactly where you are in a way that is spontaneous and fresh.
Since 2008, when I was introduced to meditation and the work of Chögyam Trungpa, I have been deeply committed to a path of healing and inner growth. This has brought me into contact with many amazing modalities and teachers.
My own journey of healing and inner exploration has inspired me to offer these tools to others.
I offer only tools that I have worked with within myself and found to be keys to unlocking my own potential.
My clients describe their first visit as deeply embodying. They often say, "I never knew there was so much going on in there!"
Shamanic healing may sound esoteric, but really it is just a way to explore our inner landscape through imagery and heal old wounds through metaphor and somatic experience, rather than overly relying on the narratives of what has happened to us.