Embodied movement has been a part of my life since an early age. At 3 years old, you couldn’t get me away from the dance floor at family celebrations. I loved the feeling of moving to the music and the joy of experiencing others dancing beside me. This is still one of my favorite pass times at one of the many festivals and music experiences we have in New Orleans.

Embodied movement took another form when my mom introduced me to yoga at age 14. It brought such a resource of support that I didn’t know I needed. At that time, yoga offered a wordless acknowledgment of what was under the surface while offering a tool to be with it, support it and allow for something to change. 

Yoga remained a personal resource and practice throughout college, graduate school and into my profession as a psychotherapist. In 2010, after a few years of working exclusively with eating disorders, I returned to yoga as a professional resource and started my first yoga teacher training. As I integrated yoga, breath and mindfulness into my sessions, I found that folks were able to build capacity to be with their bodies, discover what was below the surface of thought and engage in healing their relationship with their self and body on a deeper level. 

During my yoga teacher training, I was introduced to Peter Levine’s work and the yoga program at the Trauma Center in Brookline, MA. In 2016, I completed the Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga teacher training and later had the opportunity to serve as a mentor to folks going through the program. 

In 2018, I started my journey of learning and practicing Somatic Experiencing. Since then, I have had the pleasure of assisting several cohorts on their learning journey with Somatic Experiencing. 

I love to learn and I love to teach. I’m grateful to all of the teachers that have supported my learning and helped me build the toolbox of resources that I share with the clients and communities that I serve.  

Some of those teachers are: Peter Levine, Diane Poole Heller (DARe), Dave Emerson, Jenn Turner, Dave Berger, Abi Blakeslee, Glyndie Knickerson, Rachel Lewis-Marlow (Embodied Recovery for Eating Disorders), Deb Dana, and the folks at the Trauma Center in Brookline, MA.

Early on in my career, I knew in my bones that we needed to help folks repair on a deeper level. Since I started learning and sharing somatic practices in 2010, I discovered that working directly with the body and the nervous system was the missing piece to help people embody their goals of wholeness, wellness and healing. 

I feel so honored to support, guide, and walk beside folks on their healing journey. Reach out if you'd like to explore if I could be a good match for what you are seeking.