Background~

I have been a student of life doing my best to follow the non-linear path of passion, interest, intuition and adventure. I took my first yoga class at Findlay College as a freshman and that was the planting of a deep lifelong study and experience of the spiritual realms of life, of the unseen but felt. One of my most memorable classes at Findlay was a Woman’s study course. It opened my eyes, my heart and shifted who I was. I went on to received my BA in Psychology 1998 from Kent State University. I was invited to join a team of graduate students under the tutelage of Dr. Newburry in the research department of the Psychology School. Our team traveled to multiple states sharing our research results in the field of psychoneuroimmunology and I became co-author of one of our studies and we were published in journal, The Psychological Record. At this time I was deeply swept away in motherhood and my days of research became a distant memory although daily writing laid claim to my sanity.

Motherhood introduced me to the natural world, the one where birthing is spiritual and honored. I found cooking and it became my art. The walk to the local health food store with my first son was our weekly way to get out of the house together. The ridges in the sidewalk, a reminder of how bumby life was as a young mother. I navigated uncharted waters and simultaneously was thrown into the depths of the darkest current and also the deepest love I had ever known.

When I was 28 I became certified to teach yoga and was trained in group facilitation. The spiritual side of the practice spoke to my being in a way that nothing had in my life thus far. I revered every aspect and tapped into a well that was forever giving of itself, of its knowledge, of its depth. It began a 22 year dive into the unknown, the unseen, into personal experience and enriched every part of who I was. I came alive in a new way.

I held my children in a love so deep that I would do anything for their wellbeing. And even still I know in the holes of parenthood cannot all be filled. I homeschooled my boys and we lived life’s uneven path in this way until they went to college. For 11 years I was the co-founder and administrator of FLOW - Free Learners on the Westside. It was a creative journey full of all that life offers us - joy, imagination, defeat, fear, uncertainty, deep connections, endless growth and the powerful teachings of what we can do in communal spaces. During the years of running FLOW my yoga teaching and experiencing yoga grew and deepened. It was threaded through and in between all areas in my life. My passion lead me closer to the Earth and I explored backpacking, travel, the love of the Rocky Mountains, adventure and the beautiful world of birds and a deeper connection to writing.

In 2015 I began offering Yoga Teacher Training programs based in nature and founded Gathering Tree Yoga. I was also lead to explore meditation and became deeply involved with a yoga ashram for 8 years. During that time I took many advanced meditation and yoga programs and eventually traveled to India for a month to take an 8 day silence program in Southern India. Being drawn to intense spiritual practices, I has been blessed to such experience Native American sweat lodges and shamanistic practices. Native American spirituality has deeply influenced my life from a young girl into adulthood traveling the Kawartha Lakes Region in Canada with my grandparents. In 2015 I was blessed to study under Cynthia Gale for two years who generously shared her knowledge and deeper knowing of the spirit world.

My love of birds has moved me into bird conservation and my work there is continuing to evolve as I help spread awareness about birds, migration and the environment.

I honor the sacredness of aging and offer spiritual practices that support our deepening wisdom, conscious ways of living and connection to Mother Earth. Drumming has been a part of my life since a dear friend offered me his drum to play in our monthly kirtan offerings around Cleveland which began in 2003. I lead regular offerings that bring us together in communal song writing and singing, ceremonies, drumming as a way to shift our consciousness and connect us to our inherent right to be here.

I write daily and am working on my first novel.

Growth holds deep beauty, vulnerability and an uneven path. I look to each day and Mother Earth as a guide of where to step. I look forward to those I meet along the long winding road of life.

I offer yoga teacher training programs that are feminine based, surrounded in the woods, by siamese kittens and communal food and sharing. As a traveler and adventurer I often am exploring the Rocky Mountains and the western shores of Lake Erie during migration.

Spiritual offerings throughout the seasons Virtually and In-Person~

Sacred Feminine Rhythm - A gathering connecting to the drum and its roots as a primordial feminine archetype, vocal toning, communal song writing, world rhythms and sacred song.

Guided birding hikes during migratory season

Individual natural wellness and healing - offering self-care and lifestyle practices, cranial sacral touch in savasana, reiki, Tibetan sound healing, yoga and meditation, sWriter and facilitator of poetry as meditation circles

Earth-Centered ceremonial practices in community and individually - for expecting mothers, weddings, seasons & transitional times in life

Spiritual centered retreats and silence offerings

Weekly yoga classes at Cultivate Yoga Studio - a non-profit, gift based intentional community in Lakewood, Oh

Immersive offerings through various writers, excerpts, poetry and perspectives

Circles Reclaiming of femme's power and aging as a spiritual practice

Facilitator of Psychology of the Archetypes through the energy systems of the body based off of Jungian Psychology