I am a certified breathwork and meditation teacher through the Yoga Alliance.
I believe awareness changes us.
Most of us spend our lives trying to think our way through stress, relationships, and the challenges of being human. Understanding can be helpful, but it doesn't always change the way we feel. The body has its own language.
My work is about creating the conditions for people to slow down long enough to hear it.
Through breath, meditation, and bodywork, I help people reconnect with themselves. Again and again, I've watched what happens when someone feels safe enough to stop striving, stop performing, and simply be present. What emerges is different for everyone, but it almost always begins with the same realization: you don't have to work so hard to be yourself.
I don't believe transformation comes from learning something you don't already know. I think it comes from remembering what’s been inside of you all along.
That is the work that continues to inspire me.
-Aloha is often translated as “presence of breath”. For me, it points toward staying with the body and the moment.
Pieces of My Story
✧ Classically trained singer
I've performed in choirs, opera, musical theater, private voice study, and a cappella ensembles. Breath and voice have been part of my life for as long as I can remember.
✧ University of Virginia graduate
I studied Politics, driven by a lifelong curiosity about people, culture, and what shapes the human experience.
✧ Archer, bowhunter, and conservationist
Time in the mountains has deepened my respect for wildlife, wild places, and our responsibility to protect them.
✧ Animal lover
I've been fascinated by animals since I was a child. Giraffes are my favorite.
✧ Past careers
Therapeutic horseback riding instructor, equine care, small animal veterinary medicine, wildlife rehabilitation, and professional pet care.
✧ Competitive CrossFit athlete
Years of training taught me to appreciate both the strength and intelligence of the human body.
✧ Places I've called home
Maryland, the Czech Republic, Colorado, Utah, Virginia, and Montana. I’ve traveled to 35 countries.
✧ Mother
My greatest teacher is my 16 year old son.
✧ Always a student
I'm endlessly curious. Whether I'm studying breath, relationships, philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, history, music, or the natural world, I'm happiest when I'm learning something that helps me better understand what it means to be human.
✧ Books that have shaped me
The Untethered Soul
Women Who Run With the Wolves
The Song of the Lark
Braiding Sweetgrass