Hey There
As a young person I struggled to understand and work with emotion spending years attempting to run from, get rid of and think my way out of difficult feelings. In my 29th year I found myself fully submerged in the emotion of grief, unable to struggle when my father passed. Inside of the pain of grief I discovered clarity and direction I had been seeking. Remembering the serenity I experienced in a yoga gym class from college I dove head first into a daily yoga and meditation practice and observed in amazement as my mind settled and my heart healed. Through devoted study and practice I developed insight into the workings of the mind making it comfortable to be in my skin for the first time in my life. This immediately motivated me to share with and help others, leading me to yoga teacher training and ultimately graduate school for mental health counseling.
Today I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice here in Richmond, Va. I am also an E-RYT 500 (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher) offering public classes in the community. I specialize in counseling adolescents and emerging adults with emotion regulation difficulties including Eating Disorders and Self Harm with Mindfulness and Acceptance based treatments. My yoga teaching blends study of primary source texts with skillful breathwork, meditation, mantra and functional patterns of movement.
My daughter has been and continues to be my greatest teacher.
