About Me

I love working with people and working with my body – hands on. Therapeutic massage provides an opportunity to do this every day. I learn from every interaction. Facilitating positive changes and (re)connections for clients is deeply gratifying and motivates me to continually add to my skill set.

I have struggled to feel comfortable in my own body throughout my life. I stumbled upon massage after sharing bodywork with coworkers during my time on a trail work crew. My education at the San Francisco School of Massage and Bodywork opened me up to the fascinating world that is the human body. I couldn’t believe how little I knew about my own body despite living with a chronic illness, studying dance, doing physical labor, and living an active outdoor lifestyle!

Therapeutic massage has led me to know and love my body and decrease my pain and discomfort. I am energized and excited about the world of bodywork, healing, and helping others. There is so much to learn and explore!

My work is supported by over 900 hours of education at the San Francisco School of Massage and Bodywork and the National Holistic Institute’s Advanced Neruomuscular Therapy Program in Emeryville. In 2023 I became certified in McLoughlin Scar Tissue Release®, or MSTR®. It is a highly effective and gentle treatment for working with many types of scar tissue.

I am a professional member of ABMP, and a Certified Massage Therapist with the State of California #46636.

I have an undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis where I studied Cultural Anthropology. I am fascinated by the way our culture affects our connection with our bodies, health, and healing. I also have personal experience working with trauma somatically, and bring a trauma informed lens and many powerful tools when working with all my clients.

As a lifelong learner, I support clients as fellow travelers on the path to better self-care, healing, and flourishing in our bodies. I take courses, read books and blogs, listen to podcasts, and seek out new research to deepen my skills and knowledge of massage and health. I plan to share my discoveries with you in my blog!

I believe in the phrase, “if you don’t use it, you lose it.” To feel good in your body and for massage to be effective, you must move. As a practitioner I constantly explore movement and I know that it’s possible to build fun and playful movement into everyday life.

I am a certified Level 1 MovNat instructor. I regularly suggest movement practices and exercises to support your bodywork goals.

My effectiveness as a massage therapist is enhanced by a circadian aligned lifestyle, daily energetic hygiene, and a regular breathwork practice that clarifies my intuition. I aspire to meet you wherever you are to support you to get the massage you want.

As someone with a background of extreme childhood trauma, I am motivated and committed to find and practice what works. I have found it is important to approach healing from different doorways, and to follow what resonates with you. I have connected with a number of transformative and empowering modalities that I use personally and professionally. I am overjoyed to be able to share them with you!

If any of them intrigue you or resonate in any way, then I encourage you to explore an experience.

Energetic Meditation Tools and Readings I am a Reverend and graduate from a two year energy mediation program at Psychic Horizons. To learn more about my intuitive healing offerings, read this post.

Biofield Energy Work In 2018, I was certified to provide Biofield Healing immersion sessions. This multidimensional energy work supports restoration of your innate flow – physically, mentally, emotionally, energetically, and spiritually.

It is a safe and relaxing experience that works with the field of energy and information that surrounds your body. Your Biofield holds the signature of everything that has ever happened to you. During our sessions, we begin the process of effortlessly releasing disturbed patterns of energy in your space that show up in your body, mind, and life. This no-touch treatment offers a deep listening that supports your system to rebalance itself. Sessions are offered in person at Synapse, or at a distance over the phone or zoom. Biofield helps you to feel restored and like yourself again. Learn about my experience and results from real clients.

Compassion Key I facilitate online trauma healing using self-directed compassion. I guide you to liberate the parts of you holding past survival stress and wounds, which currently create difficulties and pain in your life. This may show up in health, financial, relational, or professional challenges. Through this powerful work you have the opportunity to release yourself from these painful situations and patterns, and become free to create the life of your deepest desires and dreams. Anything can be dissolved when met by the power of your own compassion. Learn more and schedule with me.

Rebirthing Breathwork Mastery (RBM) I am currently in the second year of a two-year facilitation program for this gentle yet powerful, life-transforming practice. I found breathwork in 2023, right after I was flooded by repressed traumatic memories and in full-blown CPTSD. Within six months, I was fully functional again, and am now in creation of my life rather than at the effect of it.

I adore supporting and witnessing others in their process. The magic of RBM is lead by your own body and breath. You change step by step from the body up, and life transforms. I support you to get in touch with a meaningful intention, sit for you during a gentle, parasympathetic, conscious breath for 90 minutes, and help you connect what happened in the session to your intentions to feel complete.

I have some upcoming co-facilitated small group offerings as part of my training, both online and in person. Please keep an eye out on the new RBM page on my website for more information, or reach out for more information.

I am a mama to a joyful son, Mateo, and sweet dog, Nala. I am a seeker of new ways to

live and to heal. I spend my free time hiking, gardening, camping, cooking, and dancing with my partner and friends. I appreciate simplicity in complexity. I value clear communication, connection with nature, investment in community, and supporting justice.