The Full Story

All people, at their core, long for safety, to love and be loved, to hear and be heard. I offer a breadth of embodied practices that foster integrating the mind, heart and body, inviting us to pause and inquire as to the truth of the present moment, so that we can uncover our true essence, and live, compassionately, with ease, clarity and joy and open ourselves to our interconnectedness with all beings and our planet. We can live our practice on and off the cushion.

I had an epiphany in my teens, that my true calling in life was to plant and nourish the seeds of peace and understanding. I’ve spent my life working with individuals, families, educational institutions, and businesses in navigating challenging terrain, including living with, working with, and/or caring for people with both acute and chronic illnesses, neurological differences, and/or trauma.

My training in mindfulness has been cultivated from over 45 years of practice. I began practicing Transcendental Meditation in the 1970s, some Soto Zen in the 1980s, Insight Meditation in the 1990s and 2000s, the Realization Process in the 2010s, and included Insight Dialogue in 2017. My formal studies in mindfulness include:

Completion of Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (2021)
Judith Blackstone’s Realization Process (Fully Certified Teacher of Realization Process, 2023 and Certified as Realization Process Trauma Repair Therapist, 2024)
Roshi Joan Halifax’s GRACE program (2021)
David Treleaven’s Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness Training (2019) and his Advanced Training (2022)
The Healing Trauma Program (2022)
Thomas Hubl’s Collective Trauma (2021)

My work is informed by extensive training in nonviolent communication, restorative practices, and mediation. I also have a JD from the University of California, San Francisco, College of Law. I guide in the lineage of Dipa Ma, Tara Brach, Jack Kornfield, Sebene Selassi, Ruth King, Judith Blackstone, Amma Thanasanti, Stan Eisenstein and Cynthia Wilcox.