MY JOURNEY

 

Nutrition

My journey initially started with nutrition, with the intention to resolve my mental & emotional health issues, and understand how to heal my body with food. After coming to understand how much food influences our internal world, I was driven to learn everything I could about eating closer to nature, and received my diploma as a Registered Holistic Nutritionist back in 2013. Since then, I have remained dedicated to my eating practices, and continue to grow and evolve my knowledge base around what it means to eat holistically, & why nourishing the body naturally is so important. Having healed my own relationship to food, I was for a very long time driven to help others shift their habits and thought patterns surrounding the food we eat and the choices we make. Although this background in holistic eating continues to influence my offering in a deep way, it is no longer my primary focus.

 

Movement

I began my fitness journey in my early adolescence, taking up martial arts, dance, running, and a daily workout routine. Later, I began my yoga practice using DVDs that I would practice at home. Around age 17, I made my way into a proper yoga studio and fell madly in love with the practice and all it’s powerful healing benefits. However, in 2016 I discovered the Bowspring algorithm – a wildly dynamic, functional, and deeply primal movement practice, and began training one-on-one with my teacher, Elisha Jane. The practice made me strong and light, taught me how to use my body in a healthier, more functional way, and has since transformed every aspect of my life both on and off the mat. I officially gave up the physical practice of traditional yoga in 2017, and completely shifted my focus to exploring this revolutionary practice, as well as many other modalities that support functional movement & full-bodied expression. I have not looked back since.

Intuitive movement & full body awareness continues to be a major emphasis within the practices I teach today - when you work with me, rest assured I will have you dancing, shaking, jumping, & wiggling every step of the way!

 

Spirituality

Above all else however, I can say with confidence that turning my heart towards a spiritual path has been the most critical shift in my healing and wellness journey, and is by far my most powerful offering.

I was raised non-religious, and although I dabbled in spirituality as a child – reading the bible and finding comfort in prayer – I eventually turned away from it as I moved into early adolescence and became “religiously atheist”, rooting my faith firmly in science and logic. Not surprisingly, this was also when my mental & emotional health began to take a turn for the worst.

I began to shift my perspective in 2010, when I was invited by a friend to a Christian festival. This event, although putting me exceedingly outside my comfort zone, left me with one very important realization: this may not be exactly the right path for me, but I knew with certainty that I was desperate to feel whatever it was they were feeling in there – that faith, that devotion, that deep Love, & an awareness of something far greater than myself.

The philosophy and practice of yoga eventually became my church, and in 2012 I began seriously studying all aspects of the yogic path. As well, I had a deep curiosity regarding meditation & meditative practices, having heard about Vipassana meditation in 2014. I finally got up the courage to attend a ten-day silent Vipassana meditation course in January 2016. My only intentions going in were to challenge my capacity and to strengthen my seated meditative practice.

However, I didn’t realize just how potent this practice could be, and mid-way through the course I experienced a profound & earth shattering spiritual awakening experience that forced me to start looking far beyond the physical realms for the Truth I had been seeking. I was never the same again. The wisdom and healing that came through was incredibly impactful, and I have devoted my entire life to the path of enlightenment & inner transformation ever since.

This experience initiated a deep & intensive process within me, as I began "pulling weeds" from my inner garden relentlessly, meditating daily and paying close attention to everything that occurred within the confines of my mind and body. I took careful inventory of what programs had been running unconsciously all my life, how and why they had been put into place, & more importantly - how to change them.

 

For many years now, I have been a seeker in every sense of the word. I have explored many different pathways back to the experience of God/Source - including a wide variety of traditional spiritual teachings, plant medicines & shamanic traditions, deep ceremonial use of many different psychedelic medicines, “new age” spiritual practices, mindfulness practice, modern-day talk therapy, somatic therapies & nervous system supports, many different movement modalities, embodiment work, breathwork & everything in between - you name it, I have tried it all.

Through the process of my own becoming, I have come to realize some basic universal principles - common denominators that appeared across all paths I explored - and have since developed a clear, embodied understanding of the reliable, time-tested practices & concepts that I currently use in my work supporting others through their unique process of Spiritual Embodiment.

I have been applying these basic concepts for years, & have helped to facilitate countless transformations of consciousness within the minds & bodies of those I have worked with. I tend to take a “bottom up” approach to healing - starting first in the body in order to anchor higher states of consciousness in a grounded & physically tangible way. From that deeply embodied place, I will then teach you how to expand your awareness far beyond what you might have thought was humanly possible.

The processes & systems I have developed for healing are incredibly simple, well-rounded & straightforward - yielding reliable & lasting results time & time again.

 

The work you will do inside any of my containers is no joke.

This work is for those who are deeply devoted to the spiritual path - ready to take their entire life to the next level.

If that sounds like you, I am here to support the embodiment of your Highest potential - to help you to connect back into the Source of who you truly are.

 

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