Hello and Welcome!

I am excited to announce the 650 hour completion of my certification as a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy (PRYT) practitioner! This training was the most transformational education I have ever received. I have been a client of the work for over five years, so I was familiar with the power and depth of the work. But it wasn't until I committed to the PRYT program that I fully understood how much I stand behind this body-mind healing art. I deeply respect the way Elissa and Karen run the program and how fully they embody the principles and philosophies of PRYT. The learning was done by doing. Like I was telling a friend, I wasn't sitting in a classroom learning about the properties of water, I was going to the shore and taking one step at a time into the ocean and experiencing the properties of water. And this is how I learn best. 

Since I began the program last June, my life has shifted in dramatic and beautiful ways, and I am still feeling the rippling effects of those changes. I continue to adjust and ride the waves, but the difference is that I now have the grace of knowing I have a deep-seated wisdom within me and the very practical tools to access it. It makes surfing the variation in waves much easier and more fulfilling. PRYT is about developing an intimacy with yourself, with your body, your thoughts, your feelings, your truth. There doesn't seem to be a lot out there that provides loving support to discover your own truths, that tells you "You know!" What I see so much of is a dependency on the expert. We outsource everything and trust our own ability to be self-reliant less and less. We want expert opinions on what to eat, how to exercise, how to communicate, how to relax, how to love one another... but humans are so so beautifully complicated! How can someone else's answer be yours? Each person has their own body that moves and speaks and thinks differently, each one has a unique relationship to the smell of bread baking. And yes, beneath all of that uniqueness is a profound common denominator, but it takes a lot of unwrapping to be in touch with that center. That center holds our own answers. Its all right there, within us. It just takes the cultivation of an awareness and sensitivity of that center to be able to hear the wisdom it offers. It also takes practice. PRYT gives space, time and support for that practice. Being witnessed and heard, and having your experience reflected back to you brings a depth to your exploration that is powerful and dynamic. It is a collaborative process based on trust and responsibility. I am deeply fulfilled from the wisdom I experience in each session from each one of my clients. I am very grateful that this work to holds the center for my life to move around and to be able to offer it's benefits to my community.