About Me
I spent most of childhood and young adulthood obsessing over my weight, what I was eating, and how many calories I took in versus expended. I started my first diet at age 9 and battled with weight up until the age of 24 when I really embraced my love of exercise. I was always naturally strong and athletic so exercise came easy for me.
I really thought that I had finally controlled the problem, and the problem was my appetite and my inability to trust myself or my body. But controlling the problem meant being a prisoner to my exercise routine and diet, which became more intense and more restrictive as the years went on. It was a system that worked for me.....until it stopped working. My obsession with controlling my body was rooted in my need to feel safe. I was a sensitive child and I grew up in a chaotic environment. I was always hyper-aware of other people's emotions and energies which caused me to feel overwhelmed and unsafe most of time. One of my coping mechanisms as a child was to use food in order to check out from my own experience. I never learned skills to be with uncomfortable feelings so this became my way of managing my emotions. I wasn't aware of how much pain was buried underneath all of my strategies until I was forced to look. |
Everything started to change in my mid-30's when I was introduced to yoga. Yoga gave me the tools to be in my body and engage with my emotions rather than trying to manage them. I immersed myself in yoga and it continued to unravel me. Years later I unknowingly caught a parasite on a yoga retreat, which
quickly deteriorated my health and left me confused, scared and virtually lifeless. This is when my deeper journey of healing began which required meeting those early wounds from childhood.
As I have gone through my own healing process, I have opened to my gift as an intuitive empath and I use this ability to help support others on their own journeys of self discovery and embodiment. This experience has given me the tools and the passion to help others find their inner wisdom, gain clarity, and heal their relationship with their body and themselves. I am a graduate of the Institute for the Psychology of Eating in Boulder, CO. This is an innovative Professional Training Program in Dynamic Eating Psychology and Mind Body Nutrition. I am a Certified Personal Trainer, Corrective Exercise Specialist and Fitness Nutrition Specialist with the National Academy of Sports Medicine with over 11 years of training experience. I am also a certified Vinyasa Yoga Teacher through Rolf Gates Yoga. I have found that the body is a doorway into a deeper understanding of ourselves. I am passionate about changing the way we as a culture relate to our bodies, food and exercise. I believe in the wisdom and sacredness of the body, and believe we all have a birthright to feel and look our best. My intention is to empower people to live into that version of themselves and access their True Vitality. |