As a veteran professional on Thumbtack, I offer a number of services: I'm a Yoga Therapist and Yoga Class Instructor, a Life Coach and Wellness Coach, a Spiritual Counselor, and a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Meditation Teacher, as well as an experienced Wedding Officiant! To learn more, please read on!
As a Yoga Therapist, I teach people how to calm their nervous system, improve flexibility, balance, strength, and focus using an adaptive, customized approach. For each client, I develop a personalized program including yoga poses, breathing techniques, meditation, and visualization to unite mind, body, the soul, and the spirit. I also advise in developing healthy nutrition and exercise programs. I specialize in creating a kind, compassionate and open-hearted experience for my clients, whether they are looking for an adaptive exercise program, or they seek relief from stress/anxiety, disabilities, injuries or other physical, mental, and emotional issues. Private Yoga Lessons are offered for all levels of students, from complete beginners to advanced students and yoga teachers. With an individually tailored program, clients progress continually – creating vibrant health and clarity of mind, while learning precise alignment and body wisdom. My teachings are deeply influenced by somatic experience, postural alignment, and yogic philosophies that enhance your quality of life.
As a Self-Mastery Life and Wellness Coach, I combine the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual components that support the process of self-mastery and the fulfillment of each client’s health, overall wellness, and life goals. I teach each client to set a course of action and keep moving forward no matter how hard it gets, or how unmotivated they feel. I also show clients how to recognize and overcome negative habits, so they can intentionally create the amazing life they’ve imagined. It's important to me help my clients take sustained action toward their goals in the face of self-doubt and the endless array of distractions imposed by technology and the changing world. My coaching is based on recognizing, cultivating, and claiming emotional responsibility for your own life. Working in-person or over the phone, I can create and hold a space to help you move beyond challenges into a conscious life in which choices are based on your inner guidance, their intuition.
In my Intuitive Spiritual Counseling practice, I teach people how to tune in and listen to their bodies, minds, emotions and spirits for answers...reconnecting them to their own intuition. I sometimes work with energetic anatomy using the chakras, the energy centers of the body, to determine where there may be blockages that need to be cleared first to access their own inner guide. I also work with tools that are rich with archetypal knowledge. Archetypes are energies animated through what Carl Jung called “the collective unconscious”. Astrology and the Tarot are two archetypal systems that I use which are rich with symbolic meaning and have stood the test of time, as they were created to resonate in the psyche. I also use the indigenous peoples’ symbolic honoring of Animal Totems as archetypal influences which populate the above mentioned ‘collective unconscious’. All of these archetypal references are valuable tools to help us in how we choose to approach the world, our pain, our suffering, or our good fortune. Working with these tools honors the soul’s encouragement towards self-inquiry and its appetite for symbolic insight. Working in-person or over the phone, I can create and hold a space to help people move beyond challenges into a conscious life in which choices are based on their own inner guidance.
And finally, as a Wedding Officiant, I specialize in warm, meaningful, personalized wedding ceremonies. I'm an Interfaith Minister who recognizes all beliefs, customs, and sexual orientations, and I will customize the type of wedding ceremony you desire, whether it be religious or non-denominational. Pre-marital and post-marital counseling is also provided if desired. I am a charismatic speaker whose words are filled with love, support and tenderness that I feels for each couple and their families. I'm able to help couples clarify what is really important to them, and guide them to an understanding of the wedding ceremony as not just a one-time ritual between two people, but a lifetime commitment to themselves, their families and their communities. In short, I help awaken my clients to the higher purpose of marriage.
I myself have been on a life-long quest to become the best version of myself, and I was challenged to choose to let go of many deeply ingrained beliefs about my life, and about the world at large. As a result of many years on this quest, I've become a certified IAYT Yoga Therapist , an E-RYT 500 Yoga Instructor, a Self-Mastery Coach, a Reiki Energy Master, and an Ordained Minister. I also hold certification in Applied Positive Psychology and Intuitive Spiritual Counseling, and I blend these multiple disciplines to offer you a practical, whole-being approach to healing and transformation that works.
