All photography by Erik Jude

Arriving to an authentic scope of work that cultivates soulful connection.

After a decade in advertising, marketing, sales and promotions in print and online publishing, I found myself at a crossroad, facing the emergence of a spiritual crisis. I questioned everything and everything felt wrong. I had enough of the stressed-out, high-anxiety, fast-paced lifestyle where meaning and purpose felt distant and unattainable. A dark night of the soul set in and it pulled the rug out from under me. I had no choice but to surrender. Never in a million years did I think my visions of becoming a magazine publisher, designer or photographer would be replaced by the healing arts. I had yet to have the embodied experience of letting go, leaning in or being with challenges, obstacles and pain and difficult emotions in a way that was healing.

All the work that I’m called to do, is about creating, holding and making space while getting curious about the obstacles in the way.

That was until I began to personally experience practices like therapeutic massage & bodywork, mindfulness, reiki, chiropractic, meditation, yoga, nutrition, acupuncture and psychotherapy. My quality of life, my quality of aliveness, in myself and in relationships shifted. These practices helped to shine light on my authentic self, my truest nature that had been buried under inter-generational trauma, loneliness and feelings of separation, anxiety and depression, the best efforts of older parents raising a Gen-X kid, the isolation of feeling "othered" in my queerness and all the other layers that get added in the human experience. It was this personal exploration and adventure that has deeply inspired me to support others in their continuous, lifelong process of awakening. As the saying goes, it's the journey not the destination. I know this much for sure: healing is a process and not an event. Now, 15-years later in this life of service, in this new decade (2020) I’m deeply connected to my offerings of Therapeutic Bodywork, Essential Coaching and Integral Spaces that provide me with the privilege to support clients in their own personal work of healing and personal development. In giving, I receive.

More details on my story and trainings here.