Education and Work Experience

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As for my professional training, it was nearly 15 years ago that I enrolled in massage school at East West College of the Healing Arts in Portland, OR. I specialized in Thai massage, Tui Na (acupressure) and Deep tissue Massage.

The first time I experienced Thai massage techniques, I understood what massage was all about. Upon graduating I went on to study Thai Massage in Changmai, Thailand at the Loi-Kroh School of Massage and The Baan Jai Center. As Thai massage is sometimes called "Lazy man's yoga," it naturally led me down the path of practicing yoga.

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After nearly 4 years of teaching, playing music and studying in Asia, I returned to the US. On the way home I went to Rishikesh, India to do a Yoga teacher training course at the Yoga Association for Yoga and Meditation. The course focused on Hatha, Ashtanga Vinyassa, and meditation.

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Upon returning to the east coast, I worked as a massage therapist, while continuing to train and study the body. During that time I graduated from Delaware County Community College with an Associates of Applied Science. This degree prepared me for a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Acupuncture program at the Acupuncture Foundation in Dublin, Ireland which ended at Nanjing University in Nanjing China.

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I graduated in the fall of 2018, at which time I endured a major loss in my life and spent some time for my own self-care, grieving, wandering and recapturing joy. After which, I returned to Philadelphia to continue my work in the healing arts.

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I love being a practitioner, but just like everyone else, my life changed in 2020. For many reasons, I made the easy decision to step away from untrustworthy bosses and the difficult decision to step away from being a hands on healer.  Although I have been treating myself for years, this year I spent the beginning of ‘lockdown’ creating a continuing education course for Massage therapists. I teach a full body self-care routine for joints, abdominal, and energetic health using breath, acupoints, self-massage and the Pawanmuktasana series in Yoga.

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It was creating that self-care class that led me down the path of creating self-care classes for you.

I am currently enrolled in a yoga therapy program at Breathing Deeply to further explore yoga as a healing modality and continue my growth as a healer.