MASSAGE & BODYWORK: I GRADUATED FROM THE OWENS INSTITUTE OF MASSAGE AND WHOLISTIC SCIENCES IN 1997. IN 2015, I WAS CERTIFIED IN VEDIC THAI YOGA BODYWORK BY "MUKTI", FOUNDER OF THE VEDIC CONSERVATORY. IN 2018, I BECAME CERTIFIED IN ASHIATSU - A BAREFOOT MODALITY OF MASSAGE. MOST RECENTLY, I HAVE BECOME CERTIFIED IN SARGA BAREFOOT BODYWORK ~ A DEEP MYOFASCIAL MODALITY.
OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE INCORPORATED THE FOLLOWING TECHNIQUES INTO MY BODYWORK SESSIONS: SWEDISH, DEEP TISSUE, SPORTS & INJURY REHAB, VEDIC THAI YOGA, REFLEXOLOGY, TRIGGER POINT THERAPY, MYOFASCIAL RELEASE, PRE/POST-NATAL CARE, AROMATHERAPY, CRYSTAL HEALING, AND CUPPING. MOST RECENTLY SPECIALIZING IN BAREFOOT BODYWORK, INCLUDING ASHIATSU AND SARGA.
STATE LICENSED & BOARD CERTIFIED IN PA AND DE - MEMBER, ABMP (ASSOCIATED BODYWORK AND MASSAGE PROFESSIONALS).
YOGA: AFTER MANY YEARS OF A FULL TIME DANCING CAREER, I FOUND YOGA WITH BARON BAPTISTE IN 1995, AND BEGAN TEACHING VINYASA IN 2002. I THEN LEARNED ASHTANGA YOGA FROM SRI K. PATTHABI JOIS AND GREW A PASSION FOR TEACHING IT AS LEARNED BY HIM. I COMPLETED VINYASA 200 HR YTT IN 2006 AND SHIVA REA'S PRANA FLOW 200 HOUR YTT IN 2016. IN 2010 I CO-FOUNDED YOGA UNDERGROUND, WHICH IS STILL LOCATED IN CHADDS FORD, PA.
MEDITATION: TRAINED IN TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION (TM) IN 1994 AND STILL PRACTICING TODAY.
REIKI: RECEIVED LEVEL 1 PLACEMENT IN USUI HOLY FIRE REIKI FROM RISE REIKI IN 2017. I CONTINUE PRACTICING AND INTEGRATING THIS FORM OF ENERGY HEALING INTO MY DAILY HEALING SESSIONS.
HIGHER EDUCATION: MOTHER OF 3 AWESOME CHILDREN. BACHELOR OF ARTS IN BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS FROM IMMACULATA UNIVERSITY, PA. COURSEWORK IN PERFORMING ARTS AND MUSICAL THEATER AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON DC.