About

In 2007, after completing the foundational studies in Traditional Chinese Medicine I went on to study Bio-therapeutic Drainage, a European-based modality that utilizes the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine to assist people to purify and to heal naturally. Of utmost importance however, I am rooted in the Wise Woman’s Traditions and focus on nourishing wholeness and holiness with whole foods, wild native herbs, and presence.

Along with a depth of health and herbal knowledge, I have cultivated healing hands over the years. With early body therapy training in Reiki, Acu-pressure (Shiatsu) Shen (Chinese Reiki) and Reflexology,  Cranio Sacral studies came as a natural next step, studying with the Upledger Institute since 2014. Recently, I took a leap of faith and fulfilled the Accreditation for a Manual Osteopath, D.O.M.P. in 2020, thus deeply committed to working with people both on and off the table. 

These professional skills are all embodied with more than 40 years of practice in martial arts, meditation and yoga, that lends well to my courteous, friendly, knowledgeable, wise and versatile approach to health and healing.

“It is my wish to contribute to the health and vibrancy of your life, to help you to remember your deepest values, your most cherished gifts, and to help you to rediscover your deepest sense of self, and self love. When you are ready to take on this responsibility, then I, can be of great service to you, to educate, inspire and to mentor you, to strengthen and sustain your commitment to that truth. Together, we can make positive and enduring changes in the health and vibrancy of your life."

“I am grateful to many teachers for their guidance and wisdom: Dr. John Upledger, DO, Dr. Thom, N.D., Dr. Burt Konzak, Ph.D., Swami Sivananda, MD; Johanna Anthony; Mary Macdonald, Ph.D.; & Peter Laker, CH; Michael Vertolli, RH; Paul Des Rosiers, L.a.c. TCM; Celina Ainsworth, CH; and renowned herbalist and author Susun Weed.”

“Dharani is my spiritual name, and means earth or ‘earth supporter’ in Sanskrit. A dharani is also a lengthy mantra in Buddhist traditions called a sutra and is meant to uphold and sustain unity in diversity.

“Let the beauty we love be what we do.” - Rumi.