About me

I grew up in Pennsylvania, but not the agricultural part. Although there are many farmers and likely many gardeners in my lineage, for the past several generations at least we have been disconnected from the growing life. I grew up in a subdivision built in the middle of the 20th century, it replaced an apple orchard. When I was little there was still an apple tree in the backyard, which my parents cut down as soon as they realized that I refused to keep my shoes on and they were afraid I would be stung by bees.

Fast forward 20 years or so when I went to college in the fertile Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts and was introduced to local agriculture, but still saw it as something inaccessible. I could eat local, but how on earth could I grow my own food? Over the next several years I tried a few unsuccessful gardens and had just about given up when I took the opportunity to volunteer on an organic farm in New Mexico in exchange for a place to stay and some fresh vegetables.

Being in those fields with the Sandia mountains in the distance, I was hooked. For the next 6 years I learned from organic and small scale farmers who became my mentors. I worked alongside them sometimes working seven 12+hour days a week.

I loved every second of it.

Each mentor had their own unique perspective and methods and although there were always common threads, seeing how each one weaved their own unique spirit into their farm and teaching was an inspiration. 

In 2013 my husband and I found a small parcel of land to lease in southeastern Massachusetts and started our own farm. We lost land tenure after our first season and that’s when I turned towards gardening. Starting with a 10x20 foot plot in the community garden near our apartment in Providence, to container gardening in my mother-in-law’s back yard and finally to where we have lived since 2017 here in the Southcoast of Massachusetts. 

At first I couldn’t understand why we couldn’t farm, all I wanted to do was grow food, but looking back I know it was part of the bigger picture. Having a full-time job allowed me the space and stability to really go inwards and open up my spiritual life in ways that just weren’t possible when I was exhausted from working on farms. 

Growing a garden also allowed me to open up what kind of growing I really wanted to participate in. The first time I rode on a tractor I loved it, but hand weeding the carrots is really where you start to get intimate with the work. I realized that I wanted to grow in a way that was in union with the world around me, and in 2021 I was called to support others in doing that too.

It brings tears to my eyes when I think about how guided and held I have always been, even and especially in the times when I felt most alone and helpless. I experienced crippling depression and unrelenting self-negativity for much of my life. 

The hardest part about it was that for years I did not allow myself to be important enough, traumatized enough, or damaged enough to heal. I held the atrocities of the world as the bar for what I was allowed to seek help for, eventually manifesting those types of experiences in my life. 

Each one of us holds immense trauma. This unseen energy creates negative patterns in our life until we are ready to fully look at it, expand our consciousness and hold space to heal it. 

THERE IS NOTHING TOO SMALL TO HEAL. 

The things that seem small often have very real and very big impacts on our lives, and often come from generations of repeated patterns and trauma.

Anytime our physical and energetic body contorted into something else, it caused damage to our ability to relate and belong, and ultimately, to live. This is no more true for any person, and this is why we see the world as it is. We are unconsciously creating a world that justifies our despair. Until we become conscious creators, this will continue.

My path took me the long way around. I slept in tents in train yards, lived off of food stamps, survived multiple types of abuse and hurt a lot of people before I started on my journey home.

Although many practices have helped me and continue to be part of my work, the offerings I share are those that have been most influential. 

My ancestors have guided my process of healing and led me to uncover hidden gifts of song, story and lineage within my own field. My practices are informed by listening, rather than recreating. My rituals are authentic to my experience and I am always learning. I aim to remain humble and in reverence to the land, the elements and All that Is. My work and my offerings arise from my deep desire to see all beings at peace and in joy. When offering these services for others it is as a mirror for your own remembrance. 

I chose be trained as a 1:1 Breathwork facilitator because intentionally working with my breath truly changed my life. I first experienced Pranayama in Iyengar Yoga classes in my early 30s.  The practice opened gateways in my body and my spirit that I didn't know were there. 

It catalyzed a period of rapid healing in my life, where I was able to move through dense emotions and patterns that had evaded me for years. 

I have completed levels 1 through 5 of David Elliot's Healer Training. The modality focused on in these trainings is a two part active breath meditation. Regular practice of this method has allowed me to move through stuck emotions, integrate soul aspects and fragments and find more joy in my daily life. The practice can be independent, in groups or through 1 on 1 sessions.

1:1 Breathwork sessions are led based on what you wish to work on at this time or can be general. Breathwork is one tool for self-healing. Only you have the unique qualifications to heal your own energy system, including but not limited to the physical body. 

I am here to hold space for you as you engage with your inner landscape, and invite you into layers you may not access in independent self-work.

My work is intended to hold space for you as you walk forward in your own journey. I know that each person here on Earth has immense and beautiful healing power within them, yet we often give away that power and seek outside of ourselves. 

Our bodies are capable of healing anything we are ready to look at genuinely. 

The keys to the great mysteries are beneath our wounding, we need only have the courage to look truly at ourselves. 

I offer my services to help you remember your innate gifts, infinite connection and immense power.