About
As a Practitioner, I provide Ayurvedic Consultations which include massage, nutrition support, and holistic & spiritual counseling. My scope of practice is lifestyle medicine. The clients who work with me receive non-invasive and natural traditional healthcare. I have supported individuals with stress and mental health symptoms, digestive problems, menstrual difficulties, inflammatory conditions, injuries of the spine, disordered eating, and addiction.
I provide insight for clients to understand their bodies, relationships, and symptoms and the actions to take to experience more health, ease, and vitality. My approach is to guide individuals to understand their bodies in an intimate way and gently support them to listen in to how their bodies respond as they engage with bodywork, wellness practices, or nutrition. Clients appreciate my gentle, skillful, and intuitive approach.
I have special training and experience working with women from many cultures and at all phases of life. I understand how it feels to be increasingly overworked, overwhelmed, and exhausted. I often notice that more ease, caring, and softness is necessary for women to experience the passion, beauty, vitality, strength, or creativity they are wanting to connect to. I love supporting women connect with these natural gifts!
“ Each person has an innate ability to heal, it’s simply a matter of revealing that. Dis-ease can often be a result of our own patterns and it is within our responsibility and power to make and see changes. ”
Training & Background
Earning a Master’s degree in Social Work from University of Pennsylvania, I have worked in women’s trauma centers, community health clinics, inpatient and outpatient centers, and a global non-profit for over ten years. I have worked with individuals and families from cultures from First Nations, Mexico, Bhutan, Burma, Pakistan, Eritrea, Haiti, India, and many other countries. I provide care which respects your diverse choices, values, and beliefs.
Having struggled with my own health issues including poor digestion, painful periods, imbalanced hormones, and disordered eating for years. I was frustrated by conventional healthcare and medicine which would delay diagnosis and resort to pharmaceuticals and invasive procedures. In 2018, I eventually took treatment from a wonderful Naturopathic Physician. With her help, I was able to understand and resolve underlying issues related to my body, mind, and consciousness. I was led to look carefully at the relationships I had with myself, others, and what I was choosing to put into my body.
I went on to study Ayurvedic Lifestyle Medicine. I continue to learn this vast traditional healing system including Ayurvedic psychology, bodywork, dietetics, plant medicine, and spirituality. I align very strongly with the philosophy that our illness is not a devastation, but actually an opportunity for rediscovery.
Training
Along with a 500-hour Certification as an Ayurvedic Lifestyle-Consultant and graduate degree, I earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Temple University.