Thank you for visiting my website! Please know as you read on that I use the word “woman” in the biological sense, meaning a person who was born with the female reproductive organs. I do not intend for this to be a political statement in any way.

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I am first and foremost a teacher and a supporter of women on their journey through life. I believe in empowering wellness through knowledge, loving kindness, and therapeutic touch. These days, my work-life is a mix of teaching, supporting women as a birth doula, and taking care of all kinds of people through massage therapy. I am a proud instructor for Evidence Based Birth® and for Claire Marie Miller Seminars®. I am also the Continuing Education Instructor at the American Massage and Bodywork Institute.

 

My journey has led me to focus on women’s health and wellness, particularly fertility, pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and menopause. I love everything about the mind-blowing abilities of women’s bodies! We make new people! We go through the gestation process, allowing new people to draw everything they need from our bodies, stretching us in every impossible direction. Then we overcome the incredible challenge of giving birth – a transformative process unlike any other except maybe being born or dying. Next, we nurture the new people with our bodies while returning to our starting place so that we can do it all over again if we choose. I join with many cultures past and present that have venerated these capacities of the female body!

 

But I feel like our modern American culture has forgotten many important lessons and has devalued the significance of giving life. We treat the birthing process like a malady that needs to be cured in the hospital. We teach ourselves that birth is dangerous, and that women’s bodies cannot do it without all kinds of extra help. We terrorize ourselves by focusing on the plethora of horror stories and risks instead of gathering real, solid information based on evidence. I am one of many voices trying to help women set aside the fearmongering and reclaim the magic and the power of our abilities.

 

As I watch my children and grandchildren grow and find their way into the future, I am more and more convinced that traditional gender roles need to adapt to a changing reality. I love and accept everyone’s right to choose how they fit in to society and what roles they want to play. I find beauty in the fluidity and the ability to challenge assumptions while always looking for kindness, acceptance, healing, and love. If I get the privilege of working with you as a teacher, doula, or massage therapist, know that I will bring an open and attentive mind, loving hands, and a spirit of joy and healing to our time together.