Luminary Devoted to Cultivating Harmony on Earth
Education and Training
I have a degree in Intercultural Psychology and Expressive Arts from Naropa University and was Certified as a Nonviolent Communication Trainer. I am a Somatic Counselor, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist, Community Collaboration Facilitator, Visionary Artist, Author, Speaker, and Founder of the Triuna Society - dedicated to cultivating spiritual, ecological, and relational harmony.
My training and studies include Somatic Trauma Therapy, Adult Attachment Couples Coaching, Expressive Arts Therapies, Pre and Perinatal Psychology, Interpersonal Mediation, Sociocracy Whole Systems Governance, Restorative Justice, “The Work” of Byron Katie, Contact Improvisation, Life Purpose Coaching, Heart Based Meditation, Healing Collective Trauma with Thomas Hubl, and Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother.
Professional Experience
As a Nonviolent Communication Trainer I have facilitated trainings in schools with parents, teachers and children, held staff trainings for Non-profit Organizations, offered workshops at festivals, spoken at conferences, and led numerous community courses and workshops with various focuses.
My Counselling work has included domestic violence awareness groups in schools, family mediation, Somatic Trauma Healing with individuals, Art Therapy with teen girls, sessions and retreats for couples, and Sexual Trauma Healing Circles.
Projects with Youth: I have collaborated in developing various innovative non-profit programs for youth including a residential home for teen girls, a restorative justice program, highschool peer support program, a girls self-empowerment program, social change projects in high schools, and a process painting course of teen girls.
As a Community Facilitator I have led visioning, decision-making, and interpersonal mediation for intentional communities and Non-Profit leadership teams, and workshops for women’s empowerment programs in Canada, USA, Mexico and Ecuador.
Event Highlights: I gave workshops at the “FIC Intentional Communities Conference” in California, facilitated sessions at the “Global Summit: Women, Power, Money & Politics,” in San Fransisco, was part of leading opening ceremonies at the "Water Women Festival" in Ecuador, and the "Shambhala Music Festival" in British Columbia.
Gifts from My Life Story
Facing a life-shattering crisis at 19 years old, I grew determined to find inner freedom and dove into a deep journey of inner healing. I immersed myself in practices for healing trauma, cultivating conscious embodiment, relating compassionately, and building community. I have been perservered in transforming painful imprints from a complexity of severe traumas and health crises into a quality of kindhearted presence that people tell me is an inspiration in their healing journey.
With an enduring commitment to meeting life with an open heart, I have gone directly into the depths of shame, powerlessness, anger, terror and depression to unearth the roots, and reclaim my power. I have cultivated a sensitive embodied awareness that is integral to my work supporting harmony within individuals, couples, and groups. Embracing adversity as gateways for greater love, I have developed a depth of compassion for humanity.
Over the last 25 years I have worked in the fields of Compassionate Communication, Social Services, Therapeutic Bodywork, Relationship Counseling, Expressive Arts and Group Collaboration. I listen with heartfelt empathy, and have an intuitive way of illuminating unresolved trauma beneath people’s pain/conflict, and facilitating clear insight and self empowerment.
Creative Nature
I grew up in the forests of British Columbia, Canada and found solace going out into the woods to be with the tree beings. Artistically, painting and dancing have been second nature to me since early childhood. I started ballet when I was four years old, and in my early teens I became passionate about coreographing modern dance pieces. Since University I have been nourished by improvisational forms- Contact Improv, Authentic Movement, Five Rhythms, etc. As a teenager I deisgned and created elaborate clothing, costumes, jewlery, and sculpture pieces.
As a visionary painter I have exhibited my paintings in the US and Canada and have led courses in authentic expression through painting. As a dance performance artist I performed with a dance theatre troupe at theatres and festivals, and acted as artistic director of events. I built my own art studio when I was 25. I have also exhibited my photography of the light dancing through maple leaves.
Some of my joys... I love lying on the earth in lush forests, the smell of plants after a rain, watching the sunlight through the leaves, the feel of barefeet dancing on a woodfloor, laughter of friends, heartfelt embraces, a baby falling asleep on my chest, creative community gatherings, and deep authentic sharing about the richness of our human experiences in our journey towards realizing our divine nature and a harmonious existence on earth. I savor feeling the spectrum of being joyfully embodied!
