Are you looking for help to manage stress, anxiety or chronic illness?

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Are you recovering from injury and need more help after physical therapy?

Do you just want to feel and move better?

I can help. I've been where you are.

I have helped hundreds of clients and students.

At the age of 23 I became paralyzed on my left side. I later learned after much testing and many doctors that I had multiple sclerosis. Instead of seeing the diagnosis as a wheelchair sentence, I chose to focus on what I could do to become as healthy as possible. From everything I read it was clear that I had to pay attention to what I ate and begin to make exercise a daily habit. I consciously made the decision to eat only whole foods and nothing processed. This meant vegetables, fruits, and whole grains, with fish and meat three to four times a week.  I also began to learn about supplements and the difference in quality from what was in the grocery stores, drug stores and health food stores. I found a brand of supplements that I still use today and recommend to my clients. These supplements took my health to the next level. I began to feel so much better that I started running daily and I went back to school. 

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I thought I had it all figured out. I knew how to build health and stay healthy. But the one thing I wasn’t managing well was stress. I was in a stressful career in computers. It had been a number of years of long projects and long hours that took its toll. I wasn’t listening – I was ignoring and pushing myself to perform and excel. Finally, my body gave out when menopause hit. I wasn’t physically prepared. I started feeling sad and discontented. This was unlike me so I paid attention and began to take better care of myself. I rested more, changed my supplements, paid closer attention to what I was eating and made sure I continued to exercise. I started to feel a bit better but then lots of other life changes happened all in one year. Our son graduated, got married and moved away so I felt the loss of no longer being needed as a mother in the same way. Then my husband nearly died of a heart attack and I had to leave my stressful career. I dropped into a deep depression and anxiety for a year.

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During this time yoga kept coming to mind. It didn’t make sense because I was so ill, but I had faith and trusted the calling. A year later I became a Yoga teacher, then a Yoga therapist and finally the next year a health coach.  I know now that I am where I was meant to be all along. The journey I had been on equipped me with the skills, experience and knowledge to guide others on their own journeys to health and healing.

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What's different about the way I teach and work with clients?

I practice and teach SLOW MINDFUL YOGA because it cultivates greater awareness. I ask questions to help foster this awareness...

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• As you stand where is your weight in the front of your foot or your heel?

• Where do you feel movement in your body as you breathe?

My questioning helps students and clients focus inward and feel what is happening in their own body.

What I focus on when working with my health coaching clients…

There are certain foundations we need for good health. We all need a certain amount of protein, vitamins, minerals, and water every day. We start with a nutrition assessment so that we can first address any nutrient deficiencies.

Next we move on to a 7 day cleanse eating only fruits and vegetables. This creates the foundation from which we create a personalized nutrition plan for their body. This cleanse also begins to change taste buds and reduce cravings for sweets and processed foods.