My Path Into This Work

I’ve felt called to support healing for as long as I can remember.

My formal training began shortly after high school, when I became a massage therapist in California. From a young age, I was drawn to the deeper connection between the body, energy, and emotional experience and longed to make it part of my life’s journey.

In 2003, I was trained in Abdominal Therapy (then known as the Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy). This work became a foundational part of my practice and continues to shape how I understand the body today, especially the role of the abdomen as a center of circulation, nervous system regulation, and emotional holding. Over time, I expanded my work to include pregnancy massage and doula support, and even before formal Reiki training, I found myself intuitively working with energy, supporting the body’s natural healing processes in ways that felt both subtle and deeply impactful.

In 2016, I became a Registered Nurse. Nursing gave me structure, clinical depth, and a strong foundation in evidence-based care. It strengthened my ability to assess, understand, and support the body through a medical lens. But it also showed me something equally important: That many people were not being seen as whole. I watched patients move through systems that focused on symptoms, diagnoses, and efficiency, often without the time or space to explore the deeper layers of what they were experiencing.