I have been been a student of wellness and living off the grid for most of my adult life. In my early twenties, I moved to a Yup'ik village in the bush of Alaska and learned to live a subsistence lifestyle. Living in the wilds of Alaska with native people, in connection and reciprocity with the land, gave me a perspective on health and well-being that has informed my life.
I went from Alaska to the deserts and mountains of the lower 48, working in the field of wilderness therapy and training as a Soulcraft and wilderness rites of passage guide with Animas Valley Institute. I received my Masters in Counseling from Pacifica Graduate Institute with an emphasis in Jungian and depth psychology. I have an additional certification in psychedelic assisted therapy and research from the California Institute of Integral Studies. I have been a student of mindfulness with the Diamond Approach and shamanism with the Andean Research Institute. As a farmer, homesteader, retired psychotherapist, NIA instructor and Reiki practitioner, I bring a unique perspective on wellness through a variety of modalities.
Regardless of our role or therapeutic orientation, we are all suffering from a multigenerational, cultural, dis-ease and we are getting well together.
I have been been a student of wellness and living off the grid for most of my adult life. In my early twenties, I moved to a Yup'ik village in the bush of Alaska and learned to live a subsistence lifestyle. Living in the wilds of Alaska with native people, in connection and reciprocity with the land, gave me a perspective on health and well-being that has informed my life.
I went from Alaska to the deserts and mountains of the lower 48, working in the field of wilderness therapy and training as a Soulcraft and wilderness rites of passage guide with Animas Valley Institute. I received my Masters in Counseling from Pacifica Graduate Institute with an emphasis in Jungian and depth psychology. I have an additional certification in psychedelic assisted therapy and research from the California Institute of Integral Studies. I have been a student of mindfulness with the Diamond Approach and shamanism with the Andean Research Institute. As a farmer, homesteader, retired psychotherapist, NIA instructor and Reiki practitioner, I bring a unique perspective on wellness through a variety of modalities.
Regardless of our role or therapeutic orientation, we are all suffering from a multigenerational, cultural, dis-ease and we are getting well together.
