On Accessibility

Welcome to 2026.  Depending on which calendar you follow you may have celebrated the new year already, or your new year is still to come.  Personally, I hold off on any resolutions or major shifts until the Spring Equinox when natural life is being renewed.  Right now, winter in the Northern Hemisphere has always been my time of reflection

And in the spirit of reflection I was remembering a conversation that I had with a client a few months ago.  She so tenderly asked me about my mission and passion for accessibility; why it is a driving force in my private practice and in the trainings that I offer.

I absolutely love it when I get questions like this, because it opens up my mind and body into a space of really reflecting upon my “whys”.  After much consideration I told her that I had seen so much inaccessibility as a child growing up that I felt it was something that I could attempt to bring forward in as many places in my life as possible.  

I grew up in West Berlin, when Germany was still a divided nation.  On occasion I accompanied my parents into the communist East, across the famous Checkpoint Charlie, through the stern looking guards, car inspections with guns raised, across multiple layers of defended walls, barbwire fences, flood lights, and large dogs on even larger chains.  While in East Berlin I remember witnessing the breadlines, the stark buildings, and cold concrete; the people who quietly moved across cracked sidewalks, bundled against their gray grief of enclosed living and very limited options.  

Accessibility is now one of my main driving forces.  Growing up in a divided Berlin, witnessing the difference between those with opportunity and those without at a very young age, impacted my view of systems and how each of us deserves the chance to pursue that light within ourselves whether it be health, learning, balance or dreaming beyond the walls that have been keeping us secluded and have been put before us.

I continue to embrace and engage in practices and models that encourage and support accessibility.  Currently, I do this through my sliding scale pricing for both my private sessions and all of my trainings, offering multiple payment options and platforms, and working with the schedules and timezones of others to ensure as many people can join an offering as possible.

By including accessibility as a foundational aspect of how I step into this work, I am leaning away from the ways that we have been divided and separated, instead cultivating connection and collective care. When self regulation becomes more accessible for each of us through tools, methods, and support our ability to shift the world and create something that feels more aligned for us all becomes more possible.   

You can read more about my Teaching and Private Practice Statement on my NEW WEBSITE.  It is still a work in progress and more pages and fun things will be living there soon, so thank you for your patience.  Until next time.