My teaching philosophy is grounded in accessibility, whole human approaches and perspectives, offering opportunities for feelings of self and community empowerment, nurturing resilience, and holding space for both individualized journeys and collective human experiences.

Wisdom sharing, curiosity, attunement, respect, compassion, and collective responsibility are all aspects of how I approach every relationship I step into.  I believe in creating a space that is brave, both internally and externally, so that we might explore new ideas, emotions, sensations, and ways of being together.  

It is not about ignoring or pushing away the uncomfortable and difficult.  My intention is to offer opportunities for each of us to have a voice while also being an engaged listener; to respect our unique experiences and how those have impacted our minds and bodies, while also remembering that we are all one human collective; to widen capacity for challenges and the hardships of life while learning how to hold onto hope in our bodies innate knowing.  

From my own personal experience of constantly moving and reestablishing myself in new places throughout my childhood, to my current life as a nomadic adult, I found that securing “home” within myself was my only mode of survival and regulation.  This experience impacts what I know our human nervous systems are capable of and I strive to assist others in finding “home” within themselves as a place of comfort, refuge, authenticity, and health. 

This work, whether it be in a one on one session, or facilitating within a group, grounds me into myself through constant learning from clients and participants, honoring the practices and traditions that everyone brings to the space while discovering how they continue to be supportive, and hoping to be a vessel of creative solutions when past habits or survival instincts are no longer serving the person or people.I know that I am an outsider in all of the communities that I enter.  Sustainability, humbleness, and never assuming that I know what is best or understand another human’s lived experience are all driving forces in how I approach this work.

Accessibility is my mission.  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.

I believe that coregulation leads to self regulation.  I believe that in order to find restoration from impactful challenges that have shifted our view of the world and our place in it we must do our own work and do our own work within collective community.  We cannot do this alone and we are not supposed to. 

I believe in offering accessibility through economic sliding scale pricing. I believe in providing equity scholarships.  I believe in collaborative learning environments and professional settings.  I believe in disrupting the systems that enforce oppression, opposition, and injustice.  I believe that each of us has the innate wisdom inside of us to find trauma resolution and I believe that a key piece of restoration is our nurturing capacity for feeling, experiencing, and remembering.  Through a balanced nervous system we can be the catalysts for change environmentally, politically, and personally.         

I look forward to being in community with you and of support to you on your personal and professional journey.