Most of my late teen and early adult life I was escaping, numbing and getting by without any awareness of my true self, trying to be who I thought I should be and what I thought others expected of me.

I sought validation through all the externals in my life - work, people, things.  Living out of alignment with my heart and soul created a big shadow of destructive escape which only brought me farther from myself.

I came to realize that no matter how hard I worked to be successful, many of the facets of my life - relationships, jobs, and even the ways I sought enjoyment were actually more self-destructive than they were self-actualizing.  

Eventually, running away from myself and from my pain became a full-time nightmare: I wasn’t really LIVING and I had no idea how to change. Yoga and the ancient Vedic teachings awakened me to the possibility of living from my soul. 

As I continued to search for meaning beyond what contemporary culture offers I sought out healers and wisdom keepers from many traditions. I spent time in indigenous ceremonies, years on organic farms, land and animal stewarding, studying herbal medicines and birthkeeping.

All of these experiences revealed: we lack the rites of passage that anchor us to the cycles of life within ourselves and around us, and each individual has a birthright to their own unique mystical nature, or inner voice, from which the true “meaning of life” arises. 

And so I am inspired to walk alongside you in the process of reawakening to the wisdom of your soul.