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What I Believe: 

I am hopeful about our future, and I stubbornly believe in our innate capacity to heal and build a loving community. I know that trauma can be transformed into meaningful growth, and that as we free ourselves up to be truly present with the fullness of our shared humanity, we can dream a new future together. I think this work needs to be done on a personal, interpersonal, and collective level; and it must be embodied. Our liberation is bound; acknowledging this and working towards caring for each other is the most important work we can do!

My Education: 

I earned my B.A. in Psychology from Columbia University and my M.A. in Counseling Psychology and then another M.A. in Community Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. I’m trained in Somatic Experiencing, a body-based psychotherapy that helps resolve trauma and its symptoms.

What I Do: 

I have been teaching yoga and movement for over 25 years, and I’ve been doing healing work with people living with trauma, depression, anxiety, or in life transitions for over 15 years. I also train clinicians, yoga teachers, educators, and non-profit staff to be trauma-informed as well as healing- and justice-centered in their work through Collective Resilience (a training program I co-founded) and A Thousand Joys. I’m an adjunct professor at Pitzer College where I teach a Critical Community Engagement course. I love to facilitate spaces of transformative learning.

I also have a beautiful and intimate online community program called Radical Wellbeing where you can practice with me and connect with others wanting to heal in community. My book, Peace from Anxiety: Get Grounded, Build Resilience and Stay Connected Amidst the Chaos (Shambhala Publications) was released in April 2021.

I am a co-founder of Off the Mat, Into the World (OTM), a training organization that bridges yoga and activism within a social justice framework. I started OTM in 2010 with Seane Corn and Suzanne Sterling. This is a labor of love, and we have seen thousands of people get sparked to get engaged as a result of our programs.

I live in Venice, California with my husband, two sons, a dog, a frog, and a small snake.