About the Teacher
Why study with them?
I am a Naturopathic Doctor, Acupuncturist, Breathwork Facilitator and Mama of two. I am a lover of the ocean, the trees, neon green moss after the rain, the medicine in plants, flowers and food, people, giggles, sunshine and barefeet.
I value an integrative approach to health, through preventative medicine, functional medicine, mindfulness and individualized treatment.
I encourage you to take an active role in your health and honor your body's innate ability to heal.
Healing in all its forms ignites me. I am honored to bear witness to it daily, in myself and in all the amazing humans I have met on this journey.
I am a Board Certified Naturopathic Doctor in California, Hawaii, and British Columbia and a Nationally Licensed Acupuncturist. I am currently offering patient visits through telemedicine for those near and far and in person on Maui and in California. I also offer Retreats and Breathwork programs all over the world, as I am passionate about group medicine, integrating mind and body, functionality and frequency and embodiment of the ethereal.
With a background in clinical practice, I have received extensive training in Women's Health, Fertility Thyroid Health, and Pediatrics. My experience also includes working in clinics and hospitals abroad, particularly in Bolivia, as well as collaborating with patients and physicians in rural natural health and homeopathic clinics in Kenya. For over a decade, I founded and served as the Medical Director of Thyme Integrative Health, a leading Integrative Health Clinic in Northern California that brought together and managed a diverse group of practitioners, including psychologists, integrative MDs, midwives, physical therapists, naturopathic doctors, and acupuncturists.
Breathwork is a deeply healing and sacred ancient practice. It is one of the most powerful modalities I have ever witnessed and is so beautiful and efficient because it is all about self-exploration and self-healing. It honours the medicine within you. It is an active and energizing form of breathwork that goes deep beyond words.
It brings out the medicine within you.
It can help spread light, move stagnation and old stuck energies, emotions, and patterns. It can help release trauma, grief, and pain that we may carry from our childhood, our lineage and our environment. It can help deepen self-love as well as love and compassion for everything that surrounds us. It can bring out the wildest joy and the most tender of tears. It is a beautiful practice to expand and explore creativity, connectedness, and purpose. It can help rekindle and reignite the spark, passion, compassion, and joy in relationships. I am in love with this work, as it has helped me and all those I have worked with expand on so many levels. One Breathwork Healing session can feel like 20 years of meditation, therapy, or yoga. It cracks the heart open quickly and is accessible to everyone.
I believe that how we choose to nourish and move our bodies is integral to overall health. I believe strongly in the power of food as medicine, the healing potential of herbs and nutrients, and the importance of mindfulness and breath in health.
I work with and see YOU as a complex, fascinating, and whole person.