One minute I was running with the dog in a park, the next I was in the O.R.
I have Type-1 Diabetes, and Neuropathy sent my foot infection raging out of control. After three surgeries and one month in the hospital, I’ve healed.
My movement, mindset, and spiritual practices were crucial to my recovery. I’ve practiced therapeutic/healing modalities for thousands of hours alongside master teachers like Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee. I blend yoga therapy, thai yoga therapy, breathwork, meditation, holistic nutrition, essential oils, reiki, and contemplative care to treat people with conditions ranging from cancer to anxiety and depression.
As a Master Trainer in the Urban Zen Integrative Therapy program, I helped launch Donna Karan’s wellness and social impact program in Haiti and have taught physicians, nurses, and patients at Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia Medical Center in New York City.
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Certifications
Teacher Training.
Thai Yoga Therapy, Institute of Somatic Integration (levels 1-3, 2021)
Master Trainer: Urban Zen Integrative Therapy Training w/ Rodney Yee, Colleen Saidman (300-Hour, 2012)
Urban Zen Integrative Therapy Training (500-hour, 2011). Faculty: Rodney Yee, Colleen Saidman, Richard Freeman, Roshi Joan Halifax, Richard Rosen, Sensei Robert Chodo Campbell, Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison, Dr. Mark Hyman
Mentor: Yoga Shanti Teacher Training w/ Rodney Yee, Colleen Saidman (300-hour, 2010)
Yoga Shanti Teacher Training w/ Rodney Yee, Colleen Saidman (300-hour, 2009)
Yoga Therapy w/ Doug Keller (2008)
Clinical Rotations.
Saint Damien Hospital, Haiti (2012)
Farber Center for Radiation Oncology, NYC (2011)