My career in the healing arts began when I entered the International School of Shiatsu in Pennsylvania in 1985.  There I learned and fell in love with the possibilities of healing by balancing the flow of energy through the meridians, channels of energy which run through the human body.

During that time, I also studied macrobiotics, which applies the same principles of energy balancing to our general lifestyle and the food we eat. I worked for four years as a macrobiotic chef and, for several years my husband and I ran a macrobiotic and vegetarian cafe on Mt. Desert Island in Maine. 

I have practiced shiatsu for 34 years and during that time, I also acquired my certification in therapeutic massage and body work and became a Reiki master.  

Throughout my career I have placed emphasis on the body, mind, and spirit connection and, for that reason, I’ve studied deeply in the following areas:

• The role that core beliefs play in the creation of personal reality

• The healing of the emotional body

• The body’s energy channels (meridians) and centers (chakras) and how their flow affects one’s physical, mental, and spiritual health

• Relationships and how they are affected by energy patterns

• Judgmentalism, what it comes from and how to heal it compassionately

Some examples of sources I continue to find relevant in my practice are:

• Jane Roberts, The Nature of Personal Reality

• Donna Eden, Energy Medicine

• Harriet Beinfield and Efrem Korngold, Between Heaven and Earth:  A Guide to Chinese Medicine

• Richard Gerber, Vibrational Medicine

• Kathryn Bauer, Acupressure for Women

• Caroline Myss, Anatomy of the Spirit

• Barbara Brennan, Hands of Light

• Diane Stein, Essential Reiki 

• Marshall Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: a Language of Life

• Nick Ortner, The Tapping Solution              

• Rick Hanson, Self-directed Brain Change

• Brene Brown, Daring Greatly

• Byron Brown, Soul without Shame

• Pia Melody, Facing Codependence

• Elaine N. Aron, The Highly Sensitive Person