I earned my PhD in biochemistry at UC San Diego and continued on as a postdoctoral scholar in molecular biology at Stanford University all while immersed in deep study of the organizing principles of Life in both my inner and outer work. I am trained in Somatic Experiencing®, I am trained in Mind-Body coaching through The Embody Lab, I train intensively in conscious movement and embodied leadership with my teacher and mentor Zuza Engler, and I am currently a student at Naropa University in the transpersonal counseling psychology MA program.

I have ten years of experience working intentionally with therapists, mentors, spiritual teachers, and intentional group containers including men’s group work. Several prominent threads of my inner personal work include somatic and sensorimotor psychotherapy, Gestalt and Buddhist psychology, conscious dance-embodiment-relating, emotional intimacy and presence, shamanic play, Earth medicine work, and reconnecting with Earth through ritual, movement, and ceremony. I am a student and practitioner of several spiritual traditions including Tantric Buddhism, Taoism, Yoga, and Christian Mysticism.