Born and raised in Wisconsin, I moved to Carmen Serdan, Mexico in 2002 to work in an orphanage.  While living my days in the dessert, I came to love this land and the people. It was home.  This is where I experienced the healing power of touch as I would hold the babies in the rocking chair before bedtime.  Often times doctors and nurses, dentists and therapists along with many others traveled to offer their skills as a helping hand at the orphanage.    There was a child suffering from a medical condition and in extreme pain, along her bedside was a nurse and myself.  The nurse began to give her a massage.  As the massage progressed the child cried in relief as her pain was diminishing!  This moment is when the seed to my life as a massage therapist was planted and took root however, years later is when it sprouted.  

I moved to Ashland, Oregon in 2004.  One beautiful summer day on my daily hike through Lithia Park, I ventured across a small group of people practicing yoga.    It captivated me.  Thus the beginning of my yoga journey began and soon I developed a strong in home practice that has carried me through life.  What I was doing physically, would happen inwardly finding grounding and healing.  

In 2016, I graduated from Fox Valley School of Massage in Menasha, Wisconsin.   Three years later, I received my 200 hour yoga teacher training. 

I value holding space, through compassionate and careful listening to achieve the needs of each client.  I believe in the importance of providing quality care through continuing education to help an array of conditions, postural deviations, injuries and illnesses as well as supporting  general health and wellbeing.  I enjoy the variety of challenges and goals clients bring to the table and the range of tools I can use as a massage therapist— to create a holistic somatic massage experience that melts tight spots, releases holding patterns, and provides a highly nurturing end-feel.

I love working in partnership with my clients, supporting them through massage and yoga, and educating them in ways they can further their endeavor beyond a massage session. Self care is an integral extension of the treatment work we do on the table.  

I enjoy gardening, hiking and snowshoeing, birding, knitting and making dream catchers, cooking, and raising my children alongside my loving husband.  I value balance, my family and friends, community, the world and my place in it.