About Me

I love sunshine, soft foods, and music.   When the wind blows, I feel the energy of all that is around.   I am constantly amazed and awed by our planet, our universe and the people and creatures that inhabit it.    I see the interconnected web of all things and strive to make peace with my piece of that connection.

I have spent about 20 years in the field of environmental emergency response, cleaning up oil spills, chemical incidents, mine sites, radiation sites and natural disasters.  I travel and I see the worst parts of the most beautiful places.  And I try to make them beautiful again.  I love my job because it uses my skills and at the end of the day, our environment is usually better than it was at the beginning.  I work with dedicated people, who believe in what we do.  I am a problem solver.  I have a vision of the world as a better place and I see my role as a catalyst and facilitator of change.  But, disasters take their toll on the heart and the spirit.  As responders, we walk away from every place or situation knowing that we tried to do our best, and we leave a bit of ourselves behind.

Acknowledging this toll, I began practicing tai chi and a few years later, yoga.  I learned to scuba dive, and eventually became a scuba diving instructor.   I have such an amazing appreciation of our beautiful oceans and waters, and the inner sanctum that they create while we are in them.  After about 15 years of yoga practice on my own and with teachers, I embarked on a journey to teach yoga.   It was a spiritual journey, knowing that I would not leave my job (my dharma) to teach yoga, but that it was a tool for me to know myself, bring more serenity to my life and replace those pieces of my soul that had been left behind.  What I have discovered along the way is my need to honor both my strength and flexibility (or lack there of) but also to soften my hard edges and delight more in the everyday.  My job and my practice and those I encounter are my teachers.  I am still and yet not, the tough kid who knew and knows, and everyday I learn and love and grow…or so I hope. 

Each of us is a multifaceted individual and our challenges and triumphs have helped us become who we are, and who we will be.  Thank you for allowing me to share some of my journey with you.