Life long meandering

I, like my kin, dive deep into the tangental sparks of arising interests. I have so many questions and I love origin stories.

Below is a telling of the many pools and oceans I have had the honor of swimming in. It all informs the space I hold. I offer this all in your service. Maybe you can learn from my wisdom and my mistakes so you can go further, deeper, and wider into your own unfolding.

I am glad you are here regardless of how our time together manifests, form or formless. You are most welcome here.

Recent Certifications

current education

  • SOULFUL LIFE: FACING THE WORLD WITH SOUL with Francis Weller (in process)
  • ENTERING THE HEALING GROUND: GRIEF RITUAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING with Francis Weller Sept 2023 – Jan 2024
  • COMPREHENSIVE COURSE IN INTERPERSONAL NEUROBIOLOGY WITH DR DAN SIEGEL (currently)
  • HEALING TRAUMA: INTERPERSONAL NEUROBIOLOGY CLINICAL STRATEGIES WITH DR DAN SIEGEL (currently)
  • INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS INFORMED TRAINING (pending admittance)
  • THE EMBODY LAB SOMATIC ATTACHMENT THERAPY MENTORSHIP (June 2023 – January 2024)
  • THE ART OF SKILLFUL FACILITATION: PRESENCING RACE, GENDER, & COLLECTIVE HEALING (March 2024)
  • THE ART OF HOLDING SPACE FACILITATION LEADER TRAINING with Heather Plett (October 2023 – July 2024)

recent education & experience

  • THERAPEUTIC TOUCH AND HOLDING THERAPY, PORTLAND MAINE 2014-2018
  • TOUCH AND CONSENT TRAINING, 2018
  • THE CIRCLEWORK TRAINING, Jalaja Bonheim, Phd, MAINE 2019 Circle Facilitation
  • FEEDING YOUR DEMONS by Tsultrim Allione 2019-2020
  • INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS developed by Richard Swartz 2018-2023
  • APPLIED MYTHOLOGY ADVANCED CERTIFICATION at Pacifica College JUNE-JULY-AUGUST 2023
  • SOCIOCRACY TRAINING, MAINE 2019 consensus based governance
  • INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS, ATTACHMENT THEORY, POLYVAGAL THEORY, AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM, COMPLEX TRAUMA, DEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA, SOMATIC MOVEMENT THERAPY, EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED THERAPY, 2018-PRESENT Study, Trainings, Workshops, and Personal Practice
  • GRIEF TENDING – FRANCIS WELLER 2022
  • LIVING A SOULFUL LIFE AND WHY IT MATTERS with Francis Weller 2022
  • APPRENTICESHIP WITH SORROW with Francis Weller 2022
  • ALCHEMY OF INITIATION with Francis Weller 2022
  • FIVE GATES OF GRIEF at the Rowe Center with Francis Weller 2022
  • GRIEF TENDING 2022 – Embodiment and Culture in Grief: Shauna Janz – Sacred Grief
  • GRIEF TENDING 2022 – Grief & Yoga, Somatic Care of Grief: Mo Minahan – The Grief Practice
  • SOULCOLLAGE FACILITATOR CERTIFICATION 2022
  • EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED ATTACHMENT THERAPY 2020-Present
  • POWER OF AWARENESS Training With Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield 2022
  • SOMATIC THERAPY CERTIFICATION at The Embody Lab 2023
  • BODY AS HEALER With Peter Levine 6 Month Training 2022-2023
  • CULTIVATE: TRAUMA INFORMED CARE CERTIFICATION 2023
  • GRIEF EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION with David Kessler 2023
  • CREATING A CONTAINER TO MEET THE MOMENT: A FACILITATION TRAINING, Presencing Race, Gender, & Collective Healing June 2023
  • RIGHT USE OF POWER, THE HEART OF ETHICS CERTIFICATION August 2023
  • APPLIED MYTHOLOGY ADVANCED CERTIFICATION June – August 2023
  • MARKETING FOR WERIDOS: ANITCAPITALIST MARKETING August 2023
  • CORE SKILLS TRAUMA HEALING CERTIFICATION DR ALBERT WONG Certified December 2023
  • WE WILL DANCE WITH MOUNTAINS 2023
  • SOMATIC ABOLITIONISM with Resmaa Menakem 2023
  • ROOTS DEEPER THAN WHITENESS 2023
  • CREATING SAFER SPACES: EMBODYING YOUR COMMITMENT TO TRANS INCLUSION 2023
  • THE ALCHEMY OF FACILITATION 2023

historic education & life experience

  • CHILDREN’S THEATER OF MAINE, – PORTLAND MAINE 1977-1982 Acting Training
  • RUSSELL SQUARE SUMMER THEATER, – PORTLAND MAINE 1982-1987 Acting Training
  • USM SUMMER THEATER INTERNSHIP, – GORHAM MAINE 1986 Acting Training, Set building, Costume Design, Props
  • GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, GLENDALE CALIFORNIA 1988 Psychology & Fitness
  • Personal Caveat-RECOVERY, 1989 GOT SOBER
  • PASADENA CITY COLLEGE, PASADENA CALIFORNIA 1994 EMT Training & Certification
  • MIDWAY HOSPITAL E.R. TECHNICIAN TRAINING, MIDWAY CALIFORNIA 1995 EKG Training, Monitor Tech, Phlebotomy
  • Personal Caveat– Appalachian Trail Georgia – Maine 1996
  • FEMINIST SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY (FSC), – PORTLAND MAINE 1997 – 2010 Member, Circle Facilitation
  • EARTHDANCE, PLAINFIELD MASSACHUSETTS 1997-2000 Contact Improvisation Training, Authentic Movement Training, Somatic Movement training, Group Process Training
  • DANCE NEW ENGLAND, POLAND SPRINGS MAINE 1997-2000 Facilitation of barefoot boogies, 5Rhythms workshops, Ecstatic Dance Facilitation, Contact Improvisation, Conscious Dance, Mindful Movement
  • RE-CONNECTION COUNSELING, 1997-2007 MAINE, NORTH CAROLINA, CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON Workshops, trainings, and facilitation in all states listed
  • ART PROJECT-MENSTRUATION & SEXUALITY, PORTLAND MAINE 1997-1999 Multimedia Art creation, facilitation, teaching, and exhibition
  • SKY DANCING TANTRA – MARGOT ANAND, PORTLAND MAINE 1997-1999 White Tantra workshops, trainings, and study, Buddhist Tantric Practice
  • Personal Caveat-Backpacking The Long Trail VT 1999
  • ART PROJECT-CHEST PLATES, PORTLAND MAINE 1999 Breast Cancer Warrior Project
  • COLLABORATIVE CREATIONS, PORTLAND MAINE 1999-2003 Founded a non-profit art based empowerment school for women
  • Personal Caveat-Baby birthed at the Ballard House, Portland ME 2001
  • I AM PROJECT, PORTLAND MAINE SUMMER 2002 Founded an Art Project using body casting to promote healthy body image
  • BREAST CASTING EXHIBIT, DENVER COLORADO 2003 Breast Cancer Awareness Art Project
  • 5RHYTHMS DANCE GABRIELE ROTH, 2003-PRESENT MAINE, NORTH CAROLINIA, NEW MEXICO, CALIFORNIA, OREGON Trainings and practice
  • SHAMANISM AND SOUL RETRIEVAL, – SANDRA INGERMAN, AND OTHER TEACHERS – MAINE, WASHINGTON, CALIFORNIA 2003-PRESENT Trainings, study, and practice
  • REIKI MASTER TRAINING – INGRID ANDERSON, PORTLAND MAINE 2003-2004 Level one, two and three
  • EARTHAVEN, ASHVILLE NORTH CAROLINA 2005 Natural building Training and certification, permaculture training and certification, Zegg-Forum Training and Practice, Ecstatic Dance facilitation, Body casting facilitation
  • HEART OF NOW – LOST VALLEY, DEXTER OREGON 2005-2007 Attended “The Practice” training 8 times, The Heart of Passion 2 times, and The Dance of Now, Ecstatic Dance Facilitation, Women’s equality and Empowerment Trainings
  • SOMATIC THERAPY TRAINING, SANTA CRUZ CALIFORNIA 2006 Level One training, practice, and study
  • WHITE TANTRA FOR WOMEN, EVALINA ROSE, SEBASTOPOL CALIFORNIA 2005-2007 Level one, two and three: Clearing, ceremony, practice, and tracking
  • ENLIGHTENMENT & SELF REALIZATION, CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, MAINE, BALI, FINLAND, MALLORCA 2005-PRESENT
  • CHILDREN OF THE SUN, SEDONA ARIZONA, MT. SHASTA CALIFORNIA 2006- PRESENT Lightbody and DNA activations, transmissions, downloads, trainings, workshops, and facilitation. Certified Priestess of the Order of Mary Magdalene
  • PRIESTESS OF THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK AND AMBASSADOR OF THE LIGHT
  • LIFE MASTERY TRAINING, RAVI WALSH, HEARTPATH INSTITUTE – ONLINE 2007 9 month long Self Mastery and Master Tracker Course and Certification
  • NON-VIOLENT COMMUNICATION (NVC), CALIFORNIA, OREGON, MAINE 2007-2011 workshops, trainings, retreats, practice, and certification
  • SACRED UNION, MALE & FEMALE ENERGY INTEGRATION, DORATHEA JOYCE, MOUNT SHASTA CALIFORNIA 2007 Year long workshop on the male female energy integration and twin soul embodiment and integration culminating in the Ceremony of the Sacred Union of Self
  • THE ELEMENTAL GRACE ALLIANCE – PETER MELCHIZEDEK, – SYDNEY AUSTRALIA 2007- PRESENT Star Codes transmissions, Merkabha activation, Flower of life activation, Crystalline grid of consciousness activation, and unification of the flower of life
  • CHRIST BLUEPRINT – THE POWER OF SHAKTI, PADMA AON PRAKASHA, LONDON 2007-2009 The power of shakti training, activation, and practice, christ blueprint and 13 codes activation, DNA activations
  • SHAMBALA REIKI MASTER, ANNETTE GATES, PORTOLA VALLEY CALIFORNIA 2006 Level, one, two three, four-master
  • HEARTMATH TRAINING, CALIFORNIA 2006
  • BARBARA BRENNON HANDS OF LIGHT TRAINING AND PRACTICE SESSIONS, CALIFORNIA 2006
  • LIFE COACHING TRAINING & CERTIFICATION, CALIFORNIA 2007
  • DANCING FREEDOM, SAMANTHA SWEETWATER, MOUNT SHASTA CALIFORNIA 2007-PRESENT, CERTIFICATION BALI 2014 Somatic Movement Certification, Shamanic Movement Certification, Conscious Dance Certification, and Ecstatic Dance Certification
  • FINAL PASSAGE, SEBASTOPOL CALIFORNIA 2008 Death Midwifery Training and Certification
  • MEDITATION AND MINDFULNESS, Multiple teachers and modalities, CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON, BALI, MAINE 2009-PRESENT Trainings, workshops, classes, certifications, and facilitation
  • SOUTHERN MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, PORTLAND MAINE 2010-2014 Communication and New Media program
  • THE AWAKE COLLECTIVE, PORTLAND MAINE 2009-2013 Founder and Owner of a Community Healing Space
  • DAVE OSHANA, PORTLAND MAINE HELSINKI FINLAND 2009-2014 workshops, retreats, enlightenment transmission, energy work practice and trainings
  • FLOWING WAKEFULNESS – ENLIGHTENED TEACHER IGOR KUFAYEV, ONLINE AND CALIFORNIA 2013-2018 Graphic Arts, Personal Retreat Assistant
  • ECSTATIC DANCE MAINE AND CONSCIOUS DANCE MAINE, PORTLAND MAINE 2011-PRESENT Dance facilitation, classes, workshops, and retreats