I am a bodyworker, personal trainer, and movement educator based in Toronto, and my mission is to help people optimize the way their bodies move so they can do more of what they love with less pain.
I believe a healthy movement practice should support our highest values and cognitive health, and I love helping people develop movement practices that are meaningful, enjoyable, sustainable, and healthy.
I work as a guide to help you acheive more effortless posture and efficient movement using a variety of bodywork and movement tools, including Anatomy in Motion and craniosacral therapy.
How did I get here?
My first career path was dance. Growing up in Brandon, Manitoba, I had dreams of becoming a professional ballet dancer. However, after being rejected from major professional ballet schools for being “too old”, and “not having the right body”, I decided to pursue a career in contemporary dance, and, at age 19 went off to study dance performance at Ryerson University in Toronto.
In my dance training I neglected to attend to my well-being, and in my final semester I experienced a string of injuries that forced me to step away from dance as a career path. This was the best thing that ever happened to me.
With no future in dance and no other skills, I realized I had no choice but to learn how to undo the damage I’d done to my body, and thus began my journey into the world of fitness, movement, bodywork, and healing.
My work philosophy centers around biomechanical observation and optimization of the human gait cycle, based on my extensive training with Gary Ward and his Anatomy in Motion method. The fundamental building blocks for all healthy movement can be found in the space of one footstep, and I have experienced that we can “walk ourselves well”. I am also fascinated with the study of primary (infant) reflexes, and how their failure to integrate correctly shows up in how we move and feel as adults.
Currently, I work online and in-person with people of various ages and athletic backgrounds, from professional dancers to those with chronic pain and limiting health conditions.
My wish for our work together is for you to more deeply understand your body and its biomechanics so that you can live out a life you love in a body that loves you back. I hope that as you learn about your body you can come to trust it more, and become your own best therapist.
My credentials and continuing education:
(if you care about this stuff…)
- Certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) through the NSCA
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance performance (Ryerson University)
- Upledger Institute Craniosacral Therapy level 1 & 2
- Upledger Institute craniosacral therapy: Somatoemotional Release level 1 & 2
- Barral Institute Visceral Manipulation level 1
- Masgutova Neuro-sensory-motor Reflex Integration (MNRI):
- Dynamic and Postural Reflex Integration
- Oral Facial Reflex Integration
- Neurotactile Reflex Integration
- Auditory and Visual Reflex Integration
- NeuroKinetic Therapy (NKT) levels 1& 2
- Postural Restoration Institute (PRI):
- Myokinematic Restoration
- Pelvis Restoration
- Functional Movement Screen (FMS) level 1 certified
- Thai massage (with studies in foot reflexology and abdominal massage/Chi Nei Tsang).
- Animal Flow levels 1 and 2
My Wish…
For you, and all humans, to have a safe space to explore the truth of how your body is built to move at its highest level of efficiency, giving you the tools to take care of your body’s needs for healthy movement, and rely less on therapists.
If the way I think and work resonates with you, shoot me an email and get in touch.
If you’d like to get started with my style of work from home, at your own pace, you may like to participate in my Liberated Body online courses. Start your movement journey with me, today 🙂
May you deeply love and understand your body, and may that be a blessing for all.
