I dedicated myself to this mostly through the practice and teaching of the Dharma through Vipassana meditation, which is fundamentally liberation through awareness. This expanded when I was introduced to Somatic Experiencing® (SE). After witnessing profound transformations in myself and in my clients through SE, it became a vital new avenue in which I could explore liberation.
My sincere aspiration is to provide individuals with opportunities for such transformations.
I am a certified SE Practitioner and have been approved to assist at SE trainings. In my work, I take the role of an educator who supports clients in developing the necessary awareness towards physical and mental processes that leads to the resolution of symptoms resulting from unresolved trauma and stress.
I was Founding Partner and Director of Equanimity Development Institute, an organization that provided meditation instruction and SE to clients in an inpatient drug rehabilitation center as well as to individuals in the general public.
My work as an educator in my SE sessions is also informed by my training in Focusing, a Master’s degree in Counseling, and over 20 years of Buddhist meditation practice.
I learned the process of Focusing under the guidance of Ann Weiser Cornell through doing the five levels of her focusing training. In regard to my meditation practice, I have studied in the Zen, Theravada and Tibetan schools of Buddhism. I lived in a Rinzai Zen Monastery for six years and was ordained for four of those years. My training in Vipassana Meditation includes doing extended meditation retreats in Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, and India as well as numerous retreats in the U.S.
Following the tradition, I received permission to teach Vipassana from Eric Kolvig. I lead retreats and teach meditation courses nationwide.
