Background

She began her career after graduating from the Wellness and Massage Training Institute in 2001. In 2004 she desired to expand her understanding of therapeutic bodywork and continued her education at Nature Care College in New South Wales, Australia, where she trained as a Remedial Massage Therapist, Shiatsu Practitioner, Lomi Lomi Practitioner, Reflexologist, and earned her certificate as an Aromatherapist.

As her clinical experience grew, so did her understanding that lasting results require more than releasing tight muscles. True change comes from restoring structural alignment while creating stability, mobility, flexibility, and nervous system resilience. This realization inspired her to pursue additional training in movement, breathwork, trauma-informed care, and energy-based practices that support the whole person rather than isolated symptoms.

To create an integrative approach, she completed Anusara Yoga Teacher Training through Soderworld Training Academy with Sarah Starnes and Misty Soderholm, followed by Advanced Hatha Yoga Teacher Training through Fox Valley Yoga Teacher Training with Karen Weber and Marina Lisjonok.

She further expanded her practice through Craniosacral Therapy with Don Massat at Beyond Wellness, earned a certification in New Paradigm Multi-Dimensional Transformation (NPMDT) with Nesho Dobras, and studied to become certified as a Somatic Attachment Trauma Coach through Embody Lab.

Her continuing education reflects her commitment to lifelong learning and includes Myofascial Release, cupping, prenatal massage, infant massage, sports massage, hot stone massage, headache relief techniques utilizing aromatherapy, acupressure, trigger point therapy, scalp release, Shamanic ascension journey training with Dana Massat, Esalen Massage with LaFrano Massage Dynamics, Sports Massage through AMTA, and Raindrop Technique with Young Living Essential Oils, along with additional studies in energetic healing and somatic practices, including neuromuscular therapy, Ortho-bionomy, Active Release Techniques (ART), pranayama/breathwork, nervous system regulation techniques such as meditation facilitation, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), Reiki Levels I & II.

Rather than viewing these disciplines as separate modalities, she integrates them into one cohesive therapeutic approach. Each session is guided by a comprehensive assessment and combines structural bodywork, therapeutic touch, mindful movement, breath awareness, somatic embodiment, and nervous system regulation to address the physical, neurological, emotional, and energetic factors that influence healing.

Today, this philosophy extends beyond the treatment room. In addition to her private practice at Feel U Heal Wellness, she teaches Massage Therapy at a local community college, leads Somatic Embodiment Circles at Soderworld Healing Arts Center, teaches Somatic Yoga, meditation, and foundational yoga, and offers group wellness and somatic coaching programs.

Whether working with clients, coaching, or educating future therapists, her mission remains the same: to help people release the barriers that limit movement, vitality, and self-connection so they can experience greater freedom, resilience, and lasting well-being.