I came to body work like branches of a river weaving together into a single current. I received my Bachelors in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in 2006. Working in that industry taught me much about having an analytical and detail-oriented mindset. I spent 6 years of my 20’s working as an engineer, while my passions were rock climbing, running, and playing the piano.
A hit-and-run car accident in 2012 and the decade afterwards forced me shift focus in a major way onto my own body, how it was falling apart, and how to put it together again. Getting hit by a car leaves a lasting impression: body-wide soft tissue injuries, neurological damage due to shifted bones, and depression and anxiety to boot.
Trigger point acupuncture and integrative body work were the treatment methods that I got the most use out of. In 2014, I also started working as a piano technician. Three years later, I started doing trigger point massage work on myself to help along the rehabilitation; I found my own work to be highly effective for myself as well as for others. I fell in deep love with the process of connecting with bodies and helping people understand how much we each are more than the sum of our parts.
In 2022 I graduated summa cum laude from the Swedish Institute with a degree in Massage Therapy, where I learned Swedish, Shiatsu, and sports massage modalities. In 2023, I began studying coursework in Ortho-Bionomy, a gentle method of integrative body work that uses the body’s proprioceptive nervous system to treat dysfunction.
In my practice, I strive to provide anatomically specific, well-informed and client-centered bodywork in an intimate, respectful environment.
