My path to Pilates began through a lifelong love of rock climbing and surfing. After decades of navigating injuries, chronic pain, and ultimately having to step away from the activities that had shaped my life and identity, I discovered Polestar Pilates. It was there that I began a new journey, one of lifelong study and deep respect for the remarkable intelligence and resilience of the human body.

I understand the mental challenge of pain and the rehabilitation of an injury.  I am no stranger to costly experimental treatments and sleepless nights due to chronic pain, not to mention the often dark internal landscape these experiences ask us to navigate.  Luckily, I've learned a few things along the way about how to actually listen to the body as a teacher and guide. These experiences have informed how I facilitate movement as medicine.

I am trained in Polestar Pilates, an approach that honors Joseph Pilates' original method while also integrating modern movement science and principles of physical therapy to support coming back into alignment.

Beyond my work as a Pilates instructor, I am also a farmer, an herbalist, an artist, and a mental health therapist. These experiences have shaped my perspective, allowing me to weave together lessons from regenerative farming, the creative process, and nervous system regulation into a holistic practice grounded in the wisdom of Nature’s desire to seek alignment and balance.