About my work
I spent most of my life dealing with pain. Growing up as a dancer and singer, I was always in tune with my body, but I didn't know how to work with it. No matter how many classes I took, no matter the personal trainer, no matter my skill with the exercise I was always pushing through some sort of pain. After I had my child, all those years of pushing my body finally caught up with me and I realized that I needed and wanted a different path forward.
Since then I've completely reshaped how I work with myself both as a singer and a mover. The deeper I dig into anatomy, function, neuroscience, and somatics the more I realize we've got it all wrong! As women, so much of our time and energy is focused on activities that make us smaller and thinner, but the truth is quite the opposite:
expansion is what makes us truly strong.
Developing a new approach to breathing and core support has allowed me to ease pain, increase strength and build confidence in what my body can do. Simply put, working with how my body is intended to function has made me stronger from the inside out. Now I'm sharing this experience and expertise with women and singers who want to feel strong even during the most tender transitions of their lives: pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause, chronic illness and injury. Because strength isn’t something that’s built in the gym - it starts on the inside.
My clients come to me for a range of reasons, but what brings me the most joy is seeing them light up when they realize the issues they’ve been having can often be solved with the simplest of fixes. Discovering what’s possible when you’re no longer held back by your body.
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Learn breathing techniques to support the spine and eliminate chronic back pain.
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Reprogram jaw muscles to relieve tension associated with TMJD and jaw surgery.
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Discover how knee and ankle issues can disappear with new walking patterns.
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Use neuroplasticity to transform the overwhelm of pregnancy/postpartum and perimenopause into potent opportunities for personal and professional development
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Guiding singers struggling with vocal changes, chronic pain, and anxiety/ptsd to create ease, consistency, and excitement in their performing.
I believe every body is a good body and with a little bit of re-education you can uncover the strength and freedom already inside of you. Using breathwork, Integrative Alexander Technique, DNS, functional movement, somatic and Yoga for Trauma practices, I guide you to connect with how your body is intended to function and how it feels to live with confidence, ease, and joy in a body that’s built for YOU.
Finding strength in unexpected places...
In 2019 my son was born and it was the beginning of a huge transition in my life, the kind of transition that most parents experience in one shape or another. Because caring for a small human changes us at so many levels: cellularly, physically, neurologically, psychologically and emotionally.
We are different people on the journey into parenthood.
Where others might see this as a detriment to their lives, I see this as a tremendous opportunity for us to harness the innate neuroplasticity of change to create a way of living that suits us for who we are NOW.
Since becoming a mother there are many things I've had to let go of, but one thing that's stayed true for me is my body. Learning how to work with my body softly, lovingly and in a way that is functionally appropriate has given me not only more strength, but less pain and greater resiliency throughout my life.
This work was truly tested in 2025 when I tore both my ACLs and had to have two subsequent surgeries to fix each knee. I can say now, with assuredness that while you may not have a choice in the body you're given, you always have a choice in how you treat it. And my recovery, while long and difficult, has given me perspective and gratitude for how willing the body can be when you start with love.
This work is an combination of my experience as a singer, performer and master breather, extensive work in The Alexander Technique, Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy, Dynamic Neural Stabilization, and a fair amount of Health & Wellness deprogramming. I have degrees from The Boston Conservatory of Music and San Francisco Conservatory of Music, certifications in the Integrative Alexander Technique (with Kate Conklin) and Yoga for Trauma, and 20+ years of functional movement, dance and experience working with physical therapists.
![Postpartum isn’t hard because of hormones… it’s just plain hard.
What so many people fail to talk about with the postpartum journey is that your brain changes not so much because of hormones, but because putting yourself in a sleep deprived state and learning how to become a caregiver reshapes your brain.
We know this because the changes that many of us experience in postpartum isn’t unique to biological mothers. Anyone in a caregiving position can experience the emotional as well as physiological changes due to responding to someone else’s needs fulltime.
In my opinion, we sell ourselves short when we think that we’ll feel normal again - once the hormones subside or once we lose the baby weight or once our bodies are strong again - because the reality is as long as you are continuing to care for a child, you are going to continue to change to meet the needs of that child.
Throw in two or more kids and the chaos grows exponentially.
It’s a disservice to mothers to have them think their lives will ever be the same… because they won't be.
You are physically changed by caring for someone.
AND [this is what is exciting for me] you can use that change to become a better version of yourself!
I preach this to my singer clients and I need to preach it more to my non-singer clients: you get to choose how you feel as a parent.
You don’t have to suffer through pain, you don’t have to be disconnected from your body, you don’t have to feel lost in the role of mother. In fact, it’s imperative that you don’t!
Motherhood is hard. Plain and simple. AND you get to create your own version of what motherhood looks like and who you are on this journey.
That’s the version of motherhood we need to talk more about. Not the one that tells us it’s just going to happen and we gotta wait it out… there’s no waiting for normalcy. This is it!
The real question is, what do you want it to be?](https://scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/628003774_18557395384059185_3396779838184506081_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=107&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0FST1VTRUxfSVRFTS5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=dJC8p3MXQEQQ7kNvwETyzLH&_nc_oc=Adp7Od5pG50UNWrPWfTcd9QHLfmZPAvlzdbJn6bw_sWOnoB20oJjPE7djJNEP0LRU_c&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=Xwo1vugiTWnbIvq7F6WiEg&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQG04_T6tXOenj7GzHr6JntKseZHhNr5PFXTEYApYLk1jue33Dj0A8LxgegHcKSuWyqfoS4o3p9E&oh=00_Afx3N_RupwycMdKv5_qa1r5exREY4Ha7wWRgocsfP9S3Yw&oe=69D0790A)
![Saying goodbye to 2025 - the year that wasn’t
As the year draws to a close I find myself in a mix of shame, guilt, resentment, and grief for the year that I didn’t have.
This wasn’t a year of big wins or big achievements. This was a year of survival and transition. A year of letting go and staying present.
This year was set into motion last December when my mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. A terrible disease that takes everything you love most about a person. Right as we reached the zenith of getting my mom into UCSF and enrolled into treatment I tore both my ACLs.
I was put in the very unwelcome position of having to let go. I couldn’t fight the world with the grit and determination I’ve come to depend upon. Instead, I had to rest.
As I rested, the universe came to greet me. My mom started treatment and found tremendous connection and routine in her social life. I took the time off from performing to keep bettering my singing and expanding my repertoire. Through all of this I learned there was peace and grace in the things I could let go of and found heaps of support in unexpected places.
So this year wasn’t a year of great achievement, this was a year of learning to let go and building trust that the world won’t fall apart even when I do.
This year taught me how to find joy in spite of and perhaps because of the pain.
I’m just now six weeks post op on my second surgery and I would like to say I have high hopes and big dreams for the year ahead, but I am simply trusting that the things that are meant to be will happen and to stay present for the beautiful moments that do come my way.
Even though this wasn’t the year I wanted, it was a year that taught me a lot about myself. I’m feeling more myself than ever before because I learned to let go of so many things that were no longer serving me.
I don’t know what the next year will hold. I hope I will have a chance to sing and perform. [If you need a singer, I’m available!]. But regardless of what 2026 brings, I know I can find joy and peace in anything that comes my way.
Wishing you a year of little joys, greater ease, time for rest, and moments to savor.](https://scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/609622227_18549346330059185_4486620486484776377_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=100&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=fas7wWfLLcQQ7kNvwHbfMkS&_nc_oc=AdoHgIu5tC5Ltat-ygs-VwipEvbzGBMPb4Vo9xMn1x9oLxvE7wPNstynBQrqESX7OwI&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=Xwo1vugiTWnbIvq7F6WiEg&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQE3HaNcQTa-74MiINpl8scVtjmPhP8llorZ7DvCGj1pUSf-AKHNEnrUZsDnQYC0nufkZw_A9ZH2&oh=00_AfzocUSzg2ip7xbAzWT-Y79G4eCB0__fv3m1fRj2mG6RgQ&oe=69D08AB1)
