I am a dancer, writer, writing coach, Reiki practitioner and counseling student. I received an MA in creative writing from University of Colorado and my manuscript, He was Kissing Caroline, won the Jovanovich Award for best graduate thesis. A chapter from my memoir, Coyote Heart, was published in the Sojourn Literary Journal. My photographs, fiction and nonfiction have been published in literary journals, newspapers, magazines, blogs and ezines, and my writing and drawings appear in Lucia Capaccione's The Creative Journal: The Art of Finding Yourself.
Presence can be chosen at any time. I often use my Bliss, dance as my metaphor for the way that I live. In the meeting of doing and being, center is found. Dancers think up to go down; we find the edge between the draw of gravity and the perseverance to stand and transcend. Pushed, pulled and cut like taffy, space is not taken for granted. Great dancers don't copy choreography; bravely, they dive into it, speaking the choreographer's intent with their own unique language. The dance is different every time, appreciated in the moment and lost in the next. Impermanence. Trust. These insights, epiphanies and moments of "Ah-ha!" are found in yoga, sports or anything that we do with awareness. In this blog, I relate moments when I feel most alive, capturing poignant, occasionally humorous, moments that lead me to feeling more awake. I am grateful and blessed!
Presence can be chosen at any time. I often use my Bliss, dance as my metaphor for the way that I live. In the meeting of doing and being, center is found. Dancers think up to go down; we find the edge between the draw of gravity and the perseverance to stand and transcend. Pushed, pulled and cut like taffy, space is not taken for granted. Great dancers don't copy choreography; bravely, they dive into it, speaking the choreographer's intent with their own unique language. The dance is different every time, appreciated in the moment and lost in the next. Impermanence. Trust. These insights, epiphanies and moments of "Ah-ha!" are found in yoga, sports or anything that we do with awareness. In this blog, I relate moments when I feel most alive, capturing poignant, occasionally humorous, moments that lead me to feeling more awake. I am grateful and blessed!
Currently, I am working on a Masters in counseling from Regis
University, striving towards licensure. A dancer in New York City and Los
Angeles in my 20’s, I continue to freelance with dance companies in Boulder,
Colorado. I practice yoga at the Yoga Pod and I have two soulful and talented daughters who
grace my life with joy and laughter. They keep me humble and I am a better
person because of them. I offer transformative writing workshops that assist
people to heal their hearts and follow their bliss and I am profoundly grateful to offer Reiki whenever possible.
The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create,
to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our
suffering. ~ Ben Okri
