My entry into the spiritual arena began when I was a child in Jersey City, NJ. My parents were immigrants from Slovakia and devoutly Catholic. I was drawn to the teachings about love and to the rituals and mysticism of Catholicism, but, by the age of 16, I became disillusioned with it. Although, I did not have these words for my experience at that time, I found my spiritual teachers unable to help me access the profound freedom of direct connection to myself and other. Eventually, I began to explore nature-based indigenous spiritualities which led me to a path of self-inquiry. It was on this path that I learned to open to authenticity and love. I view self-inquiry and spirituality as inseparable and the foundation of my work.

My Background...

Conscious Living Center, Oakland, CA, 12 years of study with Jett Psaris and Marlena Lyons, therapists, teachers, group facilitators and authors of Undefended Love

University of Creation Spirituality, Oakland, CA, M.A.

Hendricks Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, Certifications in Conscious Relationships and Breath and Body Centered Transformation with Gay & Kathlyn Hendricks, teachers and authors of many books including Conscious Loving.

Additional teachers of mine include...

Sandra Maitri, author of Spiritual Dimensions of the Enneagram, teacher of the Diamond Approach® to Inner Realization

Rick Thomas, Lessert Moore, Patti Thomas - Lakota Elders

Wendy Palmer, Aikido and Intuition Training, teacher and author

Jeremy Taylor, Dream Exploration, teacher and author

Jessica Allen, Dream Enactment, teacher, artist, actress

StarHawk, Wiccan Spirituality, author, leader in the ecofeminist spiritual and political movement

Freda Morris, Hypnosis, teacher, author

David Quigley, Hypnotherapy, teacher