My Path

I came to this work by learning how to listen.

For years, chronic digestive issues shaped my daily life. I planned around discomfort. I felt anxious in my own body. I assumed this was just how things were.

It wasn’t.

Everything began to shift when I found Chinese medicine, yoga, and simple practices that helped my system slow down.

My sleep deepened. My digestion stabilized. My nervous system softened.

For the first time, I felt steady.

That experience changed the direction of my life.

Slowing down enough to notice

Long before the degree, I was drawn to practices that required patience and presence. I studied darkroom photography because images don’t appear all at once.
They emerge slowly, if you give them time.

Later, during my stepfather’s Alzheimer’s journey, I spent hours sitting with residents in memory care. There was very little to fix. But there was a great deal to witness.

That time clarified something essential for me. People don’t want to be reduced to symptoms. They want to be met as whole humans.

That understanding shapes every part of my work.

How I practice now

I’m a Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, an herbalist, and a yoga educator.

At its core, my work is simple. I help people understand what their bodies are communicating so they can respond with clarity rather than force.

Care here is individualized. Treatments are built thoughtfully, not rushed. We move at a pace the nervous system can actually integrate.

I translate patterns in plain language and help patients recognize what supports steadiness in their own lives.

The Space

The clinic is warm, quiet, and grounded.
Patients often say something subtly resets during sessions.
They leave feeling clearer and more at home in their bodies.
The goal is not to fix or override symptoms.
It’s to support the body in doing what it already knows how to do.

Credentials and Affiliations

• Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine (DACM)

• Licensed Acupuncturist, State of Colorado

• Provider at Chanda Center for Health

• 10 + years in integrative care, collaboration with massage therapists, physicians, and mental health professionals

A Note from Me

Most of my patients come in carrying more than pain—they’re carrying responsibility, transition, emotion, fatigue. My job isn’t to fix them. It’s to help the body remember its own rhythm.

Healing is rarely dramatic. It’s usually quiet, consistent, and deeply human.