About

It all started with my yoga journey in 2013. I was going through a difficult time, believing my life was lacking authenticity and purpose. Yoga served as a catalyst, leading me to obtain my 200-hour training from Rishikesh Yog Peeth in Rishikesh, India in 2013. I taught for four years while also continuing to work as a licensed occupational therapist (OT) with adults. At that point in time, I had been working as an OT for 5 years, but it had never been a good fit. The easiest way to explain it is it felt like I was a round peg being forced into a square hole. On one hand there were rewarding moments - assisting individuals to become safe and independent with their daily living tasks. Plus, my life looked to be adventurous. I got to experience travel therapy which gave me the opportunity to explore Northern California, New Mexico, Hawaii, Northern Arizona and Alaska. However, I felt trapped. I began to experience doubt about my chosen profession about 1 year after graduating with my OT degree. However, it was too late. I had massive debt with schools loans. I believed my only course of action was to ignore my gut and keep working in healthcare.

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I worked for 13+ years as an OT. During this time, life continued to present various challenges and twists including a cancer diagnosis that required two complex neck surgeries. Unfortunately, I sustained permanent nerve trauma in my left shoulder due to a surgical mistake in 2015. With the trauma being extensive physically and emotionally, working in healthcare and as a yoga teacher was challenging to say the least. After 3+ years of consistent hard work, I was able to significantly improve function in her shoulder. But it took several more years before I began to appreciate and have a different perspective for everything that I had gone through. There was a time where I felt a ton of regret, anger, and sadness. Regret for having chosen to work as an OT and regret for having made the choice to have surgery for my thyroid cancer. With time I began to heal. Life has been a constant teacher, a journey filled with many highs and challenges, but with it has come a different perspective and deeper appreciation for all the gifts and opportunities that have come my way.

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I believe that I was essentially guided towards yoga nidra and sound healing. As I look back, it’s been a series of events, spanning over years that led me to meet a student massage therapist at SWIHA (Southwest Institute of Healing Arts). It was May 2022 and I was actually a student at SWINA (Southwest Institute of Natural Aesthetics) working on becoming a skincare therapist. My time at SWINA was filled with many personal red flags, but I was trying to ignore them believing skincare should be my next career. To manage my stress level, I had scheduled a massage at SWIHA’s student massage clinic. It was during that appointment where I experienced massage and polarity. I experienced a huge emotional release in my session – that had never happened to me before! That same evening I experienced a download in which the words “yoga nidra” and “sound healing” came into my mind. The words did not leave and the feeling of something needing to change only grew stronger. Within days, I quit SWINA. Although the decision to quit felt horrible and a total blow to the ego, today I view it as one of the best decisions I have ever made. By leaving SWINA, I created space to work on becoming certified in both yoga nidra and sound healing, while also opening up my own business. Today I look at the download as a message from Source.

 

By October 2022, I completed the 100-hr Integrative Amrit Method (IAM) Yoga Nidra training at SWIHA. By 2024, I became certified in sound healing for both individuals and groups with the Sound Healing Academy. In the midst of my training, I opened Syncing Into Bliss, LLC in 2023 with the vision of creating change in my community through sounds and meditation. At times, it felt as if I was blindfolded. I didn’t know the whys, but in my heart I knew I was on the right path. Scary and overwhelming yes, but very much aligned. Today, when I lead a class or work with a client, afterwards I feel so much gratitude. I know in my heart that this is what I want to be doing in my life. Holding space for others to heal and work through their curriculum.

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