After a long career in aerospace engineering, I now work as a writer, functional breathing specialist, meditation teacher, and yoga instructor.
I teach clients how to master control of their health and wellbeing by strengthening their mind-body-spirit connection by way of the breath.
Breath is our life force. It’s what connects us to our sacred essence. It helps us navigate hardship and lights us up on the other side of it. Breath is the doorway to our soul, where we feel wholeness, joy, perfection. In this divine space, we receive answers for the most complex problems.
My aim is to inspire others to remember, to draw on, their spiritual essence—breath—as a path toward health, empowerment and happiness.
I am especially interested in helping people manage PTSD and those who are navigating the throes of addiction. I have learned to manage my own C-PTSD using the same tools and techniques I teach others. My personal experience regarding addiction is with family members; which fuels my desire to offer help in this area.
And my desire to show athletes how correct breathing can enhance their performance stems from my own experience (suffering) in various athletic ventures. My main interest here is with youth athletes because breathing habits can change the trajectory of their athletic career, which can be a game changer. Literally.
When you master your breath, your athletic abilities auto-magically improve because your body operates more efficiently. You don’t “gas out” so quickly and you feel stronger, longer. In my observations, most athletes (especially youth) do not breathe correctly, which means they are missing out on that extra bit of juice. If you want an edge over your competition, master your breath. It’s your secret weapon.
My teaching experience includes, but is not limited to:
Health & Wellness
Seattle Energy Medicine: private sessions and group classes for breath work, energy medicine, yoga and meditation (pranayama).
East West Bookshop, Seattle: private sessions for energy medicine, yoga and meditation. Group classes called “Chakra Talk” using my book The Eight Aspects of God as the textbook.
The Pujari Center, Seattle: private sessions for energy medicine, yoga, and meditation (breathing/pranayama), including group classes.
Swedish Hospital, Issaquah: group and private classes for yoga and meditation, with a focus on breathing.
Plymouth Housing Group, Seattle: group classes for yoga and meditation.
Lake Union Crew, Seattle: group yoga and meditation.
Corporate workshops teaching breathwork and meditation techniques.
Writing
East West Bookshop, Seattle: Writing memoir classes and workshops. Chakra Talk workshop series teaching about the body’s energy centers using my book, The Eight Aspects of God.
Columnist for several spiritual journals on meditation, self-healing, energy medicine and breathwork.
Pacific Northwest Writing Association: Presenter for writing memoir workshop.
Private coaching, editing, and ghostwriting for a wide range of clients.
Technical writing and editing in the aerospace engineering industry.
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Certifications include meditation teacher and registered yoga instructor (RYT®) with the Yoga Alliance®, Functional Breathing Teacher with Oxygen Advantage®, certified ski instructor with PSIA (including mono-ski and bi-ski Adaptive Cert) and CPR/First Aid/AED and Wilderness First Aid.