I’m a published writer, 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher, and Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher from the UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center under world-renowned teachers Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach. I also hold an Advanced Training Certificate in Ecopsychology.

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But my most meaningful education has come from my long, winding path of personal transformation—years of growth, solitude, deep reflection, and reconnection with the natural world.

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I once walked a much different path and saw the world through a distinct lens than I do now. For many years, I lived from a place of external seeking. I was a devoted Christian—wearing a purity ring, attending weekly Bible study, and traveling internationally for mission work. Beneath that, I carried a quiet weight of anxiety, wrestled with self-criticism, and struggled to trust my own voice. I was shaped by rigid systems and expectations—religious, cultural, and social—and led more by fear and approval than by grounded inner wisdom.

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Everything began to shift in my late teens, when I chose to leave the church and a worldview I had invested in for years. I remember walking my favorite forested trail on Casper Mountain in Wyoming, where I grew up on the sagebrush plains, feeling both fear of the unknown and a quiet hunger for something more authentic. On a higher switchback, I caught a glimpse of an older woman walking alone. For a moment, I imagined her as a future version of myself—steady, strong, and connected to something deeper. I didn’t fully realize it at the time, but I was deeply craving examples of women who were rooted in a stable sense of self, willing to share a different way of being in the world. That vision became a compass.

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Since then, I’ve followed an unfolding path that has included studying Gender & Women’s Studies in college and working as a political and feminist activist. But even in those empowering spaces, I still felt disconnected from an inner sense of wholeness. ​In those years, I knew I had so much more to understand and work through in the inner realm. ​That’s when I started exploring mindfulness, meditation, and Eastern philosophy—an interest that was first planted in my physical practice of yoga in my late teens.

Books like Women Who Run With the Wolves cracked something open in me. I began to reconnect with the wild feminine through solitude in nature, movement, dance, and intentional stillness. I lived simply—in a van in Alaska; a dry yurt in Washington—allowing the land and silence to become my teachers. I also spent time abroad, often traveling alone: to Guatemala on my first solo trip, to India through my Women’s Studies program where we volunteered with local women’s organizations, and to Peru, where I trekked 50 miles alone to reach Machu Picchu. These journeys gave me space to listen, grow, and reconnect with something deeper—both within myself and in the natural world. These weren’t just physical movements across landscapes; they were soul reckonings, slow peelings-away of cultural conditioning and inherited narratives.

Though solitude has been an important part of my journey, I consider communal spaces as deeply healing as well. I've led women's circles in the past, and they have always proven to be sacred spaces where women come together, exchange wisdom, and offer support on each other's journeys.

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Now, my work blends all of these threads—formal education, lived experience, and creative expression—to help other women reconnect with the voice that lives beneath the noise. Through offerings like Crimson Cabin, guided meditations, writings, workshops, and community, I invite women to remember their deep bond with nature and their own inner wisdom.

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Thank you for receiving my story. I’d love to hear yours. If you feel called, join my email list or reach out—let’s stay connected as we walk this path together.