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My name is Samantha (you can also call me Sam!) and I am based in the wilderness of Alaska, though originally from Wyoming. I am an imperfect human who is fascinated by the human experience, driven to dig for deep questions and even deeper answers, and to follow the paths that wander through meaningful places. I am also a published writer, photographer, 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher, and Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher through Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield’s two-year program. I strive to braid all these things together in what I offer. 

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I help individuals and groups relate to their experiences, their selves, and their lives with mindfulness, intention, and kindness. The intention at the heart of what I do is three-fold: to help reduce individual and collective suffering, to help people get in touch with meaning and purpose, and to help us all be present for and intentional about how we live in the unfolding of our short and precious lives.

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My journey into mindfulness and eastern teachings began through the physical practice of yoga over ten years ago. Soon after, I began practicing meditation off-and-on when I joined an eight week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course offered at my university. Since then, I’ve explored mindfulness, meditation, and eastern teachings through many avenues, and I’ve always been touched by the power of their teachings in my life.

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I’ve long struggled with anxiety, and the practices of mindfulness and meditation have served as potent teachers that have helped me not eliminate the experience of anxiety, but to navigate it and relate to it in a more wise and compassionate way. But more than a daily tool to navigate the waves of human emotions, the wisdom of these teachings has also transformed the way that I live out my life.

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I love to teach others how to integrate mindfulness and meditation into their lives, especially within a society that often challenges these values. I wholeheartedly believe that solving many of the large-scale problems, conflicts, and atrocities we see in the world begins with individual awareness, and so I focus my attention there and encourage others to do so as well.

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I offer huge gratitude to my teachers who have shaped my perspective, philosophy, and inner awareness over the years. That includes my direct teachers Crystal Borup, Meghan Currie, Tara Brach, Jack Kornfield, and Luisa Montero-Diaz. I also offer thanks to my indirect teachers whose ideas and teachings I’ve integrated into my own: Alan Watts, Carl Jung, Ram Dass, Don Miguel Ruiz, and countless others.​