I had the pleasure of working at Brenneke School of Massage for 5 years before going through the program. I benefited so much in Massage School Culture. It changed the trajectory of my life, self care,body education and an embodied life. I graduated in 2011 and have been practicing ever since.

Our bodies are a reflection of the earth, our blood and lymphatic system the rivers and oceans, our bones the plates, stone, and trees holding the soil - our soft tissues. The magnet pull of the earth is the same motion as the tides of our cerebral spinal fluid and energetic system. Our breath the air, where does our breath stop or is unable to inhabit? All of this contributes to our Nervous system (all the sensory information to our brain which tells our muscles what to do) which affects our Endocrine system (how we think and feel). How are these functioning together? Are our waters properly moving or stagnant, are they filtering well? Do we have pain in where bone meets bone? Muscle meets vertebrae?

This is a small glimpse of how I think when working with the body. Reestablishing relationship between our waters, bone, soft tissue, breath, energetic systems, nervous system, endocrine system, and being-ness, is what excites me, makes me curious and keeps me always learning...

I want to acknowledge and honor the ancestors of the land I live and practice on that holds and nourishes me daily. The Swinomish People thrived here and lower Skagit tribes. may I honor them with my actions, words and thoughts.