Healing Modalities
Here are a few modalities, which inform my work and my life philosophy. I draw from one or more of these healing practices to help my clients make the transformation they seek.
iRest
Integrative Restoration Yoga Nidra Meditation
In my practice, I offer Integrative Restoration (iRest®) Yoga Nidra Meditation. This is an adaptation of a meditation practice based in the ancient tradition of Yoga Nidra made accessible for modern day living. iRest is a trauma-sensitive practice designed to bring the healing benefits of yogic teachings and meditation to a wide variety of people.
Research has shown iRest to be effective used for:
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Reducing stress and anxiety
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Managing chronic pain
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Improving sleep
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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Depression
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Addiction
iRest teaches us that the suffering we perceive in our lives arises when we desire our circumstances to be different from what they are. It informs us on how we can overcome the conflicts and suffering by helping us to discover the unshakable peace, strength, and well-being within each and every one of us. It enables us to meet each moment of our lives with love, compassion, understanding and resilience, no matter how challenging or difficult our situation. If we were to imagine ourselves as the vast ocean, deep down, we will always find calm and stillness, even as the movements of the waves continue to change and shift on the surface. iRest helps us to connect with this stillness deep within ourselves.
You can learn more about the practice of iRest here.
Yoga Therapy
My passion for Yoga Therapy blossomed as I witnessed the profound power of adapting the practice to individual needs. While Yoga in Sanskrit means "to yoke, to join, to unite"—connecting our mind, body, and spirit to Universal Consciousness—Yoga Therapy takes this principle and applies it directly to the journey of healing.1 It is about uniting the fragmented parts of ourselves so that we can live in greater wholeness, alignment, and harmony. When we consciously use the tools of Yoga to restore balance to our being, we are practicing Yoga Therapy.
What is Yoga Therapy?
Yoga Therapy is a process of empowering individuals to progress toward improved health and well-being through the application of the teachings and practices of Yoga.2 Unlike a general yoga class, it is highly personalized and trauma-informed, meeting you exactly where you are today. It moves beyond a one-size-fits-all sequence, utilizing the full breadth of yogic tools—including postures ($āsana$), breathwork ($prāṇāyāma$), meditation ($dhyāna$), and lifestyle principles—to address specific physical, mental, or emotional challenges.
In a therapeutic setting, the focus is not on perfecting a pose but on cultivating present moment awareness and using the body and breath to shift your internal state. It is a holistic system that views symptoms not as isolated problems but as signals of deeper imbalance, offering a gentle yet powerful way to get in touch with your innermost authentic self and initiate healing from within.
The Transformative Benefits of Yoga Therapy
The beauty of a therapeutic approach is its ability to meet complex, individual conditions with a customizable set of tools. It is always taken at your own pace and provides a sustainable framework for self-care.
Core Benefits of Yoga Therapy:
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Trauma and Stress Resolution: Cultivates somatic awareness to gently process and release held tension and trauma in the body.3
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Chronic Pain Management: Addresses the physical, emotional, and nervous system components of pain, often reducing reliance on medication.4
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Mental & Emotional Balance: Offers structured practices to regulate the nervous system, helping to ease anxiety, reduce symptoms of depression, and stabilize mood.5
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Improved Physiological Function: Supports better sleep, digestion, immune function, and cardiovascular health by promoting deep relaxation and vagal tone.
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Empowered Self-Regulation: Provides practical tools (breath, movement, focus) that you can use anytime to navigate difficult emotions or stressful situations in real-time.6
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Enhanced Self-Efficacy: Shifts the individual from being a passive recipient of care to an active participant in their own healing process.
Reiki
Reiki is a Japanese technique based in the subtle energy system of the body. As with many Eastern traditions, it focuses on balancing the life force energy which flows through all living beings. It is believed that this energy is what gives us life. The free flow of this energy is essential to our health and happiness as the subtle energy system is deeply connected to our mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Reiki practitioners serve as channels for the Universal energy, which is transferred to the recipient through the practitioner's palms. This has also been referred to as palm healing or hands-on healing. Having said this, as the subtle energy system has no physical boundaries, Reiki healing can be effectively sent from a distance.
Reiki is a natural, gentle, yet powerful method of healing and has been shown to be effective in alleviating stress, anxiety, and pain; reducing cardiovascular risks; improving fatigue, mood, and insomnia; reducing depression; and improving quality of life for palliative and cancer patients. Reiki can also be used to enhance or support other medical or therapeutic modalities in relieving side effects, pain, and promoting recovery.
The experience of a Reiki treatment will be unique to each individual. Some people describe a feeling of warmth, tingling, or a glowing radiance flowing through and around their bodies. Some people may not feel any sensations during the session but report to feeling more relaxed, calm, and at ease afterwards. Reiki treats the whole person (mind, body, soul), and many have found a sense of peace, security, and well-being from receiving regular Reiki treatments.
Holistic Nutrition
This is a whole-person approach to nutrition. Based on the concept that we are all interconnected, and that we cannot separate our physical, psychological, and spiritual health, nutrition is more than just the food that we put into our bodies. The idea of interconnectedness shows us that each of our body systems are intricately interwoven into all other body systems. For instance, our diet affects our stress, which could affect our sleep, which in turn alters our energy and metabolism, which could affect the way we digest our food, impacts on our ability to assimilate precious nutrients, which influences our immune system, which can alter our mood and emotions, and can lead back to how we make our food choices and hence, our diet! Adding to this, Nature's designs of biological pathways are usually bi-directional - say, if sleep affects digestion, digestion also affects sleep. You can see how this web of connection can get complicated quickly! Fortunately, our bodies are innately intelligent and know exactly what we need and what to do, as long as we give them the right tools and help remove the obstacles we put there in the first place. My approach in holistic nutrition is simple - to support your body by giving it what it needs to thrive and to remove what is hurting or hindering its ability to heal, and I do this by transforming the way you eat, think, and live.