Having spent over 18 years working in a corporate environment for JD Edwards, General Electric, and Sun Microsystems, I made the decision that I no longer wanted to live out of a suitcase and be responsible for the management of a staff of 75+ employees.  It was time for me to look at my inner soul and decide where the next journey would take me. I decided to pursue a career as a body worker.  I enrolled into the 1,600 hour massage therapy program at the Center of Advanced Therapeutics and studied to become a Therapeutic Rehabilitation and Sports Performance and Injury Therapist.  This was over 8 years ago.  With a mind for the unique, I advanced my education by receiving certification as an Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapist under the instruction of Founder Ruthie Hardee. I also discovered yoga after year’s of performing massage therapy, gymnastics and weight training took a toll on his body. His first class, however, opened his mind to a much bigger view of what yoga could offer beyond the physical body, and before long it was evident that teaching and providing massage therapy was my true calling. My personal experience with massage therapy and yoga allows me to relate to the differing needs of each person who comes into my massage studio or to the yoga students I teach. I create a style of my own incorporating a variety of aspects from his vast massage and yoga background. I am nurturing and compassionate by nature. My orchestration of rest and movement create inner peace and strength in the body and mind. When you're doing the work you're meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you're getting paid.  These qualities bloom when we're doing what we love, when we're involving the wholeness of ourselves in our work, both our expertise and our emotion.