My massage therapy instruction began in the summer of 2000 at the Southwest Institute for the Healing Arts in Scottsdale, AZ , where I specialized in Swedish massage. I received additional instruction at World School for Massage and Healing Arts in San Francisco.

Since then, I have completed workshops in Deep Tissue, Hot Stone Massage, and Clinical Sports Massage at the Watsu Institute: School of Shiatsu and Massage at Harbin Hot Springs; Acupressure, Chair Massage, Pregnancy Massage, and Reflexology at the McKinnon Institute in Oakland; Craniosacral with Hugh Milne, founder of the Milne Institute, and Neuromuscular Therapy and Shiatsu, Acupressure, and Asian Healing Arts with Paul Pitchford at the Heartwood Institute, a highly esteemed, residential massage school in Humbolt County. To date, I have completed over 630 hours of instruction and have hundreds of more hours of hands on experience.

I settled back permanently in the East Bay in September of 2001, became a Certified Massage Therapist in Berkeley, and began work on the massage studio at Hermosa Salon in Berkeley. After four months work converting a spacious storage room into a beautiful sanctuary inside a popular Berkeley hair salon, my full-time practice opened at Hermosa in February of 2002. Two years later, in February 2004, I opened my new location in Oakland at the Moss Studio. In April of 2005, I moved to my Studio 12 and then to my current location, the Tree House, in July of 2006.

I am a member of the Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals.

City of Oakland Massage Permit S07-080.