I have come to this work from a need to heal myself. I grew up in Massachusetts, the eldest sister of three brothers. For as long as I can remember I was incredibly sensitive and overwhelmed by the experience of being alive. I started doing substances at a young age and eventually got addicted to drugs. I spent most of my teens and twenties deeply lost and suffering, moving from place to place, trying to outrun myself. 

I spent the three years before my Rosen training living at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center,  managing the farm and following a monastic schedule of intensive meditation and silent work practice. It was then that I received my first Rosen session. Though I had already been doing deep inner work for several years, the Rosen session was uniquely transformative. The presence and quality of the practitioners touch was a revelation. I felt such complete care and attentiveness, accepting me exactly as I was–it was as if I was being shown what it is to be whole. The Rosen Method continues to show me what it means to be fundamentally and profoundly OK in my body, and from this place many possibilities continue to open up.

I have been humbled by my own capacity to do both good and to do harm. My history has given me access to a truly non-judgmental perspective, allowing me to hold the whole of myself and others. As Rosen Method work includes both the practitioner and the client, I feel that this is what allows me to connect with others, exactly where they are, and to stay together in the places that are stuck.

While my path has been somewhat unconventional, my empathy and desire to ease suffering come directly from my own experience and knowing that this is possible. I have worked in a variety of fields and trades, but now I feel I have found a path that I can truly rely on and trust. I am so grateful and in awe for all this work has given me–it has given me myself! I only hope to share this gift with others.