Originally, conventional medicine was my focus. I started my professional training as a nurse technician. Shortly thereafter, I became a registered massage therapist in order to gain more experience and personal freedom. After witnessing the different types of people seeking help in both systems of healthcare, I came to the conclusion that I was not interested in working with the sick, but rather the healthy.

So, I abandoned my allopathic* studies and began seeking out a career in well-being.

I found inspiration by attending two psychodynamic seminars offering painstaking lessons into common counterproductive beliefs, inefficient perceptions and emotional attachments in negotiating life. This experience furthered my thoughts of how beliefs affect personal potential and health.

In working on my own health, I began looking into all commonly known modalities of treatment. Respectfully, they are each powerful forms of physical medicine; however, I wasn't just looking to get back to feeling like my old self. That wasn't good enough. I wanted to be more physically resilient and adaptable to most of life’s stressors and not be limited by my body's acquired restrictions. It made sense that it was possible.

Then in 1999, I found the ultimate solution. I got Rolfed. The results were unexpected. Rolfing put me back together, making me better than ever before. I was left feeling more confident and comfortable in my skin. My entire outlook on life was altered.

I had finally discovered a medicine with philosophy. I became totally obsessed.

As soon as I could, I entered The Rolf Institute in Boulder, Colorado. I later graduated from the European Rolfing Association in Munich, Germany in 2002.

* Allopathic is better known as Western medicine. Allopathic literally means "the study of disease".