Practitioner. Teacher. Somatic guide.
Maybe you’re like me and grew up in multiple worlds — raised in Western Canada, I have been shaped by years in Barcelona and Vancouver, seasoned by New York City, I’ve settled in Mill Valley.
That particular migration — across cultures, climates, and ways of understanding the body — is probably the most honest origin story for the work I do. I have never had one tradition. I have had many. And the work reflects that: rigorous and intuitive, clinical and embodied, structured and alive.
When you’re ready
THE TRAININGI am a 3,000+ hour trained Registered Massage Therapist — placing me among the most extensively trained practitioners in North America.
That credential is not just a number. It represents years of study in anatomy, pathology and clinical bodywork.
most practitioners in this field do not undergo a fraction of that time.
Over two decades I have developed deep fluency in therapeutic practice, trained to keep you safe in the room.
I draw on modalities in combination — not as separate techniques applied in sequence, but as a coherent language for reading and responding to your body.
Ever a student, I continue to deepen my understanding of the body as an integrated whole.
This is not maintenance education.
It is a genuine commitment to a vocation that I expect to carry for the rest of my working life.
innerÅligned
The body is a system of extraordinary intelligence
It is not a problem to be managed.
Your body is always trying to tell you something.
Chronic pain, tension, and exhaustion are not signs that something has gone wrong with you. They are your body's way of asking for attention — signals, not failures.
Over the course of your life, your body has been through a lot.
Injuries. Surgeries. Falls.
Years of sitting at a desk, doing the same physical task over and over.
Each of these experiences leaves a trace. On their own, they might seem minor. But over time, they add up — and your body quietly adapts around them, shifting how it holds itself and how it moves to keep you going.
These adaptations make sense in the moment. The problem is that they layer on top of each other. What starts as a workaround can become a pattern. And that pattern — your body's particular way of compensating for everything it has been through — may be at the root of why you are still hurting, still tired, still not quite right, even when the original injury or event feels like old news.
At innerÅligned, we call this your structural story. It is unique to you — a kind of map written in your posture, your movement, and your pain. Our work is to read that map, understand what it is telling us, and help your body find its way back to ease.
The goal is simple: to help you live your life at your fullest capacity, with a body that works with you instead of against you.
Why
This isn’t just a business— I believe the expression of the principles I practice have made a difference in my life.
I believe they will make a difference in your life.
Work that matters. That’s the why.
My Unique History
Think about the unique structural history of your body, from birth to now and consider all the ways that old accidents have left and mark that continues to express itself.
Wouldn’t you like to be so much better than you used to be?
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9lbs 6 oz, I was a big baby. Mid length delivery, I was delivered vaginally without the use of instruments
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Self inflicted concussion at age 5, hammer to the head; Fall from bike, hit head age 14; elbow to head age 17; Rugby played for 20 yrs, many concussions mild, collapsed arch in foot 19, injury to knee hyperextension, punched in the face 21; Minor car accident head on age 24; Torn achilies age 36; Torn bicep age 49;
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Achilies heel
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Chipped arm and knee
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Office work in 20’s; Many years driving; Golf; Basketball; Running; Biking; Stairs; Rugby;