In my 20s i made art
Biking around St Louis making friends,
taking pictures, painting visions, transforming dumpstered treasure into installations,
i fell in love with how creativity builds bridges, and Redeems.
Got sick of the gallery scene and
ran into dead-ends & dis-ease:
through encountering conflict in organizations, then violent assault, and then a volcano healing crisis in my body::::::
i got invited hard core into my healing journey.
I said Yes.
“G*d enters through the wound” -Jung
IN MY 30S I BUILT MY HEALING TOOLKIT
FOLLOWING THE THREAD ---
I DOVE INTO YOGA, STUDIED PERMACULTURE AT INTENTIONAL COMMUNITIES,
BIKE-TOURED WITH COSTUMED CREWS BRINGING SERENDIPITOUS SERVICE,
MOVED BACK TO MY HOMETOWN TO EXPLORE RESTORATIVE
PRACTICES AND RACE WORK WITH MY FAMILY,
GOT CURIOUS ABOUT ABOLITION AND BUILT A PERMACULTURE
GARDEN WITH FORMERLY INCARCERATED FOLKS,
RAN A SMALL DONATION-BASED YOGA STUDIO, TAUGHT
ART AT THE LOCAL JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER,
FOUND ECSTATIC GRIEF RITUAL PRACTICE AND SOUL COMMUNITY,
& DISCOVERED COMMUNITY SINGING :::: MY HEART’S-CALLING!
NOW MY 40S IS FOR MARRYING CREATIVITY + TRANSFORMATION PRACTICE
THROUGH SONG! AND RITUAL, AND IMPROVISATIONAL PLAY.
I CATCH AND CARRY SONGS THAT NOURISH OUR SOUL JOURNEYS
& HOLD CIRCLE SPACES THAT SUPPORT US TO DECOMPOSE
THE SHIT THAT GETS IN THE WAY OF LOVE.
I dream a world where all beings have access to
trauma-healing resources and earth connection,
where we eat real food, laugh a lot, sleep
enough, and are experts in forgiveness.
I love this epic hero’s adventure of giving each our all to the Great Turning –AND– It’s pretty ok with me that Earth School seems messy, slow, broken. I like to let this big Both/And blow my mind and grow bandwidth for miraculous Love.
I like waking up. With You.
“There are only two ways to live your life:
as though nothing is a miracle,
or as though everything is a miracle.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
+ Last Mask Center ~ Energy Body Mastery + Shadow Transformation
+ White Racial Justice Somatics with Dara Silverman
+ Disrupting our Whiteness :: Holistic Resistance
+ Village Fire + Liz Rog
+ Coaching for Social Change
+ Flight School Songleader Training with Lisa G. Littlebird
+ Superhero Bike Rides
+ Yoga Teacher Training @ Kripalu
+ Permaculture Design @ the Possibility Alliance and Earthhaven
+ Restorative Circle Training with Dominic Barter
+ Circus Harmony @ the City Museum, STL
+ Community Art Training with the Regional Art Commission, STL