I grew up in Iowa, on a small sheep farm, just east of Solon, one cornfield away from the Cedar River. My meanderings throughout my life have taken me into the woods, the mountains, the waterways of Ontario and Vermont.

My journey into the healing arts started in 2002, as I was backpacking through New Zealand, when curiosity lead me to my first Reiki training. I had been teaching ecology as a field naturalist in Vermont and Rhode Island and was trying to figure out where to go next.

I ended up at the Boston School of Shiatsu where I started my path into Chinese Medicine.

I didn’t quite know what I was stumbling into, and I feel blessed to have fallen head over heels in love with the way Chinese Medicine understands health and well-being. After my first five years as a shiatsu practitioner, all of my mentors were five element acupuncturists and the next steps became clear.

I continued my training with a Masters in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Studies from the Academy for Five Element Acupuncture in Gainesville, FL. Another five years later, with more than 3,000 hours of study and 700 hours of clinical supervision, I returned home to Iowa City where I have been offering acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, and energy bodywork since 2015.

Now, I have more than two decades of experience as an acupuncurist, shiatsu, and reiki practitioner. In these twenty plus years, I have offered more than 12,000 treatments to members of the community.