As a child growing up in Colorado, much of it outdoors, I remember sensing the aliveness and innate intelligence of the natural world. I became fascinated by how this aliveness communicates through flows of energy, cycles of birth and death, ebb and flow, creation and dissolution, big and small cycles - life expressed in every moment. 

As an adult, I continued to learn about these flows of energy and cycles while working as a traditional midwife, years later, as a hospice RN and studying subtle energy based modalities - attending hundreds of births and deaths, big and small - journeys in, journeys out, witnessing, being with, navigating the liminal places, the place of a different kind of knowing and of great aliveness. Witnessing profound transformation at the threshold, initiation, sacred rites of passage.  

In my current practice, I continue to engage with the archetypal energy of midwife…...accompanying, creating a solid container, supporting you in trusting your remembering and deep knowing, bringing forth, releasing, navigating the liminal spaces, standing with you at the threshold, the transitional, in-between places.  

The midwife is a witness to transformation, she does not do the work for you, does not see you as broken and therefore does not try to "fix" you. The midwife serves as witness and gatekeeper as you remember your own medicine, the healing resources, wisdom, and power that you already carry.  

The art of midwifery is founded on a deep relationship with nature and an honoring of the human body - seeing the cyclical nature of the human body as inherently healthy and not separate from nature. This work is founded upon reciprocal relationship with the natural world, an honoring of the human body and its inherent wisdom and the eternal nature of the soul. 

I continue to be in awe of and enjoy working with the cycles of the seasons within and without, supporting creation, regeneration, releasing, grieving and rejoicing.   

Traditionally, midwives/"wise women" healers offer healing support for their communities through ceremony and nurturing care from birth to death.