I create and tend my spaces
with people across and between
all ​cultures, colours, creeds,
genders and sexualities,
sizes, life stages, (dis)abilities,
and health situations
in mind and in respect.

 I hold practice with justice and equity intent
​and with a commitment to continually and actively learn.

about me

As far as I can tell, living one life involves dying back and resurfacing many times.

Body-based practices are my support to encounter life on its own terms. Voluntary breathing, dancing with music, stretching and shaping my core and limbs with attention,
and moving and resting outdoors  offer me anchoring and permission to be with things as they are. They help me to feel and take responsibility for my own body, emotions, mental energy, and mysteries. They help me become more aware of what's happening in the moment, and more likely to become responsive rather than defensive, reactive, or shut down.

​Body-based practices help me slow down  and adjust my relating to the world.
​They're accessible tools we can put in our own hands in service of self knowledge, well being, and helpful engagement. That's what I seek to share.
I support and witness others’ movement adventures and spirit restorations in my home community and on the road.
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You don't need to feel strong or energetic to join my movement spaces.  You don't need to be able to stand up to move, stretch and decompress.  No one turned away for lack of funds: contact me here for information. If you're breathing, you've got all you need.

phone 250.710.1998

soundscapes for movement

I am an uninvited inhabitant of stolen and occupied Quw'utsun' territory. The Hul'q'uminum'-speaking nations who have governed and cared for this land since time uncounted range from Snaw-Naw-As First Nation ("Nanoose Bay") and Snuneymuxw First Nation ("Nanaimo") in the north to  Malahat First Nation in the south. Five nations (Cowichan Tribes, Halalt First Nation, Ts'uubaa-asatx First Nation, Lyackson First Nation, and Penelakut Tribe), forming the Hul'q'umi'num' Treaty Group, have engaged with colonial governments over many years, determined to repatriate, rematriate, and protect some of the lands violently robbed by my society. I witness the inalienable rights of Indigenous Peoples (First Nations, Inuit, Métis). I advocate return of territory and governance to Indigenous Nations, and genuine reparations for the genocidal assaults of the colonial occupation of Canada. My classes and workshop spaces include the intent to take real communal steps toward both decolonization and dismantling of white racisms.
#LandBack

Hul'q'umi'num' learning resources