Somatic Resilience

It brings me a smile to remember where I have come from.  I consider myself a highly intellectual type, seeking knowledge and valuing wisdom, and ever discerning the difference between the two.  Embodiment does not come naturally to me. It has been, and continues to be, a daily practice.  
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My initial professional career took me into the world of public accounting and non-profit management, where I quickly became disenchanted. Meanwhile, I was continually injuring my body in my high intensity days of running marathons and competing in triathlons. With a great deal of grace, and just enough inner knowing, I was able make a course correction and turn towards an entirely new path.  Doctoral training was an initiation of sorts, and most of it is a blur, but it did help me move towards the healing arts.
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As a newly practicing physical therapist, setting down my roots in Tucson, Arizona, I slowly found myself practicing more meditation and yoga, in a way that was less about physical mastery, but more about connecting with what is.  And then I was introduced to the world conscious dance, which offered a profound shift.  In this practice I have found a blend of mindfulness and movement which not only gives permission for, but truly encourages, the freedom of fully embodied expression of the whole self.  
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My personal self care practices continue to evolve, but yoga, meditation and conscious dance remain vital to my spiritual, emotional, mental and physical health.  The energetic practices of qi gong and aikido also greatly inform how I move through this increasingly complex world.  For my many teachers, living and transitioned, I am wildly grateful.
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I feel the most at home in myself when I spend time in the wilderness, whether alone, or with beloveds.  Connecting with the natural elements allows me to feel the greatest sense of belonging and reverence.  It is here where I am able to most appreciate the mysteries of our existence on this very precious planet we Earthlings inhabit.