My work is rooted in over two decades of hands-on practice in bodywork, birth support, abdominal therapy, integrative counseling and somatic journeys...

I did not arrive here through theory alone.
I arrived through lived experience — my own and the women I have walked beside.

For many years, I moved through survival patterns shaped by sensitivity, inherited dynamics, and unprocessed grief. Over time, I came to understand that what we often call “not enough” or “too much” is frequently the nervous system doing its best to adapt.

This understanding reshaped my path.

I began in body-based practice — Ayurvedic work, Shiatsu, and therapeutic touch. I trained in integrative counseling. I became a birth and postpartum doula. I completed certification and advanced teaching in the Arvigo Technique of Maya Abdominal Therapy, later becoming an educator within that lineage.

Across these years, one truth became clear:

Lasting change does not come from intervention alone.
It comes from relational safety, attuned presence, and integration over time.

Relational Women’s Integration & Somatic Embodiment... and Gloria

Initiation & Depth

My personal journey into motherhood profoundly deepened this work.

Twelve years of longing, three pregnancy losses, and the eventual birth of my daughter brought me into direct relationship with grief, resilience, embodiment, and surrender. These experiences stripped away performance and urgency. They clarified the importance of pacing, consent, and nervous system integrity.

Motherhood continues to refine how I work — less force, more listening. Less fixing, more integration.

The Work Today - R•WiSe

Today, I offer Relational Somatic Integration for Women through the R-WISE framework — Relational Women’s Integration & Somatic Embodiment.

This approach integrates
❤ Somatic awareness
❤ Relational attunement
❤ Women’s cyclical and embodied experience
❤ Birth and abdominal therapy lineage
❤ Two decades of clinical and practical experience

My work is midwifery-oriented — not in the medical sense, but in the relational sense: I support what is already emerging. I do not impose outcomes. I do not override the body’s intelligence.

Women come to this work during transitions:
❤ Motherhood
❤ Fertility journeys
❤ Identity shifts
❤ Professional thresholds
❤ Emotional integration
❤ Cyclical health challenges

Practitioners come seeking:
❤ Refinement of presence
❤ Nervous system literacy
❤ Relational depth
❤ Sustainable ways of holding others

I meet each woman where she is.

Not as a savior.
Not as a guru.
But as a seasoned practitioner who trusts the body, respects pacing, and honors complexity.