Moving With Harmony:

Women’s Retreat

A lifelong learner, researcher, caregiver, and now, mindful outdoor guide; I was gifted curiosity, self-sufficiency, and a love of the natural world by my parents. I spent my childhood on a farm, became an urban dweller for many years, and now, I am discovering a renewed sense of belonging and learning offered by our more-than-human world. I am a certified Kripalu Mindful Outdoor Guide and Association for Nature and Forest Therapy Guide in training. Inspired by the practices and ideas emerging from forest bathing, rewilding, mindfulness, ecology, systems thinking, circlework, and participatory practices, I guide outdoor wanders with invitations to go slow, notice, and reconnect to a place of belonging in the natural world.

My career began in international development work. In 2009, I transitioned to healthcare, supporting person-centered healthcare environments as a researcher, facilitator, and teacher. I am currently pursuing a PhD in systems science, focusing on multidisciplinary team decision making; alongside my relational nature therapy practice.

I share my time between two islands - Manhattan and a barrier island on the south shore of Long Island with my family, where I tend my kitchen and native gardens, three dogs, and a thousand or so oysters. I am always surprised how mindful encounters with the wind, rain, sun, rocks, trees, and living beings whether in a forest, on a beach, in a park, or in the desert are an opportunity for insight and for stillness; that each interaction can teach me something new about wholeness. I firmly believe, in the words of JRR Tolkien, that “Not all those who wander are lost.”