My most profound experiences of healing resonance came through receiving and giving aquatic bodywork. A friend says: 'Water is to the body as dreams are to the soul'. I find this to be true. In the last 20 years, as bodyworker, eclectic movement teacher, spa manager and private retreat owner, I have gained a broad range of experience in providing therapeutic services. I love creating beautiful and peaceful settings, facilitating safe yet transformative experiences, and enabling clear and harmonious interactions. With degrees in botany and genetics, my early career was in scientific publishing. But I'm a gypsy poet at heart and believe that our human problems will be resolved not by science but by the creative expressions of soulful immersion in and respect for the natural world. I prefer a life-style of simplicity and sufficiency immersed in nature. Born in England, I have lived in and visited many places, including Africa, the South Pacific, Brazil and Israel. During the formative stages of Yggdrasil, I lived with Founder Joe Landwehr and our cat Marigold in an Ozarks forest with a clear river running through it, where caring for the land became my passion. In 2014, I left Ozark forest life to return to my work in the water for a while. Luckily I found another forest retreat in the Himalayan region of India, from where I will continue to stay connected with Yggdrasil.
