How I Got Here
I’m a Biodynamic Craniosacral therapist completing certification with Master Instructor Gary Peterson, after nearly three years of intensive study and over 100 hours of supervised practice. My work is informed by decades of exploring how the body holds wisdom, releases tension, and returns to wholeness.
My path to craniosacral therapy has been anything but linear. In 1992, as a father of four children in the middle of an exciting tech career, I completed the 150-hour Okazaki Restorative Therapy bodywork training as part of my study for my Aikido Nidan examination. Okazaki Restorative Therapy is a deep tissue massage practice that blends Traditional Chinese Medicine meridian work with Western physiological understanding of muscle and connective tissue. In 2025, I added 100 hours of Polarity Therapy training to my tool kit, also with Gary Peterson, deepening my understanding of the body’s energetic systems.
But bodywork alone doesn’t tell the full story. I’m a long-time meditator, martial artist, dancer, sailor, yogi, and lover of nature. The simple act of moving through my day – physically and sensorially – creates connection with myself and my surroundings. Decades of meditation and martial arts practice – from Aikido to Tai Chi and beyond – have taught me about presence, listening, and the being-to-being energy that Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy invites.
In 1999, I began what would become several decades of studying meditation with Richard Miller. I stumbled into a six-week Yoga Nidra workshop, and one thing led to another – weekly sanghas, workshops, exquisite retreats, a multi-year study of the Yoga Sutras, and a year-long course on the breath, Pranayama. Attending iRest® Level 1 & 2 Trainings gave me tools to offer these practices to others and led to my certification as an iRest teacher. For nearly three decades now, Richard’s teachings continue to shape how I live and work: welcoming what life brings, feeling into our sense of Being, encouraging body-centered inquiry and joy.
All of these threads – bodywork, meditation, movement, presence – weave together in the craniosacral work I offer. The hands-on touch is gentle, but what happens beneath is profound: your nervous system settling, your body remembering its capacity to heal, stillness creating space for restoration.
I live in Marin County, California, where I swim, hike, and steep in the wonder.