About
THE LONG WAY BACK
Since returning in 2006, my life has been one long act of healing. I found Buddhist meditation through Josh Korda and Dharmapunx NYC. There was still an ember of courage left in me, so I started spending long weekends at a Zen monastery in Upstate New York. I tried years of traditional talk therapy — it helped me understand the psychology of trauma, but something had broken deeper than psychology could reach. I could no longer feel my own heart. I had protected myself from the world for so long that I'd lost my ability to experience love.
Since returning in 2006, my life has been one long act of healing. I found Buddhist meditation through Josh Korda and Dharmapunx NYC. There was still an ember of courage left in me, so I started spending long weekends at a Zen monastery in Upstate New York. I tried years of traditional talk therapy — it helped me understand the psychology of trauma, but something had broken deeper than psychology could reach. I could no longer feel my own heart. I had protected myself from the world for so long that I'd lost my ability to experience love.
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EMBODIED TRANSFORMATION
The birth of my daughter changed that. She looked into my eyes and called me back from the depths. I wept the tears I'd held back for years. Everyone in that hospital room stopped and watched. My heart broke open with the purest love I've ever known. In that moment, I committed to becoming whole. I gravitate towards more Somatic based healing modalities such as breathwork, meditation and QiGong. I've completed the Strozzi Somatic Practitioner training, 200 hr Yoga Teacher Training (at Renew Yoga), and many workshops at Esalen Institute just to name a few. I regularly attend Zen meditation sessions at various centers in the Bay Area. I weave aspects of these practices along with wisdom of my own personal journey of healing into my Men's group facilitation. Our bodies house the memories of the past in our tissues. Over time as men we often have a limited range of acceptable feelings. Somatic practices help us come back into our bodies and experience the beautiful full range of emotions that make this incarnation so rich. |
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THE WORK I DO NOW
I facilitate Men’s Groups in San Francisco, Marin, the East Bay and Petaluma. They include Breathwork, Meditation, QiGong and a portion where we all get to check in and share our personal challenges and blessings. My dharma is to support the collective healing of the Masculine in service of all beings. I hold this work humbly. My own path is dark, deep, and lifelong, and I keep showing up for it. I know this terrain — the terrain of rediscovering your own wholeness. Your path will be your own, but you deserve someone you trust to walk beside you in it. Today I live simply and intentionally in the Petaluma countryside with my wife, our three daughters, our four-legged goddess Shakti, and two cats. I came to this place of love by way of violence and loss. If you feel called, set up a consultation to learn more about the work I do. |
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