degrees, certifications, training & more…

Degrees:

1999-2000 M.A. Liberal Arts – Creation Spirituality, Naropa University - Oakland, CA
Written Thesis: Activating Your Internal Landscape an Integrative Journey
Thesis Project: Body Re-habitation Project 10-week class

1993-1998 B.A. Theatre Arts – Dance ~ Magna Cum Laude – Department Distinction
Sonoma State University – Rohnert Park, CA

1989-1993 Academic Diploma with Honors ~ Magna Cum Laude
St. Vincent de Paul High School – Petaluma, CA
Honors at Entrance from Sonoma State University

Certifications:

Jan. 2007 Ordained Minister
Universal Life Church ~ Seattle, WA

July 2005 Vinyasa Flow Yoga Facilitator
White Lotus Foundation ~ Santa Barbara, CA

Sept. 1999 Star Flower & Gem Essence Practitioner
Star Flower Essence Academy ~ Santa Barbara, CA

1998-1999 Tian Gong Energy Healer
Tian Gong International Healing Association ~ San Francisco, CA

Aug. 1994 California State Certified Massage Practitioner
Jupiter Hollow School of Massage ~ Santa Rosa, CA

Training:

2008-2010 Heart Circles - Ashland, OR
present, real, creative and connected ~ heart centered communication

2002-2003 Tamalpa Institute – Halprin Life/Art Process - Kentfield, CA
Expressive Arts Training ~ movement, drawing and word

2001-2002 Motherwavework Institute for Transformation – Mill Valley, CA
Healing through movement, breathwork, hypnotherapy & physics

2000-2001 Center for Non-Violent Communication ~ Bay Area NVC - Sonoma, CA

1997-1999 Artemis Institute for Feminist Magick ~ Ritual Training – Sebastopol, CA

1996-1998 Weya Energy Circles with Pomo Shaman Lorin Smith – Sebastopol, CA

1987-2010 Astrology ~ self-educated with many teachers – Earth


Selected Performance History:

The Cosmic Mass ~ Post-Modern Multi-Media Ritual Celebration

6-18-10 One River, Drinking from the Source - Burlingame, CA ~ Mass Creative Director & Co-creator ~ Ritual Leader
7-16-09 Hot & Holy – Asheville, NC ~ Consultant
5-19-2007 The Green Man ~ Mass Creative Director & Co-creator ~ Ritual Leader
5-15-2007 Cosmic Mass Certificate Course ~ Course Designer & Main Facilitator
3-19-2006 Time to Hona’ the Black Madonna
2-13-2005 Holy Inebriation ~ Assistant in Creating the Cosmic Mass Intensive
3-25-2001 Mass of the Flowers ~ Ritual Leader
1-14-2001 Sacred Psyche, Sacred Cosmos
5-21-2000 Honoring the Great Mother ~ Ritual Leader
4-16-2000 Resurrecting the Cosmic Christ
3-19-2000 Celebrating Nature’s Power – Hildegard & the Greenman
~ Ritual Leader
2-13-2000 Uniting Divine Feminine & Masculine
1-23-2000 Dreaming a New Millennium ~ Ritual Leader
12-5-1999 Festival of Lights ~ Ritual Leader
11-25-1999 Native American Thanksgiving
11-1-1999
The Soul of Youth – Remembering Gabe Catalfo ~ Ritual Leader
10-17-1999 African Heritage American Jazz Mass
9-26-1999 Body as Sacred ~ Ritual Leader
6-29-1999 Reviving the Sacred Masculine
5-9-1999 Return of the Divine Feminine ~ Ritual Leader
2-21-1999 Wisdom of the African Diaspora

Dance Performances:

4-2007 Dancing People Company ~ Salon Series – Ashland, OR
2-2007 Transforming the Outcast - Ashland, OR

Goddess Embodiment Dances ~ Solo Improvisational Dances

July 2009 Dancer Arises ~ CSC Conference at Jubilee – Asheville, NC
May 2009
Star Goddess ~ 13 Indigenous Grandmother’s Benefit – Williams, OR
Aug. 2008 Yellow Tara ~ Women’s Good Medicine Gathering – Williams, OR
July 2002 Brown Skin ~ Isis Oasis- Geyserville, CA
Dec. 2001 Liquid Fire Dance ~ Sea Of Dreams – San Francisco, CA
Dec. 1998 Warrior Dance of the Future Goddess ~ Solstice Crafts Fair- Sebastopol, CA
June 1998 Inanna of the Seven Gates ~ Health & Harmony Festival – Santa Rosa, CA
Nov. 1994 Dervish Dance for Kali Ma ~ Sonoma State University – Rohnert Park, CA
May 1994 Candle Dance for Isis ~ Studio Z – Sebastopol, CA

Travelers of Light Multi-Cultural Ensemble ~ Solo, Duet & Group Dances

1994 Sleeping Beauty; A Post-Modern Tale ~ Luther Burbank Center, Santa Rosa, CA
1994 Where Is The Love ~ LBC, Santa Rosa
1993 The Glass Onion ~ Johnny Otis Club, Sebastopol
1993 As Old As The Earth and In The Earth Am I ~ LBC, Santa Rosa
1992 500 Years Now 1492-1992; Re-Discovering Multi-Cultural America Through Dance & Myth ~ LBC, Santa Rosa

1994-1995 PaNaCaEl Dance Co. ~ Solo & Group Dances - Sonoma County, CA

1991-1992 Neo Danz Co. ~ Petaluma & San Francisco, CA