* Oxygen Advantage Master Instructor
* Functional Movement Specialist
* Masters in Physical Therapy
About Me
After 30 years as a physical therapist, I discovered something revolutionary: What if, instead of focusing on what’s wrong with you, we unleash what’s possible?
Before my healthcare transformative journey, I lived, worked and played as a professional triathlete—competing at Ironman distance with numerous sub-12-hour finishes while balancing graduate school. With partial sponsorship in both triathlons and trail running in school and early days in healthcare, I was in the early wild days of ultra-distance endurance: Leadville 100, Hard Rock, Moab 24-hour, and other events just emerging on the fringe of what seemed humanly possible. I trained alongside elite athletes while studying in the University of Colorado’s cutting-edge exercise physiology labs, always seeking the edge of human performance.
Then everything changed. A bicycle crash. Debilitating injuries. A severe back injury that took my legs while helping a patient—something I’d done thousands of times before. The workers’ comp system labeled me “difficult” when their treatments failed. That breaking point became my breakthrough, leading me to the philosophy of Dr. Andrew Taylor Still, founder of Osteopathy, through my teacher Frank Lowen.
Transformation is always possible—it requires directed stimulus, attention, and intention.
Since 1998, I’ve dedicated myself to understanding the body’s profound capacity for self-regulation and self-healing, integrating osteopathic philosophy with Hatha Yoga, manual therapy, and as one of only six Master Breathing Instructors in the United States, the transformative power of breath.
I’ve evolved beyond the traditional medical model. I call myself a health practitioner and performance coach now—because if you have a body and a desire to do well at something you love, that’s performance. Every body has an athlete hidden inside, waiting to excel at what it’s capable of.
Here’s what’s remarkable: I can help you feel stronger and more mobile in just one session, with knowledge to incorporate it into everyday life. My approach saves you time and money while achieving greater possibilities—fast, efficient, meaningful results.
This isn’t about fixing pain. It’s about building extraordinary capacity. I help you when you believe you can perform at higher levels—when you desire more from your body and mind in the things you want to do in your life.
We all have that athlete in us if we have the desire to perform well in life. In work. In service. In play. In exercise. In relationship. In ALL of life.
I’m an explorer of possibilities, inside and out. I love living well, traveling by foot on long adventures, and I’m forever grateful for this wilderness of life we get to explore.