I have been licensed and practicing massage therapy for 14 years, working in private practice in Portland, Maine for 5 years. I am a sex educator and teach Body Enrichment classes for the Institute for Sexual Education and Enlightenment. For 3 years I co-facilitated sexuality workshops with my colleague Dana Fadel with our business Sex of Self. I continue to find ways to create workshops that illuminate and celebrate our sexuality.
As a massage therapist I help my clients feel integrated into their own body. I tend toward giving slow paced and deep work. I find that presence is the most important ingredient in both the giver and the receiver of the massage.
What I value most about being a sexuality educator is that I get to remind and redefine what sexuality is to any given individual. I get to be an impetus for integrating this often, under examined part of our lives. I really enjoy creating safe spaces for people to let down their guard and be honest with themselves. Sex continues to be a topic that is confusing at times and wrapped up in the complexities of relationship and skills in intimacy that we were never taught. This is where I come most alive professionally; when someones perspective changes and in turn deepens their intimacy with themselves and the ripple effect this can have in their relationships.
My experience and interests live out my desire to be connected and to learn from and with the body.
As a massage therapist I help my clients feel integrated into their own body. I tend toward giving slow paced and deep work. I find that presence is the most important ingredient in both the giver and the receiver of the massage.
What I value most about being a sexuality educator is that I get to remind and redefine what sexuality is to any given individual. I get to be an impetus for integrating this often, under examined part of our lives. I really enjoy creating safe spaces for people to let down their guard and be honest with themselves. Sex continues to be a topic that is confusing at times and wrapped up in the complexities of relationship and skills in intimacy that we were never taught. This is where I come most alive professionally; when someones perspective changes and in turn deepens their intimacy with themselves and the ripple effect this can have in their relationships.
My experience and interests live out my desire to be connected and to learn from and with the body.