It has always been my goal and my passion to be 
a nurturing presence and a force for healing, and I’ve been doing it, living it, and teaching it, since 1992.
What began as a passing interest in aromatherapy grew to become a life-long desire to make the lives of others better by helping them heal their pain, improve their lives, and become more fully the person they genuinely are.
Possessed with a passion for making the world a better place, and blessed with an innate ability to share knowledge and information with clarity and insight, I am on a mission to mentor others toward becoming positive forces for healing in the world.
About Kate
The gift of the work that I have done has been learning what it truly means to be part of the healing process. I understand that the greatest gift someone providing comfort, aid, and healing can give to someone receiving it is to be completely present, and that the resulting compassionate presence is the most powerful force for wellness. This state creates an environment that is as healing for the practitioner as it is for the client in their care.
My Pledge to my clients and students is:
To be your guide and your facilitator. I bring my expertise to you as a someone who knows the paths, the shortcuts, and the places of danger and beauty so that you can see them and experience them yourself.
To engage in healing conversation. My work is a conversation, and the best conversationalists know how to listen more than they talk. Your body knows what it wants and how to ask for it. I know that sometimes I just need to be still and enable you to recognize, process, and correct yourself.
To be trust you and your body, and to allow you to as well. I know that your body, both physical and energetic, is a treasure trove of knowledge and wisdom, and that by following it's lead, I can help you to help yourself become more connected with your body, and more comfortable in it.
To work without judgment, expectation or the need to be the expert. I know that having expectations of how your healing process will unfold, or intentions about what the outcome will be, do not bring the kind of results that are deep and lasting. When we enter into our process together, it is most important to be open to the unexpected as that is where the truth is made visible.
To remain in awe. The day I stop being in a state of awe and wonder about how cool this is, how effective, miraculous, and how beautiful, is the day that I stop doing it.
Originally from Western New York, I moved to Minnesota to attend the U of M's MFA program in Theater Design. I quickly found that as much as I loved it, this was path felt incomplete for me. I pursued a Diploma in Herbal Studies from the Australasian College of Herbal Studies, and after completion, I felt the need to "fill in the gaps" that I believed were left in my ability to work with the entire person. I found myself in Ortho-Bionomy® where I was described as "born knowing how to do this work".
The level of profound change I experienced in working with this modality led me to understand that helping others to heal requires - even primarily consists of - getting out of the way. I am constantly uncovering new layers to my work, which as a client-centered approach keeps it fresh, interesting, and fostering innovation and creativity.
My desire to help others by teaching them how to cultivate a healing presence, accompanied by my natural passion and aptitude for teaching, led me to become a Registered Instructor and Advanced Practitioner with Society of Ortho-Bionomy International. I believe that understanding the principles of this work can not only provide a set of useful skills, but can also instigate a powerful, personal transformation.
My commitment to cultivating a peaceful, mindful, and healing state as an important part of my work gave me the experience and insight to develop ways of showing others how to do the same for themselves. It was the awareness of the power of this state that has led me to develop ways to assist others in the helping professions to learn the skills to be a greater, more effective practitioner, as well as a healthier practitioner.
In my final two years as a workshop coordinator, I spent a great deal of time teaching "at the table", and found that I had true knack for finding just the right way to bring clarity to someone as they struggled with understanding the material. I discovered great joy in being the source of that "aha" moment for others, and in celebrating with them their discovery of their own abilities.
These things drove me want to teach, and to develop innovative ways to share knowledge with others. I take great very seriously the responsibility of being the one who is providing not only knowledge, but an opportunity for deep personal transformation.
I have developed a collection of insights and skills that can help anyone in a healing profession to be more effective and more present in their work, and to create an environment that is as healing for the practitioner as it is for the client in their care.
The great value I have found in integrating mindfulness and meditation into my life and my professional practice resulted in the development of classes that teach real-life, practical techniques for helping others to also experience them and their application to daily living. My goal is to assist anyone who suffers with regular worry, anxiety, overwhelm, fear and pain by providing them with skills to be more centered, calm and resilient.
