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I am a somatic coach with 20+ years of mindful movement practice.
I am an irreverent humored Unitarian Universalist minister, trained massage therapist, embodiment guide, ecstatic dance facilitator & dj, mindful activist, systems thinker, survivor, student of nonviolent communication, polyvagal theory, the neurobiology & embodiment of trauma & oppression. I am an abolitionist-in-the-making, committed to personal, collective, and racial trauma healing.
I love to MOVE, dance, be mindful of my body, sense aliveness, and then dance again and again. To be clear, by dance I mean asking my body how it wants to move or not, letting my body lead and be free. Or as a former teacher of mine used to say, "dance ugly and drool".
I love to cook magic, hike trails, knit animals, ice cream cones, and hats for my kiddos. I am a grad student at Naropa University in Boulder, CO, for somatic psychotherapy. I am a seeker, partner, mother + way finder. I am a work in progress.
Learn about my professional experience here.
Why movement, spirituality, and coaching, Erin?
At 22 years old, I was lost, and not just as a young adult, but as a human being. I identified as an ugly duckling who just didn't belong in her family. I was not at all comfortable in my skin and I really thought it was because there was something fundamentally wrong with me; I believed I was unloveable.
I desperately needed a new story and way of being. Therapy, dance, and spiritual teachings and practices helped me find it.
I discovered there was something wrong, and it was not me and it was not that I was unloveable. In therapy I began to understand my shame and self-loathing, and why I had created these stories in the first place. Through dance I was able to tolerate my shame and my story. I let myself feel it, be with it, accept it, listen to it, express it, care for myself, and release it. I found new perspectives, new stories. I found healing.
I now know how to live my life for me. I know I have worth, I know belonging in life is my birthright. I learned to love myself and others, forgive, and came to enjoy and relish being in my skin. I understand how essential this is if we are to cease harming ourselves, others, and the earth. This is the work. This is my joyous calling. This is my passion!
We all deserve to feel magical and alive in our skin. Whatever personal or societal harm takes us away from knowing ourselves as sacred is a cry for social change and healing.
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