I didn’t find somatic healing by accident.

I found it because my body needed it to survive.

I grew up in a highly dysfunctional home with a codependent mother and a controlling, manipulative, abusive stepfather. As the middle child of three, I learned early that the safest way to exist was to be small, quiet, and unseen. My home was unpredictable, emotionally volatile and I spent as little time there as possible.

Survival taught me how to disappear & hide.
It did not teach me how to feel safe.

When I was thirteen, my mother was finally able to leave. There was a restraining order, divorce papers & relief. And yet, like so many stories shaped by early trauma what followed wasn’t ease, but pattern repetition, hypervigilance and fear.

I became a troubled teen. I entered relationships that mirrored what my nervous system already knew- survival. My self-worth was nearly nonexistent after years of verbal, emotional, and sexual abuse. I used substances, cigarettes, and dissociation to cope through my teens and twenties, doing my best to outrun the pain my body was still carrying. As you know, it doesn't work.

The moment everything changed:

At 23 years old, while living in New York City, I was in another toxic relationship. During an argument, my partner strangled me. I remember being so shocked that my body froze completely, I couldn’t move. And in that moment, I prayed. I asked God to let me live. And I promised that if I did, I would get clean, heal, and devote my life to helping others do the same.

When I finished that prayer, he let go. Then, I was on the next flight home.

That was the turning point, not because life suddenly became easy, but because I finally chose myself.

For the next decade, I worked relentlessly on my healing. I read. I studied. I rewired beliefs. I challenged negative self-talk. I journaled, forgave, processed triggers, and learned how to sit with sadness, anger, grief, shame, and rage.

In 2020, I left the medical field and began working as a trauma informed life coach supporting women recovering from abusive relationships. I saw real transformation but I also noticed a pattern. When I got into my body, my emotions moved easily. When many of my clients tried to do the same, many times, they couldn’t stay there long enough to release. They understood their stories but their nervous systems were still living in survival mode and stuck in the rumination of the mind. They were trying to do “the work”… and still something was missing.

So I went searching and that’s when I found somatic healing and learned the science behind what I had intuitively been doing for years, letting myself release. Here's why somatic healing changed everything...

Learning from the work of Peter Levine (a leading psychotherapist in the trauma recovery space & creator of Somatic Experiencing) and his study of how animals naturally discharge stress after a traumatic event. They shake, buck and jump around to release the extra energy till the nervous system gradually comes back into a balanced place of relaxation. I became deeply fascinated by the body’s innate ability to heal when it’s given the right conditions and able to come back to homeostasis after a traumatic event. If we don't allow the release of energy (cordisol & emotions) to be discharged it becomes trapped or locked in the body- this creates mind loops, triggers, panick attacks, ect. Everything finally made sense!

I pursued full certification and trauma-informed training, working extensively with The Embodied Process (a somatic healing 1:1 process). Over time, I witnessed profound shifts in clients who had previously felt “stuck,” overwhelmed, or unable to regulate emotions no matter how much insight they had.

Later, wanting to bring this work to more people in a powerful yet accessible way, I found 9D Breathwork. Today, I integrate both modalities, Somatic Embodied Processing and 9D Breathwork, to support deep nervous system regulation, emotional release, and reconnection to the self.

How I work:

At Rooted Within, healing is not forced.
It’s not rushed.
And it’s never about pushing through pain.

This work is body-led, trauma-informed, and rooted in safety and gentle curiosity. We don’t bypass emotions or relive trauma, we gently support the nervous system in releasing what it no longer needs to carry.

Whether through 1:1 sessions or group breathwork journeys, my role is to guide—not fix—to hold space for your body’s wisdom to lead the way home. Your job is to allow.

Why Rooted Within exists

Rooted Within was created for those who:

* Have done some of “the work” but still feel dysregulated or stuck

* Grew up in dysfunction and learned to survive by disconnecting

* Are tired of overthinking healing and want to embody it

* Long for safety, self-trust, and grounded presence, not just insight ro awareness.

* Are ready to rewire the limiting beliefs that hold them back from a preferred experience or life.

Healing doesn’t come from becoming aware of your patterns.
It comes from releasing the stories, beliefs and emotions that are locked in the body and believe that you are still in survival.

The truth is your body has been holding stories your mind can’t solve alone, you’re not broken, you just haven't had the healing path that helps the body & the mind...

This work starts when, you’re ready to come home to yourself.

If this resonates, I invite you to explore working together through private sessions or group breathwork journeys and begin the process of healing from the inside out.