​I was raised by a lively Creek and lush Forest full of Critters. Communion with Nature is my native tongue. I am a Life-Bringer, Life-Bearer, Mother and Grandmother. I presently live in the territory of the Pacific Coast Salish People by th Salish Sea, surrounded by Mountains and Forests. The rest of my Life experiences simply serve as grist for the Mill.

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• Trained in classical music - piano, violin and voice from grade school through college.

• Studied fine art at the Ringling School of Art and Design for two years, and privately for four years.

• Practiced Tai Chi Chuan and Kung Fu (both martial and healing arts) for ten years.

• Began training in Classical Five Element Acupuncture in 1976 with Professor J.R. Worsley.

• Received the Licentiate Acupuncture degree in 1979 from Professor J.R. Worsley at the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture, UK, and continued under his tutelage until his death in 2003.

• Became certified as a Diplomate of Acupuncture by the National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) and licensed by the Washington State Department of Health in 1994.

• Was invited by J.R. Worsley to be a founding member of his Master Apprenticeship Program.  Attended MAP for three years and received MAP Teacher Certification in 1998.

• Through her private practice, supervised a Classical Five Element Acupuncture satellite Teaching Clinic for students of Prof. Worsley’s and for students the Institute of Taoist Education and Acupuncture for twenty four years.

• Served as Supervisor of the Classical Five Element Acupuncture Introductory Clinic at Bastyr Universtity for two years.

• Served as a Primary Faculty Member of the Institute of Taoist Education and Acupuncture in Colorado for seven years.

• In hind sight, through embodied study and practice primarily of the following traditions, solicited the Heavens and Earth for the smallest common denominators of all Sacred Hoops, all Circles and Wheels of Life, all Sacred Teachings:

  • Lakota Native American teachings and rituals

  • Nipponzan Myohoji-Daisanga Japanese Buddhist / Shinto Five Element / Walking Meditation and Chanting Daimoku for No-Nukes and World Peace

  • Sufi Whirling Dervish teachings and practices In the tradition of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi

  • Esoteric Christianity

  • Tibetan Buddhism

  • Bon Five Element cosmology

  • and various other Earth-centric paths along the Way