I'm Barbara.
I've helped hundreds of clients restore their nervous systems,
re-align their physical bodies, and choose peace of mind.
Hello!
Born, bred and eventually injured as a dancer, I learned what I offer through years of self-discovery, healing injuries and working through anxiety.
After 25 years I’ve compiled educational healing tools. I’ve siphoned through what works and what doesn’t. I make healing clear, so I can offer people like you bite sized bits of wisdom, tools and resources to heal what took me over two decades to gather.
When I was little, all I knew was I wanted to perform. I wanted to sing and dance and make people feel good. My soul was probably most aligned with Broadway show tunes or comedy, but I found myself in the realm of classical ballet. This led to a lot of performing, AND a lot of performance anxiety, perfectionism, and injury.
After making it to what I thought was the absolute top, New York City, I was blessed with a debilitating injury. My dance career ended and my healing journey began. The most important thing I learned….
YOU HEAL YOU
I was told a million things along the way. I was told I could never dance again. I was told I needed surgery. All of this stoked my inner rebel and along with my incredible support system (thank you mom and dad), I learned another forever lesson.
FOLLOW YOUR GUT
I worked with incredible teachers and healers and learned how to HEAL MYSELF by LISTENING TO MYSELF.
Early in my recovery, I knew I needed to give this to others. I got curious. I studied human form, Pilates, yoga therapy, functional movement, and bodywork methods. I started helping people heal.
In 2007, I started coming up against road blocks in my own growth and in my clients’. I needed more. An x-boyfriend suggested the Art of Living, a community and program focused on meditation & well being. So, off I went to work with myself. I found my breath. I learned the work of true meditation and the mind.
As I learned, I gave this work to others, and I learned that there is no separation between the physical and the emotional.
THE BODY HEALS AS THE HEART, MIND AND SPIRIT HEAL
If you're holding emotion, you're holding pain.
So, I stopped teaching Pilates. I stopped working solely in movement education. I studied more and worked with incredible breath teachers, coaches and healers. My work is highly focused on moving pain out of the body and healing repetitive patterns that are keeping you unwell, injured, in pain and in stress.
And here we are!
I BELIEVE IF YOU'RE READY AND WILLING TO DROP IN AND DO THE GOOD WORK, YOU CAN HEAL TOO.
In Gratitude to all of my teachers...
Thank you for involving and inspiring me...
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."-Benjamin Franklin