Probably not! I work with folks 13+ (under 18 with the signed consent of a guardian) and my oldest client was in their late 80s.

Western culture prioritizes youth and teaches us to fear and fight aging. But, aging and mortality are facts that unite all living beings. I believe in accepting and embracing the aging process.

Growth, evolution, strength, and continued becoming are only possible if we allow ourselves to get older. Understanding and exploring your relationship with your age, mortality, and the challenges that come with aging, is a great place for us to work together.

Our aging and changing bodies ask us to adapt and explore new and different ways of being. My approach is rooted in a methodology called “training for neuroplasticity”. Neuroplasticity is the ability of our nervous systems to adapt our bodies’ responses to the environment and circumstances that surround us, in real time. It’s a balance between ritual (doing the same thing over and over again), and novelty (things that make the activity new again).

I prefer to work with folks long-term, though there are times when someone just needs a few months or a handful of sessions to get some questions answered or find direction. That’s totally okay too!

I will never try to sell you or pressure you to do something you don’t want to do.

That’s a hard question to answer. I do not program, coach, or guide towards aesthetic goals and I do not believe that weight is a good indicator of health. If that’s what you’re looking for specifically, there are plenty of coaches out there who will do that work with you. That said, I respect your goals and do collaborate with folks who are pursuing these things, though it’s not something we prioritize or consider as part of our time together. Instead, we can focus on connecting with your body exactly as it is, and reflect over time on (if/how) things have changed.

Bodies adapt to the activities we do, especially when those activities are repeated regularly over time (months, years, decades). Sometimes those changes are visible and align with the beauty standards valued by dominant culture, and sometimes the changes aren’t visible or don’t align with those beauty standards. Contrary to what the health and beauty industries would like us to believe, we can’t always control our outcomes.

I’m happy to chat more about this when we meet for our initial session.

Sure! If you are navigating a specific health concern, injury, or topic that impacts your movement or comes up during our time together, it is always helpful for me to be in communication with the providers that are important to you. If this is something you’re interested in, let’s talk more about this during our initial conversation.

First, you’re not alone. Most of the folks I work with identify with one or both of those statements.

I am passionate about working with brand new beginners and with people who don’t automatically feel comfortable in movement spaces. It’s one of the main reasons I do this work.

I always recommend taking the first few months we work together to focus on getting to know one another and exploring some of the different ways we can collaborate. We’ll revisit the things you gravitate toward and table the stuff that isn’t as interesting.