Hello and thank you for visiting my site. To introduce myself I will share with you what I regard as my resources. We all need them, we all thrive and heal through them.
I love all sorts of artistic processes, getting my hands stuck into making something beautiful and useful is life affirming and deeply satisfying for me. I further resource through movement and ground through sensing into my somatic landscape. Underlying and permeating all, spirituality is my great anchor. For me it means living life consciously and wisely, remembering myself as aware presence and honoring my shared being with all there is. Mother Earth is my mirror and a powerful teacher, and I am continually refining my ways of living in harmony with nature.
I enjoy supporting people in finding their own ways of resourcing, ways of drawing from the inner well of potential; and in sharing their inherent inner wealth and beauty with the world. How do you fill your cup and in which ways does it overflow?
“I live in eternity but dance in time – the world is my mirror and I am its lover.”
~Rupert Spira
Qualifications
Degree in Art Therapy (University of Applied Science in Ottersberg, Germany; NZ Master’s Equivalent, 240 Credit points; 2007-2010)
Diploma in Dance Movement Therapy (Advanced Clinical Practicum with Dance Therapy New Zealand; 415 hours; 2019-2021)
Certificate in ” Mindful Somatic Approaches to Trauma Therapy” with Dr. Paris Williams (Center for Non-Violence & Conscious Living, Dunedin, NZ; 70 hours; 2021-2022)
Diploma (Level 5) in Ceramic Arts (Otago Polytechnic, School of Art Dunedin, 2021-22)
Further Professional Development
Deep Ecology Course “Practices for Awakening and Resilience in a Changing World” with Anna Alex & Br. Tenzin (Deep Ecology Australia; 24 hours; 2022)
Certificate in “Introduction to Internal Family Systems” with Stephanie Mitchell (Connection Heals, Adelaide, AU; 14 hours; 2023)
“Internal Family System (IFS) Intuitive Drawing: Foundation, Self First, Shame, Physical Illness, Exiled Anger” with Ruth Culver ( Calm Heart, Brighton, UK; 15 hours; 2022-23)
Guided Drawing “The Transformation Journey” with Cornelia Albrecht (Institute of Sensorimotor Art Therapy, AU, 12 hours, 2023)
“Brain and Sensory Foundations, Level 1” with Sonia Story (Move PlayThrive, US; 19 hours; 2024)
“Nature Based Expressive Arts Therapy” with Cathy A. Malchiodi (Trauma-informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute, US; 15 hours, 2025)
Art as Resource 