Bio

After 33 years of diligently working to make yoga asana practice integrative, I’ve come to a clear and embodied conclusion: yoga poses lack functional context. They prepare you only for more yoga — not for walking, throwing, rotating, or adapting to life’s real demands. While yoga is the science of the mind, modern western practice is stuck on its third rung, asana(yoga poses), which inherently twists structure, compresses joints, and dries out fascia.

Functional Patterns focus on building bodies that move efficiently in the real world. I’m a Functional Patterns Human Foundations Practitioner and have attended The ISI (Institute for Structural Integration) the as well as the DIRI (Dr. Ida Rolf Institute) in Colorado for Rolfing®️. Using biomechanical training and fascial work I help re-establish alignment, reduce compensations, and build true structural integrity in the body.

My work is not about “opening” — it’s about organizing and integrating. Simply loosening up is not integrative, cultivating proper biomechanic function is. If you’re feeling bent out of shape by old paradigms, I help reconnect you to movement that’s evolutionary, intentional, and built to last.