About Me

Raised with cultural roots and cowboy boots, I grew up between the historic Santa Barbara, California and the Pacific Northwest. I did all of my rehabilitation on the northern shores of the Big Island of Hawai’i.

I was injured in 2012 after falling 30 feet from a tree. I shattered the T4, T11, and T12 vertebrae. My cord was nearly severed apart. I spent 1 month in ICU, another month in rehab, and was released home.

With the help of my teachers, I used the wisdom of warriors and martial medicine to reconstitute my body after spinal cord injury.

Timeline of Teachers

2007 met my first gongfu teacher — Silver — of the “no return system” (late)

2008 began apprenticeship in Taoist Yoga under Sifu Adam Holtey (completed)

2011 began training Professor Chen Man Ching’s Short Form Tai Chi under Jonathan Gaines (late)

2014 began massage therapy training under Kumu Bonnie Henshaw at Hokulani Massage Academy (completed)

2014 began training Xingyiquan, Baguazhang, Taijiquan, Tuina, and craniosacral therapy under the guidance of Sifu Marc Melton of the North American Tang Shou Tao Association (current)

2018 Thai massage certification at Sunshine Massage School Chiangmai, Thailand (completed)

2018 Nanshan training in Jinan under Masters Li Cang and Liu Shuhang (completed)