is an empath who loves watching people heal. Her passion is joy, finding it within her own life, and helping individuals and groups discover their own. It is a journey that often begins with physical health, but always it reaches deeper, into heart, mind and soul. The interconnectedness and brilliance of human life never cease to amaze her, and it is this appreciation she hopes to communicate and awaken in her work.

She has been blessed with remarkable teachers, some of whom include Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Donna Eden, Richard Gordon, Bert Hellinger, and Dr. Ann Wigmore. She has trained in numerous healing techniques, including Usui Reiki, Karuna Reiki, Quantum-Touch® energy healing, Huna and Ho'oponopono, N.E.T., Meridian Systems, Family Constellation Systems, Chinese energetics, and Tibetan, Daoist and shamanic healing practices.

She has also studied nutritional healing (raw foods and macrobiotics), and various forms of movement, including mime, yoga, and the internal martial arts of bagua zhang, qi gong, and Kunlun gong fu. Her teachers in these arts include Sifu Christopher Matsuo, Sifu Max Christensen (Lama Dorje), Marcel Marceau, Nelly Natcheva, Erika Batdorf, and Sensei Hidetoshi Mitsuoka.

She is a certified Quantum-Touch® healing practitioner and instructor, Reiki Master (Usui Shiki Reiki Ryoho, Tenchi Shiki Reiki Ryoho, and Karuna™ Shiki Ryoho), retreat facilitator, and stress management consultant in Honolulu. She created EnergyALIVE Seminars®, founded Healing Heart Retreats®, and teaches healing in Japan, South Korea, Hawaii and the U.S. mainland.

She is based in Honolulu and has a private practice and healing office in the Kaheka Professional Building, 1481 S. King Street, Suite 339, Honolulu, HI 96814.