About me

I believe in the power of women to change themselves — and the world — when they are well-resourced, sovereign in their choices, and fully alive.

Hi, I’m Nona.

I want you to know, my path here was not theoretical.

In my early twenties, I walked into my first yoga class scared and desperate for relief. I walked out of that class with tears streaming down my face and an astonishing sense of being inside my own body for the first time as an adult. I felt, for the first time, what James Joyce meant when he wrote about a man who lived a short distance from his body. In fact, I was living proof — and in that 90-minute class, I landed in my body. It was confusing and wonderful.

I spent the next five years trying to find my way to that state, but moving further away from it.

By my late twenties, I was a financial reporting manager for a publicly traded company, earning six figures, and drowning. I was drunk most nights after work. I was in a relationship that was cruel and dishonest. I was carrying crushing debt that made my gut clench every time I thought about it. And though my body was doing everything it could to get my attention, I was doing everything I could to stay far away from the conversation.

I knew the life I was living was not truly mine. Really, I had known it since that first tear-soaked savasana. But knowing something in your body and being willing to act on it are two completely different things.

My body never stopped telling me - even when I tried not to listen.

Until I couldn't anymore.

How I Came To This Work

Twenty-four years ago, I got sober. Surprisingly, I didn’t shame myself into it — I felt pulled toward the woman I knew I was meant to be. That distinction shapes everything I do, because I know that lasting change doesn't come from self-punishment. It comes from love, from longing, from a deep desire to inhabit your own life.

I became a CPA, but honestly? That was a decision made to please others. And I’m so glad I experienced that, because it offered a distinct contrast to what it feels like to be aligned with love and joy. I became a Martha Beck Master Certified Coach. I earned a Master's in Psychology from Harvard Extension School, and I trained as a yoga therapist, with a thousand-plus hours of learning to listen to the body's intelligence. In addition, I’ve followed the bread crumbs of my curiosity, and I’ve trained in IFS for coaching, trauma-sensitive yoga, energy medicine, the Akashic Records, depth psychology, and our connection to the more-than-human world.

But the education that has mattered most has been my own life.

I live with MS. I have navigated mystery symptoms, chronic pain, and the particular grief of a body that changes despite doing everything “right”. I have moved across the world and back again — we relocated every two years for much of my adult life, while my husband deployed for years at a time. I know what it is to build a life without a stable foundation beneath you. I know what it costs to keep showing up when everything is in flux.

What saved me — every time — was learning to come home to myself — to my own body, my own knowing, my own soft ground.

I became a mother. I’ve watched my daughter grow into an incredible woman. I have built businesses, communities, identities, and I’ve dissolved them and rebuilt them. Through it all, I kept practicing — on the mat, in the chair, in the dark, in the mess of an ordinary life. And I kept finding the same truth: the body knows when you're aligned and when you're not. The body knows what's yours to carry and what isn't. Your body carries deep wisdom, sister, and your body knows the way home.

That is what I offer you.

How I Hold This Work

I work with women at thresholds — menopause, diagnosis, empty nest, injury, the ending or beginning of a life chapter. Women whose bodies hurt and who have been ignoring that hurt. Women who are exhausted from managing everything, living at a distance from themselves.

I bring therapeutic movement, energy medicine, mentorship, and 24 years of my own healing to this work. I regularly receive transmissions from the more-than-human world — from animal medicine, from the mystery — and these inform every session. This isn't woo-woo without results or clinical work without soul. It is both, because you deserve healing and support that honors your whole self.

I work with a small number of women at a time because you deserve that level of care and attention. Within this work, you are held, met, and seen — until you can hold, meet, and see yourself for the glorious, imperfectly perfect human you are.

This work is rooted in a particular set of convictions. You can read what I believe here.

Your Invitation

The next step is a conversation. A free 20-minute call where we feel into whether this work is right for you — no obligation. An opportunity to see if it’s your time and we are a good fit.

If you're feeling a clear yes, trust that.

Either way — trust what your body is telling you.

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Education & Training

  • C-IAYT via Functional Synergy Yoga Therapist 1,000 hour Certification

    Integral Anatomy with Gil Headley and Rachel Scott

    Restorative Yoga Training with Judith Hanson-Lasater

    Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga with Arielle Schwartz 2023

    Yoga for Mobility with YogaBody 2023

    Yoga Nidra Facilitator through Daring to Rest 2020

    Yoga for Trauma with Lisa Danylchuk 2018

    Yin Yoga Level 1 with Kari Kwinn 2016

    Breathwork Facilitator Certification with Barrett Breathworks 2016

    Whole Birth Prenatal Yoga 2004

    RYT 200 through Kripalu 2003

  • Gene Keys Guide Program 2023

    Somatic IFS Certification through Embody Labs 2023

    Internal Family Systems Coaching Practicum 2021

    Internal Family Systems for Coaches 2020

    Nature-Based Coaching Advanced 2015

    Nature-Based Coaching Fundamentals 2014

    Martha Beck Certified Master Coach 2012

    Martha Beck Certified Life Coach 2009

  • Women Rising Flower Essence Practitioner 2018

    Akashic Record Consultant Levels 1 & 2 with Soul Journeys 2016

    Earth Medicine Practitioner Training with Pixie Lighthorse 2015

    Crystalline Consciousness Energy Healing Technique Levels 1 - 4 2013

  • Harvard University Extension School: Master of Arts in Psychology 2020

    WA State CPA Licensure 2009 (inactive)

    Oregon State University: BA in International Business 1996

This work I offer is for women at thresholds — and I mean all women. I am committed to creating a space where women of every race, body, background, and life experience are most welcome. This is ongoing work for me, and the learning is never complete. I hold it with humility and continue learning. If you have questions, I welcome you reaching out.

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