Introducing myself and my journal

About Me:
I live in Flagstaff, AZ and am a wife and mother of two children. I consider myself an "interdisciplinary creatrix", someone who works at the intersection of various areas to create paradigm change toward a socially just, spiritually fulfilled, and environmentally sustainable world. I love to collaborate with people of different backgrounds to understand, transform, and heal historical trauma; my passion is working with and learning from survivors of sexual/domestic violence and indigenous people. As a writer, facilitator, dancer, community organizer and embodiment teacher, my goal is to weave together webs of relationship to create a vision of peace for our planet.

Some of my projects include directing a Tribal Bellydance troupe, co-writing a blog, cooking local foods from scratch for my family and friends, learning about and re-membering indigenous spirituality and my connection to Mother Earth, organizing for One Billion Rising, serving on the board of a private foundation, and deepening the inquiry of what it means to be part of one human family.

My Passions:
women's empowerment, healing trauma, sustainability, peace, social justice, local foods, indigenous land rights

My Challenges:
feeling sorrow at the state of violence on our planet; being discouraged by outdated historical attitudes about women and earth that are hurting all of us

My Vision for the Future:
Healing, Peace, Justice, Sustainability, Women Speaking Out, Indigeneity

My Areas of Expertise:
Tribal Bellydance, Embodiment, Sustainability