Two central passions have always moved through my life:  music and heart-centered healing.  Early in my life, the two passions seemed to be separate and hard to combine.  And in order to make a living, I had to focus on one, without much room for the other.  Mind-body medicine seemed easier for me to carve a niche in than music, since people seemed to naturally gravitate towards the heart-centered work I developed, and my ideas were welcome and valued at professional conferences and in professional forums.  As a 20 year old singer/songwriter, radio dj's loved my songs, but in a world that liked to put musicians in genre boxes, I did not neatly fit in any one box. (I still don't!)

Over time, however, my musical passion kept bubbling up, demanding my attention.  And I realized how much music was not only a deep sense of expression and connection, but also a healing force. In fact, when I led personal growth workshops, I always brought along an eclectic collection of songs that touched many facets of the heart.  Sure enough, moments would arise when a very specific song would be just right for the healing work a person was doing at that moment.  And I would find myself joyful and grateful I had followed my intuition in bringing that very song along.  Sometimes I would find myself playing the piano and singing one of my own songs in one of those special healing moments.  And sometimes I would invite the whole group to sing together to co-create a healing moment.  I became aware, whether in an intentional healing context or not, music itself was medicine.