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My relationship with the natural world began as a child (as with most of us), with the intoxicating fragrance of a blooming lime tree in my childhood home in Miami. Long before I understood the language of plants, I understood that scent could move something within me.

That early fascination grew into a lifelong exploration of plants, fragrance, movement, and the body. I spent twenty years immersed in dance, beginning with gymnastics and ballet and eventually moving into yoga, qi gong, African dance and professional performance. Along the way, I became deeply involved in natural dyeing and the sensory world of plant materials.

As a young man, the familiar scent of vetiver opened another door, leading me into the world of essential oils, aromatic plants, and distillation. I became fascinated by the ways plants communicate through their aromatic molecules and how those same aromas can profoundly affect our own sensory and emotional experience.

Eventually, movement and scent converged through bodywork.

As a licensed massage therapist and bodyworker (CAMTC 97833) with more than twenty years of professional practice, I have worked with athletes, dancers, and people of many different bodies and backgrounds. My training in this field includes Swedish, deep tissue, fascial work, lymphatic drainage, TMJ work, and subtle energy practices.

For me, these aren't separate disciplines. Scent, movement, and touch are different expressions of the same inquiry: how do we become more deeply connected to ourselves, to one another, and to the living world around us?

Movement has always been my medicine. Bodywork became an extension of that medicine, offering another way to restore ease, vitality, and a sense of freedom in the body.