I have a B.A. in International Relations and an M.A. in Latin American Studies with a focus on Women and Cultural Anthropology. I pursued my education in Reproductive Health, Gender Studies, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Mediation to work as a Reproductive Health Educator, a High School teacher, a Counselor for battered women and children, a Sexual and Gender Harassment Advisor, a Human Rights Advisor and Investigator, and finally as a Workplace, Small Claims, and Family Mediator. By then the mother of two beautiful little girls, my husband’s work took us to India, Thailand, Singapore, Nepal, Bhutan, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Colombia. Those phenomenal experiences left the indelible prints in our hearts and spirits.

Being constantly on the move, faced with new realities and needing to regularly reassess our priorities, our family was molded to retain the essential: feeling enriched and fortunate by each new lesson, embracing diversity as the only gateway to self-actualization, understanding that we were a small part of a greater whole, living mindfully in the present and giving our best for as long as it lasted. During my continuous search for better ways to live and impart that knowledge to my family, I studied Naturopathy in India with Dr. Salila Tewari and Dr. Sunandini Sharma, and Acupressure with Dr. M.C. Varma. This consciousness raising training has taught me, among other things, what it takes to be and stay healthy by eating well.

The second pillar of AWAKENING is physical fitness, which is part and parcel of a healthy lifestyle. The solution to healing must be approached from all these fronts, mind & body. I trained as a Dynastretch Guru and as a Pilates Instructor, in Mat and Reformer with Eduardo Prieto, the top teacher, trainer and promoter of Pilates in Latin America, and founder of PILATES PRO. In Bogota, I also studied Mat and Standing Pilates with Maria-Clara Ramirez Roa, Physiotherapist and BALANCED BODY Master Pilates Teacher, Founder of THE PHYSICAL MIND INSTITUTE. I am a graduate of Stott Merrithew Pilates Training Headquarters of Toronto Canada. As such I am a Stott Certified Pilates Instructor in Mat work, Reformer, Cadillac, Stability Chair, Ladder Barrel, Spine Corrector and Arc Barrel as well as a Stott Certified Specialist in Post Rehabilitation Conditioning.

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