Hi, I’m Tess.

I was raised by the wise rocks and generous rivers of Boulder, Colorado, USA. My grandmother, a practical mystic and scholar of religion, first pointed me down the path of yoga and spirituality. Years later, somatic rebellion led me back to yogic practice in search of relief from chronic pain and anxiety. My body has been my guide and truth-teller ever since.

My experience of healing through yoga led me to explore the miraculous microcosm of the inner landscape. In graduate school I studied movement and meditation science, filling my frontal lobe with bodily blueprints and hoping to grasp the mysteries of somatic intelligence. But the fluorescent lights of academia didn’t shine on many of the questions I had, so I turned to somatic systems and ancient traditions that inquired into body, mind, and consciousness through direct experience. These wanderings led me to dive deeply into the yogic tradition of Non-dual Shaiva-Shakta Tantra (Kashmir Shaivism) and the somatic system of Body-Mind Centering.

I have been guiding yoga, movement, and embodiment practices since 2017. My offerings are always a collaboration with the body-mind-hearts they are shared with. My intention is to show up all-the-way human and I hope you will come as you are, too. As a singer, sound and music are at the heart of my life and my offerings, where I love to play with words and rhythm, sing with my harmonium, and make a playlist that feels like a story.

I currently offer classes and trainings in Somatics, Yoga, Dance, and Voice. I continue to explore my passions of movement and music at the feet of a large volcano in the north of Bali, Indonesia where I live in a small community, close to the soil and sea, with my dog, Amo.