I grew up a surfer girl and athlete on a beautiful island off Charleston SC  which led me to Hawaii to compete in professional surfing. 

A lifeguarding accident in 1981 (sacral fracture and 2 ruptured discs and surgery), unfortunate at the time, caused me to be bedridden for 2 years. Allopathic medicine couldn't help me any more and chiropractic made me worse.  This led me to Manual Therapies and Iyengar Yoga for relief of severe leg and spinal pain. Many people understand that the best healers are wounded healers and I have experienced, studied, and practice many powerful techniques from very subtle (cranial sacral therapy) to very deep -Rolfing, Acupressure, Neuro-Muscular Therapy, Rossiter Coaching, Thai Medical Massage, Myofascial Release, Breema Bodywork, and more.

In 1985 I opened my first practice in Haleiwa on the North Shore where I stayed surfing and practicing massage and yoga for 20 years.

In Hawaii you wait for the surf to go down not up, so I surfed almost every morning and saw clients (many famous- see my testimonial page-) all day. 
Working for myself has afforded me the luxury to travel to Bali (5 times), Fiji, Thailand, Singapore, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Canada and all over the US to study and teach (and hopefully surf) with the best in the industry.

See my WHAT I'M UP TO PAGE to get a glimpse of where i'm traveling to next an what I am studying.