She trained at The Institute for Health and Healing at the California Pacific Medical Center Hospitals working with patients suffering from severe illnesses, including cancer and autoimmune conditions, and works with trauma and PTS/D. She earned her masters degree in transpersonal counseling psychology from The California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. She received her bachelor's degree in writing and literature from the buddhist institute, Naropa University, in Boulder, Colorado and has been a certified yoga teacher since 2001."