I am a 45-year-old US immigrant of Norwegian descent. A meditator for the last decade, I identify as a cis-gender female, spouse, parent, polyglot, and bookworm. I eat vegan, drive solar-powered electric, reuse and recycle with Ridwell, dance to Foo Fighters, cross country in snow, love dogs, and find refuge outdoors. I am waking up to my whiteness through DEIA training (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility) and my white affinity group. I aspire to be an anti-racist. Working in a diverse multicultural elementary school, I run into opportunities to practice this aspiration every day.

My previous medical training and work as a physician (LinkedIn) left me deeply unhappy and unaligned. Re-aligning to my true being, I did Jack Kornfield & Tara Brach’s US-based Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (MMTCP) in the years 2021-23. I offer a six-week online introduction to mindfulness meditation class (info). My teaching approach is diversity- and trauma sensitive.

In 2021 I joined the Online Rains Retreat at Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s International Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism and committed to the Five Mindfulness Trainings.

I see the purpose of my human existence as guiding and supporting fellow humans in healing and reconnecting in reverence to Mother Earth. Therefore, I am passionate about sharing these teachings with the power to heal, transform, and bring joy to life. Please click here for my guided meditation on Joy & Happiness <3

I am forever grateful to my teachers Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh , Vipassana Buddhist Master Dipa Ma, Mother Teresa, Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach, Crystal Johnson, Pema Chödrön, David Loy, Joanna Macy, David Chernikoff, and Kirsten Rudestam.  

Certificates: 

- Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (2021-2023 ) 

- International Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism Online Rains Retreat and Five Mindfulness Trainings (2021)