Education
Degrees and Coursework
- Feng Shui Interior Design, New York Institute of Art and Design 2018-2020
- Doctoral Studies in Clinical Psychology, Meridian University 2014-2015
- Master of Arts in Religious Studies, Focus in South Asian Traditions, Florida International University 2009-2011
- Politikwissenschaft, Phillips Universitaet 2004-2005
- Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Analysis, Minors in French and Journalism, Juniata College 2003-2007
Certifications
- Ordained Minister, Universal Life Church 2021
- Women's Spiritual Leadership Coach, Maia Mystery School 2016
- Master of Yoga (500 hr), Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy 2013
- Avalokiteshvera Permission Initiation, His Holiness The Dalai Lama 2011
- Teacher of Yoga (200 hr) Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy 2008
- Wilderness First Aid 2008
Immersive Study
- Ceremonies, Apprenticeship, and Dieta, Peruvian Shamanic Traditions 2011-2019
- Vipassana Meditation, 10-Day Silent Retreats 2007-2014
- Agama Yoga Level I 2011
Papers
- "Ecstatic Dance: A Cure for Disordered Attachment Style" 2015
- "Core Addiction Personalities: The Romantic" 2015
- "The Integral Psychology of Ken Wilbur and Finding Closure" 2015
- "Trauma Informed Therapy" 2015
- "Couples Therapy Reflections" 2015
- "Feminine Ethics in Psychotherapy" 2014
- "Carl Rogers and Person-Centered Therapy" 2014
- "Drumming's Psychoneurological Impact on Social Anxiety Disorder" 2014
- "Shi’a Voices and Contemporary Unrest in the Arab States" 2011
- "A Meek Warrior: Virtue According to Maimonides’ De’ot and the Bhagavad-Gita" 2010
- "Mornings in the Meadow: Falun Gong and Cultivation in Miami", Advanced Fieldwork 2010
- "A Secular Spirituality of Image: Late 19th Century Art Nouveau in Europe" 2010
- "Assāsa- passāsa in the Visuddhimagga: The Search for a Theravada Cosmology" 2010
- "Fidelity in Commentary: A Case Study of Koshas in I.K. Taimni’s The Science of Yoga” 2010
- "Jesus, the Yogi" 2009
- "A Mazatec Heroine and the Sacred Book of Sacred Knowledge: The Hero Journey of Maria Sabina" 2009
- "Psychological Anthropology and Erika Bourguignon" 2007
- "The Brothers Karamazov: Absurd but not Existential" 2007
- "Chaos Theory, Virginia Woolf, and the Universal Unconscious" 2007
- "The Zen Koan and Kierkegaard's Leap of Faith" 2007
- "Prehistoric Humans and Bears: Art, Ritual, and Spirituality" 2006
- "Solidity of ID, Solidity of Second Language Acquisition" 2006
- "The Tibetan Cultural Genocide" 2004