Hi, I’m Tess.

I'm here to hold space for you to arrive—

In wholeness.
In bodyfulness.
In authenticity.
In the movement of life that you are.

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 body-mind healing through yoga led me to study movement science and the miraculous microcosm of the inner landscape. In graduate school I filled my frontal lobe with bodily blueprints and biomarkers of well-meditated minds, 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 ancient traditions that inquired into body, mind, and consciousness through direct experience. These wanderings took me to India, Nepal, and Indonesia, where I spent two years studying yogic systems of healing and embodied liberation. On paper I have steeped in over 3,000 hours of study in yoga, movement, and meditation and hold certifications in Vinyasa Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Yin Yoga, Somatic Yoga, Myofascial Release, Classical Non-dual Tantrik Yoga, Sound Therapy, Authentic Flow, Somatic Ecstatic Dance, Shake the Dust, and Embodied Yin.

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. Sound is at the heart of my offerings - I love to play with words and rhythm, sing with my harmonium, and make a playlist that feels like a story. My classes are embodied, trauma-informed, nature-based, and from the Heart.