Breathe —& Begin

I’m not your traditional shanti, shanti, incense yogi. I’m more of a “just breathe, bitch” kinda gal. I’ve faced a lot of trauma in my life, starting early in childhood, and was lucky to have basketball as my refuge. It gave me a way to refocus and reset, no matter what else was going on in my life. When that outlet was gone, alcohol became my focus and stopped me from living the way I knew I could. I knew I had to make a change. That change began with meditation through the Meditation for Recovery at the San Francisco Zen Center. After becoming sober in my late 20s, I began to understand breath not as an escape, but as an anchor—something I could return to again and again.

After graduating with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in social work, I worked in Silicon Valley and across national and international markets, helping established companies and high-growth startups navigate performance, employee engagement, and cultural transformation. No matter the industry or pressure, one thing remained constant: my ability to manage stress and maintain focus through breath. What started as a personal practice evolved into something more—a way to bridge high performance and well-being. Breathe and Begin is the next step along that journey: a space to support sobriety, manage stress, and help people begin again in all their perfectly, imperfect ways.