About
I began my journey in meditation and internal practices in 2017, studying across multiple Buddhist traditions, including Burmese and Thai Vipassana as well as Dzogchen. This included retreat practice and study with many teachers such as Christopher Titmuss, Shinzen Young, Erik Pema Kunsang, and Har-Prakash Khalsa.
Since 2020, my focus has expanded to include the role of the body in internal development, leading to the study of qigong and Tai Chi. In 2023, I began training in Sifu Adam Mizner's HME, an approach that integrates physical and attentional training for holistic development.
My work brings these disciplines together into a practical, structured approach aimed at developing clarity, vitality, and consistency through direct experience.
my Spinal Healing Journey
I have been working with structural imbalances and injury for as long as I can remember.
From around the age of seven or eight, I developed a series of significant bone and joint issues as a result of competitive sports. These injuries never fully healed, and over time they combined with a congenital predisposition toward spinal deviation. Scoliosis runs in my family, my mother developed it in the thoracic region, and I began to develop a similar pattern.
Today, my spine presents an S-shaped scoliosis, with one curve in the thoracic region and another in the lumbar region (Cobb angle: 35°). Alongside this, I have also dealt with elements of kyphotic patterning. For much of my life, this manifested as chronic back pain, hip discomfort, joint instability, and a pervasive sense of stiffness throughout the body.
In my early twenties, after stepping away from competitive sports and transitioning into academic life, my condition worsened. Long hours of sitting, combined with poor postural habits and a lack of physical awareness, accelerated the deterioration. Pain increased, mobility decreased, and my overall health declined.
The turning point came through direct, sustained practice. I began working with mindfulness-based methods designed to develop a refined internal awareness of the body which is often referred to as felt sense or body awareness. This was not thinking about the body, but a precise and embodied attention to internal structure, tension, and alignment.
Alongside this, I committed to a system of Internal Arts training focused on opening tissue, mobilizing joints, and reorganizing the body’s structure from within. Tai Chi Gong became central to this process. Through consistent practice, it provided a framework not only for movement, but for structural re-education, gradually aligning the skeletal system and improving the organization of connective tissue.
Over a relatively short period of time, significant changes began to occur. Pain that had been constant for years began to diminish. Mobility improved. Structural asymmetries started to reduce.
This process is ongoing. While most of the chronic pain has now resolved, the deeper structural and tissue work continues. The body is still reorganizing, and refinement is still taking place.
Beyond the spine, this method has also led to the healing of multiple long-standing joint issues—including injuries in the ankles, knees, shoulders, and neck. While not instantaneous or effortless, the approach has proven highly effective in addressing soft tissue dysfunction and restoring joint integrity when applied correctly and consistently.
This journey has given me a direct, experiential understanding of what it takes to work with the spine at a foundational level.