Support Our Journey to Inspire, Heal, and Change Lives.

Did you know that the number one predictor of a long and happy life is having warm social connections? Let's increase the local happiness level by creating a beautiful, inviting space for social gatherings: dance classes and events, painting classes, knitting groups, mental health workshops and retreats, and so much more!

It is my wish and wholehearted ambition to create an inviting space that houses a beautiful space for social gatherings and dancing, approachable forms of mental health counseling, therapeutic massage, and holistic arts-based group therapy classes that are fun as well as healing. The space will also host a variety of arts-based workshops taught by community members and local artists. A variety of social gatherings will occur on a weekly basis to give people an enjoyable way to build connections and strengthen existing bonds. Muse Be Inspired will be a place to engage the body, enrich the mind, inspire the soul, and heal the whole.

After growing up on a small family-run dairy farm in rural Ohio, I followed my heart and pursued a career in dance, which helped me experience many cultures. Along my journey, I was honored to perform and teach dance to many individuals of different backgrounds, and I noticed the strong impact that can be had on one's mental health and the overall shape of their life when they begin to engage in their body, understand more about themselves through living in their body more, and connect with others through movement. I witnessed months of work in postural shifts that were followed by reports of getting a promotion for the first time in a 10-year career! Work on clarity in body-level communication led to proud introductions of much-desired romantic partners. Understanding oneself blossomed as people grew as dancers and members of the dance communities. As our technology advances, we can now see the power of posture on our circulating stress hormones. We are beginning to better understand and harness the capacity to facilitate emotional shifts through how we engage in movement. People are beginning to shift away from medications that offer temporary band-aids for depressive and anxious symptoms, and they are looking for a path back to understanding how to utilize the body's innate capacity for healing.

Muse uniquely addresses mental, physical, and social well-being through approachable and affordable professional services and community events. We will offer clinical mental health services through palatable arts-based approaches grounded in research, massage therapy, and will establish a strong community presence through health-based community workshops, social dance classes, and other social gathering events. It will truly be an environment for people to be inspired. With a focus on fun as well as holistic health, we will provide services to engage with the body, enrich the mind, inspire the soul, and facilitate personal healing and growth to help a person feel and function as a more cohesive whole as well as build important social connections and strengthen the sense of community.

This home for healing, joy, connection, and the arts has taken many years for me to clearly envision the dream, obtain the appropriate professional licensures, gain the knowledge, and hone my skills. After more than a decade of actively pursuing this dream, I am finally ready to ask for the support of those who I have had the privilege of crossing paths with in this life, and even those who I have yet to meet, but who may be inspired to help put a few more ripples of goodness into the world, and help make this place of healing a reality. Help me open the doors to Muse so that we can change the world one life, one felt shift, one meaningful moment of movement and connection at a time.