So it's with a full heart that I regret to inform you that my pug-dog Kayla of over 15 and a half years, died this Monday... and for those who know me well, I loved that dog.

She was in steady "old-lady" decline for a couple of years, walking slower and slower because of an arthritic back and hips, and eyes getting progressively worse; but all in all she was a happy, healthy dog…

Below is part of an Instagram post I recently wrote, that describes an aspect of what Maori Healing bodywork helps people with. Details for Saturday are below.

Check out my most recent podcast I did with Sean McCormick from his show, the Optimal Performance podcast. It was really great being on his show, as Sean is a veteran in the Podcast world, having produced well over 200 podcasts. He was really curious to know about what exactly Maori Healing is, and how that relates to the style of coaching I do with my clients.

I’ve spent many years studying, healing, and building my craft and private healing practice. Now I'm ready to be more public about it all. I’ve had the opportunity to speak on a couple of my friends' podcasts, and it inspired me to explore these opportunities further. It was such a fun and rewarding experience that allowed me to share the impact my work has made in my life with all of you; I'd love to continue connecting with all kinds of new people…

I’ve been receiving & providing Maori-style bodywork since I was 29yo (47 now) & I’ve personally received this bodywork on the deepest possible levels.

At that time in my life, I was going through a massive amount of upheaval & I hungered for the work to help me exorcise a lot of emotional baggage I was carrying, while simultaneously & passionately learning to do the work for others.

It’s been a few weeks or so since the Maori visited and I wanted to share a couple of thoughts with you.

First and foremost, I want to thank everyone who came out and received sessions. The two days were full with healing, and I was inspired by all the desire everyone came with in order to heal.

After I sent out the last email regarding my Maori-Healer teachers coming into town, I felt compelled to share more about how exactly this unique kind of bodywork has helped me with my life and how it may help you too.

Really quickly, and for those who have no idea what this work is, it looks like a sports-type massage, meaning that it’s hands on and it works at the root level of your muscle imbalance, pain and stagnation.

The privilege of having my Maori-healer friends/teachers coming all the way from New Zealand to Los Angeles has grown, especially after having lost Manu last year.

Their healing-posse has grown smaller and smaller, and because of that, the privilege has grown larger and larger.

Some people have a difficult time making a connection with how the bodywork portion of healing that the Maori and I do, relates to all the “therapy-style” conversations people have with their coaches and therapists.Some people are very disconnected from their body.

They get that on an intellectual level, the mind is connected with the body, but when it comes to actually feeling…

A humbling Thanksgiving, and holidays to you and your family.

With respect to the numerous shootings, acts of violence, fires, political tension, increased complexity of the world and the speed with which we hear about it all and how it effects each of us on an individual level, I think it’s appropriate to use the word humble…

So I hosted Ata, my Maori-Healer teacher, on Saturday and Sunday March 17th and 18th, and it went great and seamlessly.

The environment all weekend was full with healing, laughter and fun. And for all those who came out and received sessions: thank you for coming and I hope you’re allowing the healing to continue to flow through you; remember, you control that flow, no healer or coach of any kind can do that for you.

So I’ve got good news; my Maori friends are coming into town and I’m going to be hosting them on Saturday and Sunday March 17th and 18th.

Hosting means that I’m setting up healing appointments/sessions for you to partake in receiving from them.

So my Maori-teachers/friends went back home to New Zealand. Their stay here, and the two days that I hosted them with sessions they did for my clients, friends, and family was really great.

The two days went by seamlessly … besides our broken hearts about losing Manu (One of my Maori-healer teachers.)

So as it turns out, I’ll be hosting/booking appointments for people to see my Maori Healer teachers for healing sessions on Friday & Saturday September 29 & 30.

We added LA as one of their stops on their way from touring in Europe and making their way over to Hawaii where they’ll be doing a women’s trauma healing workshop.

For those of you who read my last email, you would’ve heard that Manu, one of my teachers, and favorite people in the world died a couple of weeks ago.

Many people close to my Maori friends/teachers have been expressing a lot of grief and loss these passed couple of weeks.

One of my teachers, and closest people to me in my life, passed away a couple of days ago and I want to share with you a little about that – his name is Te Atua Wera, but most of us knew him as Manu.

I feel so grateful and blessed having known him; no, not from a “spiritual jargon kind of grateful blessed place”, but from the gut, like I’m a better man for having had him in my life.

So here’s the idea I’ve been looking at integrating into my practice; it’s the idea where I’ll be separating the physical, “body-therapy” aspect of what I do, from the conversational aspects of it.

For those clients of mine that see me currently, and especially as of late, you might have noticed the separation of the two; or at least you’ve noticed a subtle shift…

Hey everyone, I’m really excited to share with you that my teachers are coming to LA.

For those who don’t know, my teachers are Maori and they live in New Zealand, so this is quite the treat having them come all this way as one of their stops on their healing tour.

Now that I have your attention, here’s what I have to share with you.

No, I’m not getting a facelift, you’re stuck with the one I have.

I’ve given my website a bit of a facelift to celebrate my switch in my web designer company…

So, it’s been awhile since I’ve written my last email or done my last video to send out and I’m not happy about that.

Here’s why: I got this advice from a friend several months back, sometime before the New Year. They said that they felt the videos I was sending out didn’t reflect the great work that I do with my clients. They also said that I should practice making more videos and not to put them out until…