Both intuitive and intellectual,
spiritual and scientific, Alexa is a meditation instructor, writer, and social worker dedicated to personal and collective wellbeing. She’s helped individuals from various backgrounds cultivate the compassion, discernment, and courage needed to live a fulfilling life. She sources from eastern wisdom traditions, western psychotherapy frameworks, and social science research to build personal programs that help people thrive.
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Writing was my first contemplative practice; poetry and prose have been constant companions since elementary school.
I funded several years of travel and spiritual pursuits through various writing and editing jobs in my twenties.
I have a B.A. in English from the Schreyer Honors College at Penn State (2010). My work has been published in Powder, Psychedelic Medicine, and Yoga Therapy Today, where I was also associate editor.
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I teach on the meditation faculty at Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science. You are welcome to join every Friday at 1 pm ET.
I’ve been teaching across yoga, wellness, and Tibetan Buddhist inspired meditation spaces since 2013.
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I run my own private practice, Presence and Purpose, from my home in Boulder, Colorado.
If you are a Colorado resident and seeking therapy with me, please visit presenceandpurpose.co
Cultivating a contemplative practice builds
STRENGTH WISDOM CLARITY
CONNECTION DISCERNMENT RELATIONSHIP
When we are willing to connect compassionately to ourselves, the ease and sense of deep safety created opens a portal into states of creativity, intuitive insight, and flow. Continually tuning into this wisdom of intuition, this intimacy with the deeper self, mobilizes us to live our lives with fierce authenticity.
