I opened Sacred Spaces in 2001 wanting to live a more fully alive, aware and "sane" lifestyle, drawing together an informal community of like minded others, of friends.

"Sacred Space" is what we share when we meet together. Here we can sit together, individually or in groups, to know ourselves and each other in truth. For me, words like truth, joy, freedom, love, consciousness, reality, creativity, flow, life, God, Source, awareness, peace, Spirit, Self, happiness -- all point to the same truth of who we ultimately are.

I lived in tribal cultures as a child and this early connection with indigenous people was a strong influence and grounding for me. It drew me to spend time with native people here in North America, staying on reservations as a young adult.

My greatest teacher is an undeniable, unconditional, ever-present knowing within. We could call it a heart-knowing or a body-knowing (because it is non-verbal, or pre-verbal). It is deeper than even that and we all have it. It is a living Presence, that is both me and yet far beyond me, where truth, love and infinite mean the same thing. Although it is sometimes subtle, it is endlessly present. It is awake, andoften best known in stillness and in nature. And so I might also say that nature, the natural world, is my principal teacher.

To give you another perspective, here are a few of the wise beings whose work we talk about most often at Sacred Spaces: Eckhart Tolle, Adyashanti, Pema Chodron, and Ramana Maharshi.

Here is a more formal biographical statement, if you'd like it:

Judy's credentials include a bachelor's degree in Psychology, MBA, Certified Holistic Health Counselor, Transformational Counseling Degree, and Certified Intuitive Healer from the Stillpoint School of Advanced Energy Healing.

Her work is rooted in decades of spiritual practice and study in Christian, Native American, Buddhist, Advaitic Hindu and Nondual traditions. Her university work emphasized Jungian psychology. She spent much of the 1980's and 1990's studying and practicing breath and body integration work, transpersonal counseling, hands on healing (reiki), meditation practices and yoga.

Judy speaks regularly at conferences, area churches and for community organizations. She was an invited participant in Harvard University Divinity School's Women Healing Women Symposium. Judy has taught through Framingham State University and has authored a number of articles for Body Mind Spirit, Sacred Pathways Magazine. She wrote the Spiritual Health column for the MetroWest Daily News, Community Newspaper Corporation over several years.