ZanShin Educational and Personal Development is a school of awareness and thought that combines Eastern practices of meditation and Aikido with Western psychology and educational/tutoring methods to provide academic and personal growth as well as support to children, parents, and adults. It is a system that has been applied to promote organizational skills, as well as calmness, in areas where performance anxieties manifest, such as school work, athletic competitions, music performances, and the stresses of daily life.

I help students confront and open to their fears, calm down when frustrated, and connect to their greater intelligence, which includes, though is greater than, mental activity alone.  It is this integrated, full body intelligence that helps them to be at choice, rather than in effect, of the situations and challenges that confront them.

My intention is to teach by example, using methods of positive communication and patience, to help children to do the same. This assists them to discover their own optimal way of learning.

ZanShin is a Japanese term used frequently in the martial art of Aikido.  It translates as "unending quality of attention", "unbroken concentration", or "the heart that remains."  ZanShin is the primary method that I, and many Aikido practitioners, have used to expedite the learning process.  This quality is my life's committed practice, and both what I engage in while serving my students, and what I impart to them when I teach.