Tricia was born on Cape Cod and after many years of travel, study, living in Mexico, and exploring other interests, she arrived back on Cape Cod in 2000. She runs her own business (Oasis Integrative Therapies) offering medical massage and yoga therapy and also runs Everybodies Yoga out of the Life Center for Health in Orleans, MA.

In 1980 Tricia was trained as a fitness instructor while living in West Palm Beach, FL. What started out being called “Power-cize” quickly evolved into dance fitness, which Tricia still teaches regularly at Willy's Gym (Orleans, MA) 27 years later.

In addition to dance fitness, Tricia has developed “Get on the Ball” classes using physioballs and concepts from her background in yoga and dance, bringing a very lively and dynamic workout together combining the bandhas of yoga and the core muscles of fitness.

Tricia’s extensive yoga training began in 1988 with certification at the Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA after which she immersed herself for a year in a 5-day a week practice of Bikram’s Yoga. The mirrored studio walls reflected her transition from jazz dance and dance fitness classes into yoga asana. Getting away from the mirrors brought Tricia deeper into her meditation practice and curious to understand newer awarenesses attained when focus is turned inward.

Tricia finished a Masters Degree in Psychology at Antioch University in Seattle in 1994. Using Yoga Therapy as her clinical training she began an intensive study of Iyengar Yoga with Richard Schachtel and later Aadil Palkhivala, who she continues to study with to this day. He opened Tricia up to a deeper understanding of the Heart of Yoga in asana, which Tricia has continued in other trainings with Rod Stryker, Shiva Rea, John Friend, Angela Farmer, Tias Little, Theresa Elliott and Alan Finger.
With two degrees in Massage Therapy, (Twin Lakes College of the Healing Arts & Seattle’s Brenneke School of Massage) Tricia has blended anatomy, psychology, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, extensive yoga training, and dance fitness experience into her own unique and creative style of love, laughter and free expression.