The Front Yard Tree

Chris grew up in small-town Iowa, where early companionship with nature — and especially a beloved maple tree outside his childhood window — planted the seeds for a lifelong journey of healing, creativity, and deep inquiry.

Over five decades, Chris has woven together experiences from caregiving, psychotherapy, conscious dance, drumming, and various somatic and energy practices. His path has never followed a straight line, but has always been rooted in a heartfelt search for what is true and alive.

With twenty years in direct care and another twenty as a licensed therapist, Chris’s work is grounded in honoring the slow, often messy process of real growth — and in trusting the deep nobility, rhythms, and imagination within every human soul.

Through The Front Yard Tree, Chris is devoted to helping others build their own living architecture of body, mind, and spirit — and to growing communities where transformation can take root, flourish, and serve life in its many forms.

(A longer, more rambling, and colorful version of Chris’s story lives on The Front Yard Tree site.)