Trained in Los Angeles and San Diego, Heather worked for over ten years in southern California with chiropractors focusing on professional athletes (golf, equestrians, football, snow-surf-skate, Olympic track and field, etc.) and spas catering to upscale clients including Hollywood stars. She has surfed from Seattle down the California coast to Mexico, as well as exotic locales including the Mentawai islands in Indonesia, the Maldives, Australia,  Hawaii, Cape Cod, and Chicago. She grew up riding horses, and spent many years studying and teaching Ashtanga yoga.