Julie McKay Covert is a published author, photographer, therapist and teacher who lives in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan on the shores of Lake Huron. She is the author of "The Insightful Body: Healing with SomaCentric Dialoguing," which is a book that teaches therapist how to improve communication with their clients and helps their clients become more aware of their body. Currently she is finishing the layperson version of that book.In July 2012 she published her second book, "Art of Winter," a photographic essay that explores the beauty that winter creates with ice and snow.Julie lives off the grid on a private 40 acre island with her husband on the Eastern-end of the Upper Peninsula on Lake Huron. She is curious about life; she enjoys nature and has a thirst for experiencing life. Her passion for nature is seen in her photographs and expressed in her writing.She has a private bodywork practice in Drummond Island, Michigan and travels the country teaching bodywork, dissection and dialoguing workshops.Along with writing and photography, she enjoys reading, good cooking, contra dancing, hiking, and anything related to water - swimming, snorkeling, canoeing, and sailing. They live off-the-grid using solar energy for electricity and wood and propane for heating and cooking. Julie is actively writing a memoir about her first year of living off-the-grid on the island in Lake Huron. Think "Forty Acres of Heaven."For more information about Julie and her work, photography and writings see www.JulieMCovert.com and www.JulieMCovert.wordpress.com