Founder of Path to Calm

At Path to Calm, we believe that cultivating greater calm and steadiness can become a foundation for meaningful change — in our personal lives, our communities, and the wider world.

The practices offered here draw from ancient contemplative traditions, including yoga, breathing practices, meditation, and mindfulness teachings rooted in the Buddhist tradition, along with time-honored nature-based approaches to well-being.

My work is grounded in deep gratitude for the teachers and wisdom traditions that have shaped my understanding of yoga, meditation, mindfulness, and embodied awareness — and for the ways these practices help us move through the experience of being human with greater clarity, steadiness, gratitude, and compassion.

Why I Teach

My path to these practices came through necessity.

For more than twenty years I worked as a victims’ rights and social justice attorney representing survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. The work was meaningful and urgent, but it was also demanding and often deeply taxing.

As years unfolded, the constant, daily, high levels stress led to serious illness, including autoimmune disease and depression. My nervous system had become stuck in survival mode, and no amount of willpower could override what my body was telling me.

During that time, yoga, breathing practices, and meditation became essential supports in my life. Through steady practice, I began to learn how to truly rest and restore, how to breathe again, and how to listen to what was happening inside rather than constantly just pushing through.

Gradually, I began to become more well than unwell. Next, I became more well than I had ever been in my adult life.

These practices helped me rebuild stability in my body and mind and taught me how to create a sense of internal safety even when the external world remained challenging.

Over time, what began as a personal lifeline became a calling to share these practices with others navigating stress, overwhelm, and the realities and pressures of modern life. I founded Path to Calm in 2013 and have been teaching steadily ever since..

My Approach

Many mindfulness and wellness teachings assume people are beginning from a place of calm or stability.

My approach assumes the opposite.

Most of us are navigating demanding work, caregiving responsibilities, social and political injustices and uncertainty, and the cumulative effects of long-term stress. The practices I teach are designed to meet people exactly where they are.

These practices:

• work in imperfect conditions
• can be practiced in short periods of time — sometimes just a few minutes
• address nervous system dysregulation directly
• build resilience through consistency rather than intensity

Rather than encouraging people to escape life’s difficulties, these practices help us learn how to arrive fully in our lives with steadiness and clarity.

They are not about bypassing difficult realities. They are about developing the internal resources that allow us to meet those realities with wisdom and compassion.

Training & Teaching Influences

My teaching reflects many years of practice, formal training, and deep gratitude for the teachers and traditions that have shaped this path.

I am a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Instructor through the University of California Berkeley’s 2.5 year Greater Good Science Center, a program led by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield, with mentorship from Kate Johnson.

I also hold multiple certifications in the yoga tradition of TriYoga®, founded by Yogini Kaliji, often described as “ancient yoga for modern times.”

My TriYoga training includes study with Yogini Kaliji, Theresa Shay, Santoshi Devi and Gita Means. I am certified in a range of yoga modalities including:

• Yogaflow® (movement practice)
• Prana Vidya — the science of breath, energy, and meditation
• Pranayama — conscious rhythmic breathing
• Dharana (concentration practices)
• Dhyana (meditation)

My understanding of mindfulness has also been strongly influenced by the writings and teachings of the late Thích Nhất Hạnh, and also teachers and writers Sebene Selassie, Kate Johnson, Tara Brach as well as the study and practice with many classical Buddhist and yogic texts.

These Eastern traditions are not my cultural inheritance by birth. However, I offer what I have learned where appropriate with deep gratitude and with a continued commitment to honoring the teachers and cultures that have preserved these wisdom traditions for thousands of years.

Rooted in the Natural World

For more than twenty years I have lived in the mountains of Central Pennsylvania, and am lucky to live nearby hundreds of thousands of acres of public land and spend a lot of time exploring wild natural places.

The natural world continues to be one of my most important teachers.

Time spent in forests, along streams, and under open skies has also been an essential part of my own learning and healing and remains deeply woven into the way I teach.

Who This Work Is For

The Path to Calm community includes people walking many paths.

Many are navigating demanding professions, caregiving responsibilities, or the cumulative effects of long-term stress. Others arrive simply looking for steadier ways to meet the challenges of modern life.

Students often include:

• caregivers and parents
• activists and advocates
• professionals working in high-stress fields
• people navigating anxiety, burnout, or chronic stress
• anyone seeking practical mindfulness practices that work in everyday life

Some students are completely new to meditation. Others have practiced for many years.

What they share is a desire for practices that help them cultivate steadiness, clarity, and compassion in the midst of real life.

An Integrated Life

Justine’s professional life reflects an integrated approach to personal and collective well-being.

In addition to her work through Path to Calm, she has spent more than twenty years working as a victims’ rights attorney and advocate representing survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. She holds a J.D., cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She continues to work with legal professionals and advocates through training, consulting, and select legal work with Justine Andronici Law and Consulting.

Justine is also co-owner of Purple Lizard Maps, an outdoor recreation map company that encourages people to explore and connect with the natural world.

These different areas of her life are not separate from one another. Each informs the others.

Begin Your Path to Calm Practice

If this work resonates with you, there are several ways to begin.

You can explore the Path to Calm membership, join the weekly online Wednesday Reset group practice, or sign up for a session and explore working with Justine individually.

Wherever you are beginning from, and wherever you are heading, you are welcome here.