About Me

I have been devoted to my yoga practice since 2004 after an introduction to Ashtanga during University. I walked into a class at the Yoga Loft and knew that this was a world I needed to be a part of. Over the years, I began to learn more about living a yogic lifestyle and the benefits of regular practice. After a later-term pregnancy loss in 2014, yoga became a source of healing for me. I took a leap of faith, and decided to attend a 200hr Iyengar teacher training in Costa Rica. Returning renewed, with passion to teach and share the benefits of Yoga with my students.

Over the last two and a half years I have returned to my love of Ashtanga and a strong Vinyasa practice. Mysore style practice is both humbling and empowering, and has impacted how I choose to teach my own classes. More often than not, I prefer to teach a strong, Ashtanga based practice that blends together breath, challenging postures, and a little bit of laughter. My goal is to help students to enjoy the journey and accept that not every day is the same; to find the lightness in their practice, and never compare theirs to others. 

I also have a passion for bringing the benefits of a consistent yoga practice to athletes of all types. Being constantly surrounded by elite level athletes has given me great insight into the challenges of high impact exercise and how it can effect the body. I have been working to help athletes utilize this practice for joint stabilization and mobility, core strength, injury prevention and breath control.

My greatest inspiration is my three children; their playfulness and fearlessness are reminders to take life as it comes.

My Training:

200 Hour YTT ~ Marianne Wells Yoga School
100 Hour Level 2 YTT ~ Ryan Leier & One Yoga Faculty
50 Hour Yin YTT ~ Jennifer Raye
200 Hour Rocket YTT ~ Carson Clay Calhoun School of Yoga

Mysore style study with:
~ Sharmila Desai
~ Iain Grysak
~ Mark Robberds

Workshops:
~ Nicki Doane
~ Janet Stone

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