When I was a child, I loved spending time in a backyard cherry tree. It had a branch that had grown shaped like a seat, so I was secure while letting the tree hold me. I often did nothing but look around and dream. Sometimes I climbed up with a book and cocooned under the canopy for hours, or used the backyard to run, jump, flip, and - best of all – cartwheel!

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As I grew older, I kept reading but stopped moving my body with such joy. In my mid- thirties, my inflexible hips prevented me from using the stairs properly. It was then I knew I needed yoga!  I started in my local gym a couple times each week, and soon noticed that a gradual increase in flexibility accompanied other positive changes in my life. I reconnected to my interest in meditation, which previously frustrated me because I could never find a comfortable seat.  It was fun to move with more grace and confidence.  Moods stabilized and choices became easier.

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Now, I teach yoga and meditation full-time. I do my best to make concepts and practices simple and helpful. Through discoveries, injuries, set-backs, and epiphanies, I’ve remained passionate about facilitating communities around a cycle of learning, healing and sharing. My classes, workshops and retreats are rooted in curiosity and kindness. I pass on the wisdom that yoga is not just something done on a mat, but a way of being in the world.

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Devotion and gratitude to the most influential of my many teachers over the years – Rolf Gates, Lori Gaspar, Shamash Alidina, Jim Bennitt, James Tennant, and Bernie Clark.  I have completed trainings in Vinyasa, Yin, restorative, meditation, Yoga for Strength and Stability®, trauma, Tantra, and Ayurveda. I intend for classes to be physically and mentally challenging but emotionally restful, leaving students in playful communion with the world.

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My personal life is rich with books and tea, good food shared with my adorable husband, two antic-prone calicos, Star Wars, an art practice that has carried me away, and travel whenever possible. It’s been some time since I climbed a tree, but I still love cartwheels!