My classes are slow-flowing but intense, creative but safe, challenging but never competitive.
I try to pass on to my students what yoga has given me: the use of the breath as a bridge between the body and mind, as well as imbuing action with mindfulness and heart, and the ability to quiet the mind through moving meditation. Come to class and experience a finely-detailed flow with plenty of time and space to breathe and find comfort in the sonorous sound of the ujjayi breath.
In 2009, I completed a 75-hour intensive training with Schuyler Grant on The Art of Teaching Kula Style Yoga: Or Deconstructing Creative Alignment-based Flow with Intelligence and Precision.
My 200-hour certification took place in 2006, and during that time, I was inspired to delve deeper into anatomy and alignment. Afterwards, I went on to study with Neuromuscular Therapist Susan Hefnerand Yoga Anatomy educator Leslie Kaminoff. I’ve also attended continuing education workshops with Amy Matthews, Joe Miller, Siana Sherman, Annie Carpenter, David Life, and Karin Stephan.
I’m extremely grateful to Schuyler Grant and all of the teachers at Kula Yoga Project, which is where I currently practice and one of the studios where I teach. Big love and appreciation for Cathy Calderon, Jennifer Brilliant, Amy Quinn-Suplina, and Alison West. But most of all, I feel grateful towards my first teacher, my mom, who taught me how to stand on my hands shortly after having taught me to stand on my feet.