Me in a nutshell
Wife. Pet lover. Yoga student. Yoga teacher. Athlete. Soccer coach. Writer. Vegetarian. Sober. Blissful. Present (mostly).

Why Yoga?
I am a former collegiate soccer player who – despite 20 years of attempting to develop peak performance in my body – only learned what it was to be “truly healthy” when I welcomed yoga into my life.

How did I get here?
I was born and raised in a small suburb of Pittsburgh called Upper St. Clair, where my parents were raised before me. In an abrupt bursting of my life-bubble, my parents relocated to Kansas City when I was a junior in High School. I decided to graduate early, spent six months working in a mail room, then shipped off to attend Washington University in St. Louis. Those years of my life from the time I left Upper St. Clair in 2001 to my graduation from Wash U in 2006 were an absolute whirlwind, and not always in a good way! This major life change presented plenty of challenges, but they were all worth it when I came face-to-face with my life purpose: I met my match and, a few years, a move to LA, and lots of maturing later, made him my husband.

I believe my yoga journey started here, when I learned to love just one person unconditionally. It was this love that gave me the courage to walk away from a sometimes-successful (often not) attempt at a career in corporate communications and marketing. I pursued my passion for writings and fitness, and that passion eventually landed me at the front of a yoga shala, repeatedly saying, “Inhale,” and, “Exhale,” and finally pronouncing “asana” correctly.

It would be quite inaccurate for me to portray myself as an expert with knowledge that will make you happier, healthier or in someway better. I’m just a humble messenger of the amazing practice of yoga – I learned it from the best! I study my life, my self, and the God within and around me, and I work to live a good, content life where I apply yoga’s principles the best I can.

I love my job. Every time I come home from teaching I exclaim to my patient husband, “Thank you for helping me do the job I love!” If you come to my class or attend a training with me, I say the same to you. Thank you for allowing me to do a job I love and share a teaching that is dear to my soul.