I started taking Hatha & Kripalu yoga when I was pregnant with my oldest. It kept me calm, stretched and healthy during my pregnancy and after I had my daughter.

I had been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis shortly before getting pregnant with her. Afterward, the RA flared and I kept doing yoga to alleviate the symptoms. Then I developed a condition related to the RA in my knee and couldn't walk. BUT I could modify my yoga practice to continue practicing and making my body feel amazing. I thought, everyone needs to know about this! And my teaching career began and I became a Certified Teacher in Hatha Yoga.

The beginning of my teaching career looked very different than the last few years did. I began teaching all adults with no real interest in teaching children. I loved the art of yoga and the challenge the poses brought on. I loved the cueing, the camaraderie, meeting new people, all of it. I worked with the local hospitals to begin a breast cancer yoga program as my mom was a breast cancer survivor. I offered modifications for adults with physical limitations so they could feel comfortable in all my classes. I studied each condition presented to me by my clients (when necessary working with their medical professionals to keep them safe in my classes.) My studio would be open to ALL levels of ability. I loved all of it.

One day I fell into a request to teach to a school of children aged 3-6. Never one to turn down a challenge, I accepted. Thus began a 14 year long career path of teaching children in schools, after school programs, summer camps.... I fell absolutely in love with teaching children. The excitement on their faces when accomplishing a new pose, or even the silliness when they fall out of one lol. The challenge for me to learn to speak a new "yoga language" to make sure my young students understood the poses, what they did for their bodies as well as the Sanskrit words for them and to be able to keep their attention and make it fun for them, too! I genuinely loved every single minute of teaching them.

In 2016 I was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma cancer (stage 3a had spread to lymph nodes) and had multiple surgeries to remove it. A short time later, I went to stage 4 with spread to my lung. I needed two years of immunotherapy. As a result. I had to close my studio saying goodbye to my adults, but continued teaching children until 2024 when my dog ran into my knee and literally took me out at my knees haha! After two surgeries, I am still so limited in motion that I am unable to demonstrate enough to teach to my little ones. I miss it terribly.

THIS IS WHERE THIS WEBSITE WAS BORN! Given my 20+ year teaching career and 29 years practicing yoga, I feel I have so much knowledge to share with new yoga teachers, teachers looking for inspiration or new challenges, practicing yogis, and even school teachers looking to add yoga to their lesson plans! I am offering my collection of classes for you to download on the SHOP page and a mentorship program to help you new teachers feel confident and ready to teach your classes!