Styles of Classes: Core, Flow, Power, YHot, Yin
Training Certifications: RYT-500
What can students expect from your class? My playful, loving and nuturing spirit shines through my teaching style. My classes are a passionate offering of sweetness coupled with a commanding presence, using a precise dialogue to convey key alignment principles that will enhance your practice and modifications for those who need them. Always beginning with the remembrance of intention and self- awareness, I hope to inspire you to give of your best in order to become more of who you already are
Why Yoga? After working 103 hours on a feature film one week, I knew I had to make a change. I was young and I was making a lot of money, but I wasn't spiritually fulfilled. A friend took me to a Bikram class, and I was hooked! It was the only place I could find mental stillness. It was like a 90 minute tropical vacation, I could put my mind at rest by listening to the non-stop verbal cues of my teacher instead of the constant chatter of my mind and leave feeling completely wrung out and 10 lbs lighter from the detoxifying sweat. I started to sleep better, I stopped grinding my teeth, I was much happier, my skin was radiant, my body transformed, and my confidence grew. My biggest challenge initially wasn't the heat if you can believe it, it was having to look at myself in the mirror for 90 minutes, having to face myself and all my imperfections. It's a very confronting practice. Turn up the heat and all of “your stuff” starts to ooze out of you and there's no where to hide. Especially with the mirror in front of you. I learned self acceptance, I learned I was more powerful than my mind, I learned how to love myself and I learned that I have faith in God. Something inside of me awakened and the inquiry began. Once you get on the mat, you can't get off! In August 2000, I quit my job and became a yoga teacher
Inspirations: "Nature... music... art in it's myriad of forms... LOVE.... the thrill of an epic powder day, white knuckled mountain bike ride or a heart expanding yoga class! I bow humbly at the lotus feet of my daughter, my teachers, peers, students and incredible friends who have been a well spring of knowledge and a huge inspiration. "
Affiliated Centers: Neoalpine, Northshore Elements
