“True yoga is not about the shape of your body, but the shape of your life. Yoga is not to be performed; yoga is to be lived. Yoga doesn’t care about what you have been; yoga cares about the person you are becoming. Yoga is designed for a vast and profound purpose, and for it to be truly called yoga, its essence must be embodied.”
— Aadil Palkhivala, Fire of Love

PHILOSOPHY

Practicing yoga is about process, not perfection.

Although I have been teaching yoga since 2006, I believe that I will always be first and foremost, a perennial student. Over the last 15 years, my practice has evolved and continues to evolve. Each time I step on my mat I seem to learn and discover more of the many intricate ways that the mind and body are inextricably linked. The yoga mat offers a safe space to learn about balance by falling out of and working towards our edge; a sort of laboratory for observing the chattering of the mind and tensions we may (consciously or unconsciously) hold in our bodies.

As a teacher who focuses primarily on private, personalized instruction, my intention is to serve as a conduit or channel to offer the tools that enable students to experience this process of discovery for oneself.

CREDENTIALS & TRAINING

After completing my first teacher training at New York Yoga in 2006, I started working with a handful of private clients, many of whom I continue to practice with today. Over time I broadened my reach of students and private instruction to incorporate children, expectant moms, families and therapeutics.

In 2008, I completed Little Flower Yoga’s teacher training to prepare me for teaching yoga for young children, and have received subsequent certifications in prenatal and mommy-and-me yoga (Itsy Bitsy Yoga).

Most recently, I have embraced the teachings of Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman of Yoga Shanti, including 200 additional hours of advanced teacher trainings. I have also completed a range of restorative and therapeutic workshops at Yoga Shanti NYC and Yoga Shanti Sag Harbor and have trained extensively in the art of hands on adjustments, anatomy and somatics. In 2016 and 2017, I had the honor to train with masterful healer and Thai massage teacher T’ai Jammar and receive a level 1 certification in Thai massage.

I enjoy combining nurturing restorative yoga and assisted stretching/Thai Yoga Massage techniques, with invigorating flow vinyasa.

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