After spending most of most of my working career as a chef, I came to yoga as a “last ditch effort” to get my mind and my body right. I had spent the better part of a decade managing chronic back pain and my headspace was kaleidoscope of personal insecurities and false facts.

I began practicing a couple of times a week and resisted every moment. Every posture, every opportunity for reflection, every mantra was met with suspicion and reluctance. Yet, somehow, I persevered. I knew behind all the noise was a resistance to change, a resistance to an alternative story, a fear of stripping away that which I had thought defined me. Over time my practice become more regular, and I found myself practicing off the mat as well. Allowing myself room to breath, room reflect, room to simply exist in any given moment.

I decided to take the journey to train in 2020. Encouraged by my teachers I surrendered to experience, explored further depths of the practice and philosophy and found myself with an ever growing appreciation for what this practice has to offer. I enjoy a strong practice with a gentle interweaving of philosophical reflection. I seek to help students better understand the bodies as an avenue to better understand their higher selves.