Now the practice of yoga begins (Sutra 1.1 Atha Yoganusasanam)…

• I am a Type-A personality (high school valedictorian, undergraduate Summa Cum Laude and Academic All-American college athlete) who found and set out to conquer yoga in 1999.

• I completed my 200-hr training under Shiva Rea, and assisted in her weekly classes at Exhale in Venice, CA from 2005- 2006.

 

We rarely see ourselves clearly…

• After 8 years practicing vinyasa flow and many months of back pain, a wise yogi-chiropractor hinted that maybe my juicy, dynamic practice was undermining me. 

• NO. No. no? Eventually I came to yes.

 

Type-A yogi, 17-years in recovery…

• I set out to heal myself with yoga, found the Loyola Marymount University Yoga Therapy Rx program based in the Krishnamacharya lineage, and studied under amazing teachers including (feel free to scroll down if you aren’t interested in the minutiae):

  • Leslie Kaminoff – Anatomy of Breathing

  • Sherry Brourman – Anatomy and Functional Movement

  • Amy Wheeler – Yoga Therapy for GI Track, Nervous System and Endocrine System

  • Jnani Chapman – Yoga for Cancer &  Other Life-Threatening Illnesses

  • Chase Bossart – Respiratory Diseases, Yoga Sutras

  • Arun Deva - Ayurveda

  • Robert Birnberg – Yoga Sutras, Yoga for Addiction

• I continued learning via mentorship programs with Sherry Brourman, PT, E-RYT 500

  • Yoga Therapy (2009-2010)

  • Gait Therapy (2014)

  • Pain Science and Yoga Therapy (2019-2022)

• Other Yoga Therapy Trainings that I found myself drawn to:

  • Yoga & the Lymph System with Tias Little (2011)

  • Yoga Therapy for Insomnia with Gary Kraftsow (2013)

  • iRest Meditation Overview with Richard Miller (2019)

  • Yoga Therapy for Mental Health Case Study Training with Amy Wheeler (2020)

 

Guiding philosophies…

• I may be leading the practice / session, but only you are inside your body – listen to its wisdom.

• Yoga is so much more than postures, so be prepared to learn about the body-mind-emotion-breath-spirit connection, the Yoga Sutras, and mindful meditation while moving your body with me.

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Intentions become reality...

• When I dropped my kid off at kindergarten, I immediately knew that the best way to create a healthy society is to teach kids to breathe and stay aware of the wisdom in their bodies

• After taking a kids yoga teacher training, I spent the next 2 years teaching after-school yoga and volunteering in-classrooms. Hands down, some of the most difficult yoga classes I’ve ever taught!

• After moving back to be near family in Texas, a yoga therapy job at the local children’s hospital opened up, and now I get to spend my days educating kids who are anxious, in pain, struggling with neurological issues or mental health.  Through the wisdom of yoga I help facilitate the patient's own innate ability to  feel more calm and connected in their mind-body-spirit.

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How I practice yoga in the real world…

• Daily nature exploration, breath centered mindful body movement and meditation

• In love with a geek, mother of a feisty middle schooler, flea market/estate sale junkie, and voracious reader.