With 30 years of yoga teaching experience, and thousands of hours of continuing education in Yoga, Alternative Medicine, Health Coaching, Ayurveda, Meditation, Herbalism, Nutrition, Physical Sciences, Body work, TCM + More, my passion for cultivating personal health has inspired me to help others on their way to fostering wellness through accessing and integrating practices to balance, strengthen, create flexibility and vitality, in body, mind, spirit for life. As a teacher, I am forever a student and have spent over 30 years of my life living, sharing and learning pathways to health + wellness through personal experience and in depth study with nature as my soul guide, not only as a yoga teacher but also working as a massage therapist and studying natural healing modalities since 1990. I completed a Bachelor’s of Science in Alternative Medicine in 2015 a certification in Health Coaching with the Institute of Integrative Nutrition in 2022 as well as participating in an herbal studies mentorship in 2021 to support this growing relationship to health and healing modalities and stay open to the ever changing wealth of knowledge and research that continues to expand each year in health and fitness. My professional experience in this vain of work includes guiding yoga classes since 1993, working as a massage therapist since 1994, assisting my yoga teacher Shiva Rea in workshops and teacher trainings since 2004, creating and teaching workshops for studios and festivals all over the country since 2008, organizing, marketing + leading yoga retreats and yoga teacher trainings for Samudra Global School of Living Yoga founded by Shiva Rea since 2011 and opening and managing my own grass roots family style yoga studio In Bishop, California until 2017. My love for bringing people together to nourish health and vitality has continued to inspire me in this career path offering experiences that help integrate and foster mind body wellness practices for life! Currently I am teaching private, corporate and group classes, workshops and yoga teacher training/continuing education in Orange County. I am inspired to expand my reach in sharing my experience through Health + Wellness coaching in individual and group settings to help others in the workplace create sustainable fitness and health regimens including yoga, meditation, healthy home meal preparations, connecting with nature and more. Aside from my passion for Living Yoga, in my free time I love time with my family and in nature. I love hiking, climbing, swimming, gardening and being outdoors in general as well as making food for family and friends. My mantra for life is “learn what actions of yours bring Freedom and LOVE.” Yoga is a way of life for me and is not as much about how the shapes are made but how practicing them shapes our life. Enthusiastic and committed to physical and emotional well-being of class members. Understands thoroughly how bodies move and function and clearly communicates. Orchestrates fun, energetic and motivational exercise classes for students at basic, intermediate and advanced levels.
500 E-RYT Yoga Instructor Yoga Alliance Registered
Integrative Nutrition Health Coach