About

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Following a difficult adolescence riddled with anxiety and psychosomatic illnesses, my favorite Beatles song led me to stumble upon Yoga at the age of 19 while living in New York City. I instantly felt a profound connection to the philosophies at the heart of Yoga and as a result of the transformation I experienced, felt passionately driven to share the practice with others. In 2005 I attended a residential training at Satchidananda Ashram in VA, USA, and became certified to teach Integral® Yoga, a spiritually-based school of Yoga founded by the renowned Swami Satchidananda, rooted in the Sivananda lineage.

Unmotivated by conventional education and career paths, I spent the majority of my 20's and 30's wanderlusting my way around the globe, working seasonal hospitality and scuba diving jobs, all while continuing to study and share Yoga, especially inspired by the perspectives adopted during my time spent in India, Nepal, and Southeast Asia.

In 2014 I found myself on the Caribbean island federation of St. Kitts & Nevis for a Scuba Diving job. After meeting my (now) husband, a Kittian islander, I surrendered to a different, more rooted kind of adventure. Being somewhat settled has not only allowed me to share Yoga more consistently, and grow as a teacher, but has also catalyzed a shift from a lifestyle of compulsive movement to a fascinating journey into the challenging complexities of stillness.

Since 2019 I have developed a preference towards Yin Yoga, an approach that targets the energetic system through a fusion of classical yoga, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Taoist concepts. Blended with my traditional Hatha Yoga background and training in Thai Massage and Myofascial Release, an intuitive, therapeutic practice rooted in self-inquiry and self-healing has been forged. 

I had a fascination with the ocean from an early age, but growing up in the landlocked Midwest USA, my interest had no outlet, until adulthood when I began to travel the world. My Scuba Journey started with a magical encounter with a friendly dolphin named Dusty while living on the west coast of Ireland in 2007. She joined me and my instructor daily while I learned the ropes and gained my entry level PADI Open Water certification. The experience gave me a high I had never experienced. My life was changed forever.

Over the next several years I gradually expanded my certifications and experience in places like the United Kingdom, Spain, Mexico, Australia, Thailand, and Malaysia before making the decision to go pro at Barefoot Scuba in the Andaman Islands, India. After a 3 month internship I was invited back the following season to work as a dive guide and train to be a PADI instructor. This experience led me to further opportunities teaching scuba in the USA, Caribbean islands, and Central America.