∴ My journey to yoga ∴

When I first started practicing yoga in the fall of 2009 I had no idea how my life would change.

My youngest brother was in the midst of his darkest hour living with Lyme Disease and I came home to Connecticut from California to help. I had moved to California to pursue acting in September 2009 after graduating from Kenyon College but without a job I made the decision to go back home to help my family. All of a sudden yoga became a very important ritual to me. While my brother slept every morning I went to the studio and stepped onto my mat and took care of myself.

Yoga has taught me how to be a more patient, empathetic, and caring person.

When I first started practicing I had no idea that it would become my life. That I would move back to California a few months later and eventually become a yoga instructor myself. Since the age of 12 I told anyone that would listen that I was going to move out to Los Angeles to become an actress. It took me until the spring of 2014 to realize that yoga (and not acting) was what made me really happy. I took my 200 hour training that spring and discovered my voice. For most of my life people told me that I would be a really good teacher but I always backed away from it. My mom is an incredible Montessori teacher and I always thought that she was the teacher and not me. I could never do what she does. But when I took that training I discovered my own voice and I have never looked back since. When I made the decision to leave the dream of acting behind it felt like I had taken a very heavy backpack off of my shoulders and all of a sudden I saw Los Angeles in a different light.

My classes are very heart centered and they are for every level of practitioner.

I love to create an environment where my students feel safe to practice in any way that feels best to them. I love to encourage my students to listen to their bodies and what they need from their practice in each and every moment.

Today you can find me teaching classes virtually via Zoom and for companies/clients throughout the Westside of Los Angeles. I would love to have you in class and if you are more interested in a private practice or yoga in the office I would be thrilled to bring that to you.