I have practiced yoga for over 25 years and earned my teaching certification in 2010. My personal practice and teaching focuses on using the breath to bring mindfulness and ease into all aspects of practice. For me, balance is at the heart of yoga, and I encourage students to find their own balance of effort and surrender in my classes. My teaching is guided by first-hand experience of finding freedom through proper physical alignment, exploration of perceived boundaries, and honoring experience as it is; building strength, flexibility and awareness. 

As a mindfulness meditation student and practitioner since 2009, I have experienced unimaginable discovery, opening, and deepening through this practice. We all have thought patterns and mental habits that are deeply ingrained and running in the background of our beliefs and decisions without us even noticing. Only once we become aware of and accept all parts of ourselves, can we release that which no longer serves us. This practice has freed up my mental capacity for more presence, peace, and possibility, and I’m humbled to share these tools with anyone who would like to explore their own mental habits and possibilities.

As the director and primary instructor of Lake Merritt Yoga since 2010, I have organized and taught hundreds of yoga and mindfulness classes. I have additionally coached classroom teachers and administrators and taught trauma informed dynamic mindfulness sessions to students, focusing on building stress resilience, self awareness, and emotion regulation.