20190610_183244.jpga Marblehead — Marblehead, MA, courtesy of Laura Reeder photography.

I’ve been honored to teach in both community and academic settings and creatively adapt to the energy and needs of students. I enjoy the pulse of vinyasa flow and encourage the mindful cultivation of Ujjayi, oceanic breath, to guide the flow. Music is a third teacher and depending in the setting I offer rituals of bells, eye pillows, and oils. Private, or online classes are available upon request.

In 2001 I experienced my first yoga class was with Deb Lister at Living Yoga Studios in Champaign, IL. Yoga shined a light through my dull perception and took me on a winding journey through professional teacher trainings and trauma-informed certificates at Kripalu Center for Yoga in the Berkshires Mountains. Originating from the lineage of Swami Kripalvananda, “the compassionate one, Kripalu teachings are rooted in the classical 8 limb path with a focus upon non-judgment, inquiry, self-responsibility and service. As an embodied and philosophical practice, yoga invites the intimate union with our divine Life Force, the breath. When I am attuned, safe, and grounded in the presence it brings, the ease of divine creativity and resilience in life flows. Honor this Light Within. Namaste

Group Fitness with Students & Faculty at Salem State U, Massachussetts

Pilgrimage to India, posing at the foot of the Himalayas, 2017

**I use lavendar eye pillows in my classes and sew them myself!**