I teach yoga because I want to help students of all ages and abilities experience themselves in their bodies in ways that bring a sense of ease, awareness, and empowerment, on and off the mat.

I discovered yoga in the early 2000s, when I was working on my PhD in philosophy. I fell in love with the way a yoga class could quiet my mind and keep me present in my body. Yoga was first and foremost a source of respite and relief; along the way, I found a new source of self-knowledge and community. I was especially drawn to the idea that in the practice and state of yoga, we balance effort (abyhasa) and surrender (vairagya). I teach to share these insights and possibilities with others. 

I teach alignment-focused, thoughtfully sequenced, vinyasa yoga. For me, a focus on structure and alignment not only ensures students are moving safely and setting up good habits. It also facilitates their having an experience in a pose—being present, moving energy through their body in certain ways, creating or finding more space, confronting challenge, and the like.

I completed my 500-hour teacher training at Down Under School of Yoga in Boston, MA, under the direction of Kate Heffernan, Michael Ponte, and Justine Wiltshire. I’m grateful to continue to practice and study regularly with renowned teachers including Natasha Rizopoulos, Masaaki Okamura, Gregor Singleton, and Brittney Burgess.

I’ve been a teacher of one sort or another for most of my career and am always invigorated by helping students broaden and deepen their understanding. I especially enjoy introducing yoga to newcomers. Whether I’m leading a meditative slow flow or a vigorous vinyasa class, working with kids or facilitating a chair yoga session, my teaching is joyful, energetic, welcoming, and most importantly, fun!

When I’m not practicing or teaching yoga, you can find me reading, learning to ski, playing around on my stand-up paddle board, cheering at my son’s hockey games, and hiking in the woods with my family.