My yoga practice began as a simple physical curiosity, and soon discovered it to be a grounding force in my life. An eternal lesson on mental flexibility, strength and compassion, I use it to connect with the symbiosis between breath, body, and mind. 

Over the years, I have explored various disciplines of yoga and upon finding the work of Alison West and Deborah Wolk, I began my study of structural and alignment based yoga and yoga for back care. As an endurance athlete, seeing the benefits of this type of practice in my own body, I dove into their teachings and pursued my Advanced Yoga Certification, including Back Care and Rope Wall Certification, with Alison West at Yoga Union, where I continue to learn and teach. I am also a Co-op member and teacher at Samamkaya Back Care & Scoliosis Collective. 

One of my first teaching opportunities was teaching yoga to pregnant teenagers in New York’s foster care system. I had no idea what I was doing, but I immediately saw how yoga for back care and pregnancy went hand in hand. I pursued my prenatal/postnatal yoga certification at the Prenatal Yoga Center, and was drawn well into the world of childbirth.

As a birth worker, I am a DONA trained birth and postpartum doula, have completed my Midwife Assistant Training with the midwives of The Farm, am a Certified Childbirth Educator (LCCE) trained through both Lamaze and Childbirth Education of Metropolitan NY (CEAMNY), and earned my Certified Lactation Consultant through Healthy Children’s Center for Breastfeeding and trained with Manhattan Births Integrative Lactation and Feeding Specialist Program.

My teaching approach integrates all of my passions including my respect, and gratitude, for science and nature. While I continue to learn from my teachers and students, some of my favorite life lessons have come from the outdoors, in fresh air, and most probably, while riding a bike.

I am a proud ambassador of the Empire Triathlon Club, and have sponsered the New York Cycle Club Women’s Racing Team.

I am also a native New Yorker and live in NYC with my husband, two children, and two amazing cats.