Nancy believes that great teaching is grounded in having a strong sadhana (practice) and having ongoing respect for our bodies, and how they are constantly changing with time. She uses her daily practice as a learning laboratory and only teaches what she knows and can understand in her own body. The gift and the art of teaching for Nancy come across as she articulates this to others with healthy, integrated movement patterns that work to help students create optimal alignment in their own bodies.
Nancy’s primary motivation in teaching yoga is to give back. She believes that self-love and learning how to trust yourself is everything in yoga and in life. Without this as a foundation, the risk of relying on external sources becomes addictive. And, when that outside source is no longer available or dries up, it’s too easy to get pulled downward in an Alice in Wonderland kind of way. Yoga is about learning to open to our innate, internal upward spiral - one that is inextricably connected to the Divine and is bountiful, and constant. Providing this kind of internal attention and self-care has everything to do with how we extend that to others and the world: We must learn to love and honor ourselves first.
Nancy’s class pacing is slow, steady, and mindful. She skillfully weaves alignment-based, stair-stepped instruction with breath and an emphasis on graceful and seamless transitions. With Nancy, you’ll get a full-spectrum practice and be nudged toward your growth edge creating a healthy challenge you get to calibrate. Nancy creates a learning environment that inspires and is welcoming and supportive. You’ll leave her classes uplifted, and grounded.
She has been a dedicated and passionate yoga practitioner since 1998 and a teacher since 2007. Nancy has been blessed to have trained with highly skilled and insightful teachers including Baron Baptiste, Tiffany Wood, Karen Sprute-Francovich, Christina Sell, Darren Rhodes, Jason Crandell, and Noah Maze. Nancy received her first RYT 200 with Baron Baptiste; her second RYT 200 in the Anusara® School of Hatha Yoga lineage, and her advanced teacher training (RYT 500) with Noah Maze in 2014 which super-charged everything. In 2019 Nancy fulfilled her long-term vision of becoming a certified Anusara Instructor and is grateful for the entire experience and commitment that it took to do so.
Nancy's specialized training includes Prenatal, Restorative Yoga, and iRest Yoga Nidra. She is also a facilitator for Love Your Brain (LYB), Body-Based Breakthrough(B3), and works as a certified Levin Life Coach.