I am going to leave my older bio up, just so people can know more about me as a human being - BUT as time has gone by, there is so much more to me - to you, to all of us! I am grateful for my journey and even more grateful for the opportunity to share it - so others can see!

I was overweight just about my entire life, from the tween years on up. After diet/lifestyle changes in 2001 pushed me to lose 86 pounds, I began looking for a new way to maintain my weight loss. I hit the campus gym religiously with a friend, but it was getting dull. I jogged around my neighborhood, but at that time I was miserable running. I found a yoga DVD in 2002 and fell in love. I was always in my living room floor taking up all of the space! I tried my first actual class in 2006 at a major gym franchise and I decided I wanted more live instruction. Due to a series of family tragedies beginning in 2007, I stopped yoga suddenly to spend more time with my dad and the rest of my family. All forms of exercise stopped. It did not take me long to realize that yoga was what I needed back in my life, and not just for a "workout routine". It just happened.  I changed through the breathing and concentration and did not even know.  A friend invited me to join them at the studio in my town and I have never looked back.   I began teacher training in 2014. During that time I lost a cousin suddenly and in the following 2 weeks, I lost my father.  Looking back I now see that facing those situations put me at a fork in the road.  At that time, it did not even seem like a hard decision.  I knew where I needed to be.  I completed.

I have grown to appreciate life for what it is and what it can throw at us.   Yoga provides you with the tools to handle all situations with the same glow/light - regardless of whether the situation is ideal.  It balances you.

I now own the very studio I walked in that day with my friend.  My piece of my heart resides within those walls, with that studio.