200hr Trained Yoga Teacher and Reiki Master
A Little History: My yoga journey began many years ago. It seems all my paths were leading to this. My official training began in October of 2017, with Erica Nunnally, and I graduated June of 2018. I decided to follow this path of teaching yoga full time and left my 8 year job of teaching art to preschool through eighth graders and embarked on my yoga teacher journey in the summer of 2018.
I am human and infinite. To tell you about me in a way that translates past energy and into something more concrete; I am a Mama, wife, daughter, friend, loner, dancer, creatrix, fierce and soft, silly and serious, I am a seeker of knowledge, I like to celebrate the little things. Sometimes life seems to be moving too fast and the speed of it overwhelms my senses. I have peaks and I spend time in the valleys where I need to climb my way back up to the light again. I laugh hard and cry just as hard. Maybe I should clarify, I am a sensitive human. I feel things really deeply. I love music, art, dance, creating, and connection. Chatting with family and friends over coffee, tea, lavender lemonade or a glass of wine is one of my favorite things to do. I love nature. Hiking, walking, the smell of pine, the scent of rain. The blue of the sky and the sun through the trees are some of my favorite colors. My connection with nature is vital, calming and invigorating. I am passionate about herbs, crystals, energy-work and find joy in educating myself about their many unique healling and supportive qualities. I have social anxiety. Yep, I really do.
Why yoga? Because I am human. Because of all the reasons listed and not listed above. Yoga helps me reconnect with the light inside of me. Yoga reminds me to breath and live intentionally and with focus in the moment. Yoga encourages me to listen to my inner voice (we have to learn to trust our intuition much more!) saying “Pause, let me help you see the choice beyond the clouds.” Yoga has allowed me to be more open more of the time (still a work in progress of course! LOL). Yoga is teaching me to stop judging myself so harshly (recovering perfectionist here... this one’s a doozy). It is helping me to “pull the weeds and plant new seeds” as my Yoga Teacher Training instructor Erica Nunnally so eloquently phrased it. Listen, we all make mistakes. Every action plants a seed. Don’t beat yourself up for past seeds planted that didn’t grow or turned out to be weeds. Weeds have nutrients for our souls too! What are the weeds trying to tell you? Does your soil need a different kind of nutrients? More sun? Less water? Breath. Dig up the weeds and plant some different seeds. Attend to the weeds without judgement or worry (the perfectionist in me here again to say... it is HARD, but so totally worth it for your well-being). Shadow work is the path to healing. Yoga helps you to liberate your truth. How does Yoga do all of that while strengthening and lengthening your physical body? It is all about balance. Come and feel the shift for yourself!