Yoga Saved Me.
I began teaching yoga at 20 because of how profoundly it affected me. I taught from the deep desire to give back what I was gifted to me by the numerous teachers and books I learned from and under. My teaching was a way to pay homage to the first yoga instructor I had experienced in 2006 at a gym in Astoria Queens. It was there that my teacher Teresa would light incense for us during our 6am class in an “incense free” gym zone. The olfactory experience, along with her dedication to sharing the Sutras and the philosophy of the practice, is what kept my untethered spirit returning. Even if I didn’t quite make it to bed that night, I would still somehow make it to her yoga class, grounding my overly activated nervous system through a combination of breath, movement and an environment that supported stillness.
STUDIOS:
2008-09 Lucille Roberts Queens, NY
2008-09 Crunch Fitness Manhattan, NY
2008-09 Ludlow Fitness Manhattan, NY
2008-09 New York Yoga Manhattan, NY
2008-09 New York Sports Club Manhattan, NY
2008-09 Life in Motion Manhattan, NY
2008-10 92nd Street Y Manhattan, NY
2011 Washington Sports Club Washington, D.C.
2012-13 Oshun Yoga and Wellness Trinidad, CA
2012-13 Om Shala Yoga Arcata, CA
2012-13 Healthsport Eureka, CA
2012-13 Adornia Center Eureka, CA
2015-16 Left Coast Power Yoga Studio Oakland, CA
2017 Move with Grace Brooklyn, NY
2017-18 Satya Rhinebeck, NY
2017-18 The Living Seed New Paltz, NY
2017-18 Euphoria Yoga Woodstock, NY
2017-18 Whole Sky Yoga High Falls, NY
2017 The Yoga House Kingston, NY
2018-19 Bird Rock San Diego, CA
2018-19 Pura Vida San Diego, CA
2018-19 YogaSix San Diego, CA
2021-22 Arise Yoga Brooklyn, NY
TRAINING:
YogaWorks 500hrs RYT | 2007-2009
Swami Vivekananda Ashram 200 RYT | 2008
Additional Trainings:
50hr Yin Yoga Teacher training w/ Bernie Clark, Vancouver, BC | 2018
Yin Yoga Teacher Training w/ Bobby Marchan, The Yoga House, Kingston NY | 2017
35hr “Love Your Brain” Teacher Training w/ N.G.O-LYBY Cranford, NJ | 2017
3-month course on the ABCs of Breathing @ The Breathing Project w/ Leslie Kaminoff Manhattan, NY | 2009
Teachers:
Chrissy Carter, Jeanmarie Paolillo, Maty Ezraty, Jenny Aurther, Juliet Smith, Cleandra Martin Waldron, Adi Carter, Peggy Profant, Aarona Pinchinson, Karilily Kent among others......
EDUCATION:
Columbia University
M.A. Oral History| 2021-2022
Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, New York
M.S. Traditional Chinese Medicine | 2016 - 2020
NCCAOM NY State Licensed Acupuncturist #006910
Western Herbalism Training & Apprenticeship | March 2012-March 2013
Northwest Institute of Ayurveda, Arcata, California
Ayurvedic Education | February 2012-January 2012
SUNY New Paltz, New York
B.A. Anthropology | 2010
CUNY Hunter, New York
B.A. Sociology & Minor in Psychology | 2005 - 2009