YogaAlliance: ERYT-200/RYT-500, RPYT, YACEP
I’ve has been practicing yoga since 2000. I first started when her company gym offered sponsored classes during the workday, and stayed with that same teacher for five years. When I moved to Washington from Southern California, I explored a number of yoga studios in the area, primarily spending time at Yoga Tree in Seattle, and Shakti Yoga in Belleuve.
I have practiced numerous styles, and primarily practice in the styles of Hatha and Vinyasa, but enjoy Iyengar and Anusara inspired Hatha and Power Yoga in the bulk of my own practice. Since my first pregnancy, I’ve also been very happy to add prenatal yoga to my own practice and teaching schedule, using the benefits of yoga to make pregnancy and childbirth easier. I enjoy studying the yoga sutras, and the application of yoga philosophy to my every day life. And I love exploring and studying the body and how it moves, to better protect and strengthen what we all have to work with.
In 2008, I started my teaching path with a 6-month, 200-hr teacher training in Seattle. With the help of friends to get a lot of practice teaching under my belt, I graduated in June 2008, and began teaching. I absolutely love it!
My training history is listed below:
| Spring 2008 | 200-hr Yoga Works Teacher Training Catherine Munro Yoga Tree, Seattle, WA |
| Fall 2008 | 45-hr Essential Low Back Therapy Teacher Training Robin Rothenberg Yoga Barn, Issaquah, WA |
| Fall 2008 | Yoga Nidra Robin Rothenberg Yoga Barn, Issaquah, WA |
| Winter 2009 | Neck and Shoulders Robin Rothenberg Yoga Barn, Issaquah, WA |
| Spring 2009 | 35-hr Pre-/Post-Natal Teacher Training Part 1 Anne Phyfe Palmer 8 Limbs Yoga, Seattle, WA |
| Winter 2011 | 300hr Yoga Works Advanced Teacher Training Catherine Munro and Ellen Boyle Yoga Tree, Seattle, WA |
| Winter 2012 | 45-hr Pre-/Postnatal Teacher Training Part 2 Anne Phyfe Palmer 8 Limbs Yoga, Seattle, WA |
| Spring, Summer 2016 | Levels 1, 2, and 3 Little Flower Yoga Teacher Training Mayuri and Argos Gonzales 8 Limbs Yoga, Seattle, WA |
| Winter, 2020 | 15hr Yoga Functional Anatomy Training Claire Stetina The Grinning Yogi, Seattle, WA |
Prior to teaching yoga full time, I was a Software Engineer for 9 years. In my spare time I enjoy hiking/backpacking, skiing/snowshoeing, cooking, photography, reading, and training my dog, Neo. But I don’t have spare time because I homeschool my kids.
