I took my first yoga class at age 16 back in 2006. I fell in love with the practice over the next few years so deeply that I took a semester off from college to do a 200 hr month long training at Kripalu Center on the east coast. During these formative years, Yoga was the lens in how I viewed everything. It opened me up to the mysteries of the mind, it helped me explore who “I” am, it gave me comfort in my own mind and body. I couldn’t get enough of it. Eventually I went to India, where I lived for 5 months totally immersed in the culture. My host father gave me the book “Autobiography of a Yogi” by Paramahansa Yogananda and it revealed a whole other layer of Yoga to me. Although moving my body in Asanas felt amazing (one of my true loves), I was more intrigued by the mental aspect of Yoga. I’ve always been a natural philosopher and questioner of all things reality. The idea that Yogis have been asking these questions for centuries gave me road maps to my own mind that felt so supportive to have. My journey took me down the path of meditation, and I came to be an avid Vipassana meditator as well. 

I never planned on being a yoga teacher. I was simply interested in being a Yogi & living a yogic lifestyle. Once I dove so deeply into the practice & had so many tools in my tool bag, I felt it was my duty to share it! I have now been teaching Yoga on & off over the last 16 years. I’ve taught in small towns in northern MN, downtown Minneapolis, a world class studio in Dubai, Santa Fe, and many other places I have had the pleasure of traveling to and guest teaching. I’ve helped assist 5 different teacher trainings and love being in the learning environment. 

Alongside of my yoga practice, I am a licensed massage therapist specializing in Craniosacral Therapy. I am quite interested in Health & Wellness from many different angles. I promote deep listening to your own inner voice, your own inner physician, your intuition. I don’t pretend to know all the answers, but I do love to help ask the right questions.