33 years of experience as a physical therapist treating general orthopedic, spinal, hip, SI joint and cervical pain and dysfunction with integrative manual techniques and therapeutic exercise. 15 years ago I extended my specialty to Pelvic Health and Cancer Rehab.

Over the last 6 years I have integrated yoga into my physical therapy practice recognizing the benefits of yoga in assisting my patients return to pain free functional movement. I have been teaching a medical therapeutic yoga class since 2022, and completed my Professional Yoga Therapist Certification(PYT) in Medical Therapeutic Yoga in 2024. Medical Therapeutic Yoga blends the practices of physical therapy with the mindful movement and breathwork of yoga. When it comes to the asanas, my goal is to help each student learn to fit the pose to their body, rather than fit their body to the pose.

I am amazed daily in my work by the human body.  It is an integration of systems designed to function and move with ease and grace, and while these systems function optimally, we move without effort.  However, when dysfunction or pain occurs, people often disassociate from their bodies, and these systems are no longer in synchrony.  I love teaching yoga classes, because it gives me the opportunity to incorporate my understanding of the systems of the body and assist my students in restoring balance and return to their natural rhythm, mobility, and balance, by adapting the yoga practice to their needs.  Often teaching them to move and breath in synchrony as occurs in a yoga practice is monumental for their recovery.  Enabling them to again move and flow without pain or restriction. 

I am also passionate about teaching the anatomy and biomechanics surrounding the practice…..especially how the whole body works in unison.  My specialty is pelvic health and the pelvic floor/pelvis often overlooked before, has now become a hot topic. But is often not fully understood in how it is a key component of the flow and rhythm of how the body moves and breathes.  I love teaching the anatomy and biomechanics of how the whole body works together, because I feel if you can understand and visualize the anatomy behind the yoga postures together with the purpose of the posture it deepens one’s ability to make a practice safe and accessible to everyone.