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Growing up in South Florida, after 7 years of competitive basketball, having lived out the many extremes of high emotions, unresolved trauma, physical injury, fast paced living, medication, escapism, in the midst of the chaos, I found yoga. It didn’t take long to feel the magic of breath and body connecting or the significant impact it had and continues to have in my life, with just the commitment to slow down and show up. After knowing, quite early on, I wasn’t meant to follow a super conventional path, I decided to immerse myself into living a life completely supported with yoga, on and off the mat, creating art, working with earth, plants, and traveling to different parts of the world to do so.
my teaching approach
Ashtanga was my first learned style and intro to teaching. Since then, I’ve branched out with other vinyasa and yin based styles, developing my own niche with what I felt to be most practical and functional for the different bodies and energies I encountered. I have taken the structure of the ashtanga discipline, its focus on posture alignment and breath, as a means to clear any and all obstructions along the nerve channels that limit body, mind, and soul from functioning as a whole unit to their fullest expression. As we clear the pathways for prana (life force) to flow through, we can watch our lifetime’s collection of physical, mental, and emotional “sludge” fall away. As we heal our nervous systems, our bodies change, our perspectives shift, our connections with our internal and external worlds, evolve.
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I facilitate my classes through verbal cues and light hands on adjustments to correct form, or assist taking the pose to the next level. I don’t believe in over assisting especially during the early stages of familiarizing yourself with the practice and your body, which takes time. I want you to feel your way through the poses, the awkwardness that comes from learning your body and its many signals, and therefore, become your own guide, as you navigate what is and isn’t aligned, sharpening your own tool box for life off the mat where it matters most.
I hope to share, more so, embody, the powers of this ancient healing modality and sacred science with each and every soul encountered in this lifetime.