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 I began practicing yoga in 1999 when the "dot.com" where I worked as an instructional designer brought in a yoga teacher twice a week. At the time, I thought yoga would be a good balance for my marathon training and the stress of crazy deadlines, and I wanted to know what the buzz was all about. The instructor happened to be one of Chicago's master teachers and I quickly discovered that while yoga was not at all what I had expected, I had happened into something very powerful.
In 2003, I received my teaching certification from Ana Forrest and in addition, have attended the Moksha Yoga teacher training program. After receiving a master’s degree in education from Northwestern University, I taught in the high school and corporate setting for over ten years before I began teaching from the mat.
My teaching style has been influenced by the numerous master teachers with whom I have had the honor of studying and is a fusion of the various yoga disciplines I have practiced, including Ashtanga, Universal, Anusara and Iyengar as well as Forrest. However, I maintain the pillars of Forrest yoga: breath, strength, integrity and spirit, and place equal importance in finding a place for joy and laughter in the practice. Always a different sequence, my classes are challenging and generally rather sweaty, but are at the same time a safe haven for students of all abilities. Primarily, I teach vinyasa flow and hot yoga classes, but also teach prenatal yoga and yoga for fertility.
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