About us
Our Story
I have been living Yoga for over 30 years. I am a professional yoga therapist, 500, E-RYT, 1000 C-IAYT.
I earned my 200-RYT yoga teaching certification with Marianne Wells Yoga School and completed my 800-hour certification in Yoga Therapy with Joseph LePage’s Integrative Yoga Therapy school, now part of the Kripalu School of Yoga. In addition, I studied Trauma Sensitive Yoga with David Emerson and Jenn Turner and completed the Yoga Step-by-Step program founded by Yogamaharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri with his son, Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanan. I am a member of the Indian Yoga Association.
I believe firmly that Yoga is for Every Body!
I teach traditional 8-limbed or (Hatha) Ashtanga/Raja yoga based on the Yoga Sutras, and bring all 8 limbs into my teaching, including Mindfulness and Meditation. I am available to teach classes or workshops at your school, church or place of business. I also offer private classes, yoga therapy, Reiki & Sound healing for individuals, couples and groups.
I currently teach yoga and meditation classes for Veterans at the VA Medical Center in DC. I am a Trauma-informed teacher with years experience teaching a variety of bodies with different physical and mental health challenges. I have worked in Dementia Care and in Assisted Living facilities and have offered classes for Caregiver Support and clients with Vision Impairment.
Our mission
It is my mission to make Yoga and Meditation accessible to all who come with a sincere wish to be an active participant in their own journey towards health and well-being. With an understanding of the deep inequities in healthcare in the United States, and a history of genocide and trauma that lives in our genes – the yogic path can offer a path towards Truth – a remembering of who we truly are, and a way to connect to the Peace that resides within that nobody can take from you.
These practices aren’t handed down without participant effort. They are not magical cures. The path of Yoga is one the True Seeker can follow, step by step, when they are ready.
It is my intention to meet students and clients where they are, and help them journey forwards.
In the first of the Yoga Sutras, 1:1 the sage Patanjali states, “atha yogānuśāsanam”, or as translated in “Understanding the Yoga Darshan” by Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani, “We now commence the discipline of re-integration.” As Dr. Ananda explains, “This is a journey of harmony, a journey that helps put together all the pieces blown into chaos as a result of ignorance.”
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