The Voice of The Body
My intention is to gently hold space in a way that may begin to feel welcoming enough for the mind to soften, so that the voice of the body can be heard more clearly. I invite in practices that may guide deeper listening to the heart’s own wisdom – you are your own greatest teacher.
I feel honored to have completed 500 hours of trauma-informed teacher training through Prison Yoga Project with Jen Lindgren (200 hours) and the Embodied Path Yoga in Santa Barbara with Cynthia Abulafia, Dora Chan and Jazmin Ment (300 hours).
The Offerings
I host community events, women’s circles, art sharing spaces, writing workshops and retreats. I also offer a 6-week trauma-informed yoga program that can be taken one-on-one, in a small group, or implemented into organizations, schools and facilities.
A glimpse into my path
My personal experience with yoga began at age 12 when I found a dusty yoga CD tucked between a couple books. Around the same time, I joined the crew team and began developing curiosity around movement.
Over the 6 years that I rowed competitively, I built a mental resiliency that I am truly grateful for. But with that, I also developed a knack for tuning out the voice of my body in order to endure rigorous training and push through injuries that I shouldn’t have ignored.
I initially turned to yoga to manage physical pain, but soon began to experience a depth beyond the postures. In time, yoga allowed me to rediscover the voice of my body and supported me in beginning to understand my lived experiences.
When I started practicing at Yoga Soup in Santa Barbara, I truly felt welcome to explore my own practice within the class setting. It was freeing to realize I didn’t have to do every single thing the teacher said – that I didn’t have to push through any glimmer of pain – I could simply exist, breathe, and that was perfectly enough.
I hope that in my offerings, participants may feel that they can simply exist, breathe, and that is perfectly enough – that they are perfect as they are. There’s nothing to fix.
