Yoga will find you…
I have always felt free when I could express myself through movement. As a child, my mom enrolled me in gymnastics and ballet. It unleashed a love and appreciation for my body, health, and a lifelong love of expressing myself through movement. My favorite memories are of tumbling across the front lawn while my Dad watched. He would say, you certainly won’t be able to do that when you get old! (he was referring to age 25!) Then it happened, I got “old” just like my Dad said. Not just old physically but mentally as well. I lost the carefree innocence and childlike appreciation for the little things in life. My days of gymnastics were over and my outlet for expression and releasing stress was gone. I was a young mom trying to balance a career, family, friends, and an emotionally unhealthy marriage. My outlet of expression was gone and so was I.
One day a friend mentioned that I should try a yoga class at the gym. I knew nothing about yoga but walked into the dimly lit studio, borrowed a mat and have been on the mat ever since. I immediately felt a sense of freedom while moving through the postures, a sense of peace and calm as I focused on my breath. I wasn’t looking to start a yoga practice; yoga wasn’t even widely practiced in 2003. I didn’t realize how much I needed yoga, but yoga found me.
Yoga gave me back my wonder, my excitement and ability to express myself through movement. My body felt stronger, healthier and my flexibility was returning. I credit yoga for providing me the mental discipline to complete three full marathons, the calmness and breath that yoga teaches is what led me through those miles when I wanted to give up. I was proud of my physical progress, but the physical benefits were just the beginning.
Yoga taught me to slow me down and live in the moment. Stepping on my mat each day, slowly changed me. I became less reactive, more patient. On my mat the chatter in my mind would drift away, I would stop trying to figure life out, and clarity came from letting go. Yoga healed me and empowered me. It helped me process painful life moments, such as the sudden death of my Father while my Mom was battling terminal bone cancer. Yoga allowed me to sort through the confusion within my unhealthy marriage, realize my self-worth and peacefully leave my marriage.
Yoga nourished my entire body, mind and soul, it became such an integral part of my life that I wanted to learn more. I completed my RYT Yoga Teacher Training in 2012 and have enjoyed sharing my passion ever since.
I never could have known that stepping on the mat would transform me into who I am today. Its been 17 years since I first walked into that yoga studio. My sons are now grown and the days of “Mommy are you going to yoga” are replaced with them joining me in a class. My husband practices yoga too and has found it a wonderful compliment to his weightlifting. In addition to yoga, my husband and I enjoy running, biking, and traveling the world.
Yoga has never let me down, my mat is where I go when I need healing or to celebrate. Yoga continues to support me through the seasons of my life. I always walk away feeling refreshed, renewed, and grateful to be alive!
Yoga transformed me into a better version of me. I wasn’t looking for yoga. It found me. It will find you too.
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