I am a former award-winning body builder, a Yoga Alliance certified yoga instructor, trained birth doula (DONA) and meditation teacher living in Venice Beach, CA. I have worked with folks from all walks of life: A-list actors, entertainers, athletes, executives, inventors, lawyers, elementary school staff in low-income areas, and kids.

I love the ocean, travel, music, film, dancing, healthy food, animals and being outdoors. I believe that our bodies possess an intuitive intelligence and an energy that makes all things possible. In order to access that intelligence, however, we must commit  a certain amount of time and energy into maintaining our natural state of health.  For more, please read my life story, as recently published in LA Yoga Magazine.

Yoga: I trained with Ana Forrest (500hrs) in 2005, and Shiva Rea (120hrs) in 2006. In addition to my teachers I have formally trained with, I am deeply grateful to Bryan Kest, who introduced me to yoga, and to Anthony Benenati and Annie Carpenter for their influence on my teaching style. I currently teach a weekday Vinyasa Flow at Yogis Anonymous and Pre/Post Natal at the Yoga Annex inside the Shiatsu Massage School of Santa Monica.

Pre/Post Natal Yoga: As a Pre-Post Natal yoga instructor, I co-headed the Pre-Post Natal program at City Yoga for nearly eighteen months. I currently teach a weekly community, donation based Pre/Postnatal Yoga in Santa Monica, at the Shiatsu Massage School of Santa Monica.

Style of Yoga: All my yoga classes include strong attention to alignment, breath and core strength, the keys to building a healthy foundation for a lifelong yoga practice. I enjoy teaching inversions, which are great for the immune system and help rid our bodies and minds of fear; arm balances, because they help develop our confidence and strength, and backbends, for their deep healing qualities.

Doula:  I have assisted families birthing at home and in the hospital. My gifts as an Empath help me sense what my clients are feeling and how to support them best, be it through physical, emotional or energetic support systems.

Writer: I am a freelance writer with publishing credits in regional and national magazines such as Flaunt, LA Yoga, Film & Video, Urb,  Detour, Remix, B.P.M. Mixer and Lotus.

Photo Credit: 

Most of the photography on this site is courtesy of Fluid Frame Photography. Thanks to City Yoga for the Pre/Post Natal shot and Saigon Yoga for the Vinyasa Flow shot.