MY STORY:

For years I would wake-up, rush off to work, meet the needs of students all day, come home to take care of my family and home before falling into bed, fast to sleep. I felt disconnected even though I was surrounded by so many brilliant members of my community. I had little time for my children, let alone the important connection to nature, creativity and ultimately myself. I was following a career path that no longer belonged to me. I had increased anxiety, an unhealthy lifestyle, and was overall unhappy.

I searched for a place outside myself, a community to which to belong. Through my own journey I have discovered that nothing exists outside of me; thus I created the space, the commune collective, a place of belonging within and outside myself.

I have always been drawn to helping others, hence the studies of psychology, a career in education, a transition to yoga teaching, and this evolutionary road of service and giving to others. This mission has inspired me to fulfill my role as a mother and guide to many. I began my personal yoga practice when my children were babies; through its unfolding, I found myself in a 200 YTT program.

Yoga Teacher Training was originally intended to serve as a catalyst for a career change. What I discovered was far deeper and more profound. It was a catalyst, but it was also the momentum I needed to return back to my creative nature, my own path to live authentically and simply through nurturing community connections and nature-inspired practices.