My Story

In the spring of 1989, a profound experience at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Stockbridge, Massachusetts led me to choose a new path of study, practice and instruction. I became a Kripalu Yoga Instructor and began teaching in early 1990. I pursued further studies in the Iyengar and Anusara traditions and earned my certification in Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy. I have enjoyed my continuing study with Rod Stryker and Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, who have been my teachers since 2003. My study of  Jin Shin Jyutsu, which began in 1997, continues to the present day and I opened my practice in 1999. After completing a two-year program at the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, I graduated in 2009 as a Yoga/Ayurvedic Specialist and Ayurvedic Life-style Coach. I began my Somatic Movement training in September 2017 and graduated in April 2020 as an Essential Somatic Movement Teacher. By sharing the holistic practices of Yoga, Ayurveda, Jin Shin Jyutsu, and Somatic Movement, I hope to provide my students and clients with pathways to greater self-knowledge and a more balanced life.