Our Team

Owner & Founder

I wholeheartedly believe that a consistent, passionate, mindful yoga practice has the power to transform your life. In my classes, you’ll learn simple yet powerful tools to cultivate self-care, compassion, and resilience.

I came to yoga after chronic pain and illness left me feeling helpless and frustrated. With the help of a committed practice, I developed a more loving and understanding relationship with my body and mind, ultimately allowing healing, balancing, and strengthening to occur over time.

I have studied yoga and several traditions of meditation for over a thousand hours with some of the most renowned teachers throughout the world. My teaching is primarily informed by my studies with Christopher Wallis, Gary Kraftsow, Leslie Kaminoff, Sally Kempton, and Pema Chödrön. I consider myself a lifelong student of yoga and continue to train extensively to keep my classes intelligent, fresh, and inspired. I have completed rigorous advanced teacher training in Viniyoga with Gary Kraftsow. I have taught yoga in studios, boardrooms, retreat centers, and one-on-one settings. 

In 2015 I cofounded Room to Breathe, a public yoga studio integrated with a collaborative psychotherapy practice in downtown Chicago. There, I collaborated with therapists and healthcare professionals to make research-based, trauma-sensitive programming accessible to all.

Through Room to Breathe, I designed and taught an intensive 9-month psychologically sensitive yoga teacher training program. I also designed and recorded a 65-hour continuing education program for practicing yoga teachers looking to teach in a more psychologically sensitive manner.

I hold a master’s degree in health communication from Northwestern University, where I studied how mindfulness and yoga can be effectively integrated into the US Healthcare system.