MY STORY

I first came to yoga as a long-distance runner, seeking balance and flexibility. What began as a purely physical pursuit soon revealed itself as a deeply integrative path, one that could harmonize with my longstanding meditation practice and invite a fuller presence into every part of my life.

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Over the past 18 years, I’ve had the privilege of studying meditation with Jack Kornfield, guided meditation and Sanskrit with Dr. Carol Whitfield, and Vedanta with Sri Swami Dayananda Saraswati in Anaikatti, India. My asana practice has been shaped most profoundly by Ramanand Patel, with whom I’ve studied Iyengar yoga for over a decade, and Judith Lasater, both of whom have offered me invaluable insight into the transformative power of this practice.

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Through their guidance, I’ve come to understand each posture as more than movement, it is a mirror, revealing how the mind meets discomfort, ease, or uncertainty. Can we meet this moment with stillness, or does the mind rush to resist or control what arises? Yoga invites us to listen deeply, to remain present, and to respond to life with increasing clarity, compassion, and awareness.