I began dancing at the age of 3 and played all types of sports growing up. At the age of 16, I took Vocational Medical Science and began studying college-level anatomy and physiology. I took my first yoga class at age 19 and studied with Ki McGraw and Bob Smith at the Hatha Yoga Center in Seattle Washington.
After having 2 children and co-owning a busy Portland studio my stress drew me toward neurobiology. Robert Sapolsky's National Geographic documentary, Stress, changed my life. For years I spent my nights up memorizing Sapolsky's lecture information on neuroendocrinology from Stanford University. I studied Interpersonal Neurobiology at Portland State University and also studied the neuroscience of yoga and trauma at Kripalu with Harvard Psychologist, Dr. Jim Hopper.

I have been teaching for 17 years & I have spent the last 5 years focusing on mental health, gut/digestive, sleep, and their connection to yoga and meditation.

I offer regular classes in Portland Oregon as well as workshops, TT sections and international retreats about Sleep, Neurobiology, Anxiety and Depression, PTSD, Yin Yoga, Yoga Nidra, the Chakras and more.