Brief Bio:

I had a remarkable introduction to yoga as a senior in college more than forty years ago in a building known as The Cathedral of Learning. It was an immediate match and I’ve been vibing with it ever since in an adult lifelong relationship.

Early on when yoga teachers or classes were scarce in the U.S., I kept a regular home practice while working in marketing and advertising. A bunch of years later, with marriage and three children in quick succession, I returned to yoga classes which were becoming a thing by then. I trained with well-trained teachers and worked to receive certification to teach Ashtanga yoga with Manju Jois in 2001.

In the years since, I have studied much more in Ashtanga, Mindfulness Meditation, Trauma Informed Yoga, Yoga for Kids, Functional Anatomy, Hatha and Vinyasa while teaching in studios in the Philly suburbs. A breast cancer diagnosis in 2012 it changed my direction. I began to work with Qi Gong and other energy movement practices to heal, recover from treatment and understand the role of energy in health and illness. It is the movement of energy in fields, pathways and centers that can be influenced and balanced to maintain health and vitality.

I received Master Teacher of Energy Medicine Yoga certification, founded by Lauren Walker, in 2019 and continue to study Qi Gong and other healing theories and practices. I teach virtually from a home studio and offer workshops in studios and health conferences. I also work individually or in small groups with those who are facing health challenges or concerns. I like to surprise the energy curious as they discover their energy movement for the first time. With ongoing study, I continue to uncover layers of depth in energy work that connect us to our Earth, health, and our state of being.