A Little About Me

I live hopefully and happily with my wonderful fiancé Chris, our goofy dog Nova & ferocious cat Luna in Tacoma, Washington.

I found yoga in high school and noticed that during & after practice I felt better in body & mind. I lost the practice for a long time until a friend brought me back during a difficult period of chronic & mental health, disability, and poverty. I continue to find it transformationally supportive.

I completed a 200-hour training over 11 months at The Yoga Tree in November 2024 with Susanne Hutchinson, who made it uniquely accessible.

I have 7 years of experience as a Holistic Somatic Coach with a focus in the areas of trauma recovery, sexuality & gender, embodiment & integration, attachment, personal advocacy, and radical self compassion.

Philosophy & Approach

I strive to be invitational with offerings, centering student agency - your choice is a vital part of the practice. I consider this more supportive for students who have experienced consent violations, who have left high control groups, have been or are in a fawn or freeze state, are feeling disconnected from their bodies, and for those who experience demand avoidance.

I approach yoga as a system for liberation, path for preparing body & mind for resistance, container for spiritual connection, re-indigenization practice, and political act of self preservation as Audre Lorde described self care.

I view the yoga studio as a temple, refuge, and vital third place providing essential community care.

I believe that meeting ourselves where we’re at in all our nuance, messiness and beauty is an essential part of the practice and of life.

I believe yoga should be accessible to all kinds of people with every type of body and that, to quote Susanna Barkataki, “if you can breathe you can do yoga”.

My classes are themed and include chanting, singing, restorative & yin shapes, flowy gradual transitions, and lots of props. All feelings are welcome, big & small.