To me, slowing down, turning inward, and deeply listening to our body and heart is perhaps the most meaningful form of self-care work we can do.

When we are more compassionate and connected with ourselves, we are able to be more compassionate and connected with others and the world around us. In this way, our practice not only benefits us, it benefits everyone we are in relationship with, and everyone we come into contact with.

This is truly why I practice, and why I offer the trainings I do rooted in my signature technique, LAR-LAR.

Over the last 30 years, the teachers and traditions I have studied with have informed and inspired my integrated approach to sharing yoga and mindfulness practices that are infused with compassion and ease, and meant to attune the body, mind, and spirit to nature, and inspire an integrative, holistic healing experience. 

I was certified to teach yoga in 1994 from the ISHTA Yoga lineage with Alan Finger. From there, I spent a decade studying with some of the greatest yoga and meditation virtuosos of our time, from Jon Kabat-Zinn and Jack Kornfield to Ram Dass, Tara Brach, and Sharon Salzberg. In 1997, Erich Schiffmann became my primary yoga influence; the next year, when the Omega Institute invited me to teach at her annual retreat, I met my primary meditation teacher, Pema Chödrön. 

As a certified yoga therapist and teacher trainer, I was introduced to the cutting-edge work of world-renowned healers, doctors, and neurologists in mind-body medicine, including Herbert Benson, Daniel Siegel, Richard Davidson, Sara Lazar, and Rick Hanson. 

It wasn’t until 2000, six years into teaching yoga, a decade into my corporate marketing career, and a series of health crises, that my yoga became the healing practice it is for me today—LAR-LAR through the practices of Pausing and Deep Listening. This practice helped me restore my well-being in a way I’m so grateful for. (Read my full story here.)

I’ve made it my vocation—in my personal practice and my teaching—to cultivate the ability to pause, listen deeply, and grow grounded, present, and open. To share tools and techniques to compassionately care for ourselves despite what’s happening around us. When we practice in this way, we are developing a relationship with ourselves that provides exactly the type of strength and security we need to navigate life from a place of wisdom, compassion, and authenticity.

Today, I am a certified Yoga Therapist, recognized by the International Association of Yoga Therapy.

I’m grateful to share my teachings around the world. 

I have been a featured teacher at respected holistic learning centers internationally, including the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, Omega Institute, Esalen, 1440 Multiversity, Mohonk Mountain House, and Blue Spirit Retreat Center. 

I have also presented my work to government officials in George Washington University’s Center for Excellence in Public Leadership, as well as in keynotes and programs for institutions such as New York University Hospital Nursing Department, Genentech, La Roche, Condé Nast, Superfly, and Booz Allen Hamilton, and to students at Wesleyan University, The New School, and Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts.

I loved offering a TEDx Talk on Metta Meditation, and contributing as a featured yoga expert in a multitude of media outlets—The  New York Times, Good Morning America, WSJ, CNN, Real Simple, Bloomberg, Home. Family Network, Prevention, Mindful, Yoga Journal, Yoga International, and more. 

My Calm Body, Clear Mind DVD and RelaxMore CD have been spotlighted and highly recommended by Yoga Journal, and several others.

• Yoga Alliance E-RYTT

• Yoga Alliance YACEP (Continuing Education Provider)

• IAYT Certified Yoga Therapist

• IAYT Approved Professional Development for Continuing Education

• Banyan Mindfulness Mentor Graduate by Jack Kornfield & Tara Brach

• Integrative Yoga Therapy

• Adaptive Yoga

• Desikachar Teacher Training

• Benson Henry Relaxation Response for Doctors and Therapists

• Health Integrative Healing for Chronic illness and Disease

• Anusara Yoga Therapists Certification

Yes! My trainings and courses offer Continuing Education Credits (CECs) through Yoga Alliance and the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT).