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I came to yoga through the incredibly diversified knowledge of my dance professors in college. I think I was doing sun salutations, Kundalini kriyas, savasana, and mindfulness meditation before I knew any of that had a name. I honestly don’t remember my first yoga class. I think it was a VHS.
I love movement, and I studied performance, choreography, modern dance, contact improvisation, ballet, Karate, kickboxing, trampoline, aerial dance, Chinese acrobatics, and flying trapeze before coming to Ashtanga. Having worked with Ashtanga, it was an easy transition to power yoga, in which I got my 200 hour certification. My personal practice right now is seeing myself in everyone, even the guy who cuts me off in traffic. My practice is constancy.
I am inspired by Van Halen, Guns N Roses, Bruce Lee, waking up before the sun, Philadelphia, Durham, Donna Fahri, Edward Gorey, Elizabeth Gilbert, and my family. I am a believer in and seeker of win-win situations. When not yoga-fying, you’ll likely find me drawing and painting, writing, singing, nurturing the growing espresso snob within, or at the loudest table in the place.
Must-reads on the blog…
- 4 Rules for Finding Love by Erin Hilarious, kind, easily applicable tools in one of the most-read posts on this-here blog.
- D-Scale Tired of unclear class descriptions? Let’s start using the D-scale so we can get students to the classes they WANT to be taking.
- Discover your yoga teaching niche I wish you could, but you can’t be an expert at everything. You just end up being pretty mediocre at a lot of things. How to discover what specialty you should pursue and become excellent!
- How to teach at a new studio Stop! Do not be overwhelmed! Here are some tools to help you integrate and shine in a new teaching environment.
- Loss for Do-ers I am a do-er. I want something to fix, to solve, to put back in place. This is especially hard after a loss. Tools for facing loss.
- On Assisting Thoughts on a practice that has changed my life for the better.
- On Love and the Business of Yoga “successful business” and “yoga” are not mutually exclusive terms.
- Powah of Voice tools from my theater days. How to use your voice to become the teacher you want to be.
- Stanley and Fluffy A silly little story I wrote. There is a dog in it.
- The Overly Brief and Incomplete Canon How to become an expert in yoga in 18 books.
- Win/Win/Win A treatise on how students, teachers, and studios can thrive and flourish.
- Yoga Teacher as Employee An outline on why studios should consider hiring a teacher as an employee instead of as a contractor.
Causes close to my heart…
Please spay or neuter. Not convinced? Go visit an animal shelter. I don’t think I can say much more about this without crying a little.
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.. A health organization for women and men. They are caring, thoughtful people who want to help and provide important health services nation-wide. Providing women the choice of when and how to start a family is the first step towards gender equality.
Being able to feed yourself (without relying on gas, oil, electricity, the Government, Monsanto, or China) is one of the biggest freedoms of all. Just growing one tomato and eating it, or growing your own herbs, or participating in a local CSA can help relieve some pressure on our stressed agricultural systems while increasing your independence.
