Whether you're here locally in southeast Michigan, or if you're visiting from afar, I look forward to connecting with you. Here at Yoga Harbor, my intention is to create a community that helps others move through life with greater ease. As we commit to our own personal practices of health and wellness, we grow in ways that encourage us to be a resilient, adaptable, and peaceful element of the ever
-changing climates around us. Feel free to read on to know about my background and how I've come to love the art of living and sharing yoga. It all started when…
As a yoga therapist (C-IAYT), teacher (E-RYT 500), studio owner (), and first and foremost, a practitioner ( ), the lifestyle of yoga has woven its way into every open space and corner in my life. Day after day I’m continuously inspired by the simple nature of yoga and how it brings me into deeper connection with every moment. Like threads of a blanket, yoga teaches me to use each breath not only to sew together a safe place to cultivate personal growth, but also to bring yoga into conscious, content, and creative living. I have always embraced yoga throughout my life in some way, shape or form. Being formally trained in ballet, gymnastics and an active athlete, I grew up in constant playful wonder of the body. My first yoga class in college (Go Blue!) fortunately led to many more, studying intimately with a variety of yoga and meditation teachers from around the world. All the physical technique and post-yoga glows aside, what kept me hooked on yoga was that I instinctively knew it was providing me with a sense of nourishment I hadn’t known before — my deep rooted anxiety and spiritual stagnation was *finally* receiving some well-needed fresh air and attention! Having lived many years with active eating disorder, body shaming beliefs, and other dampening addictive behaviors, my yoga and meditation practices were enlightening me to a peaceful sense of embodiment that felt like a whole new frontier. My love for learning and exploration lit up with true contemplation of yoga and eastern philosophy as experienced in modern day living. People sometimes ask me, how did you come out of your eating disorder? The best answer I can come up with is quite simple... Breath awareness. My training in yoga therapy through the Beaumont School of Yoga Therapy is unique and progressive in our modern day yoga culture. Not only do I work privately with clients, but I can also work clinically in hospitals and health care facilities and be in professional communication with your providers. I’m on a mission to help others cultivate peace from within and walk this earth with comfort, confidence, and compassion. Through living a yogic lifestyle and adopting applications of yoga therapy, I hope to create experiences of substance, meaning, and value that guide others to better manage their stresses and anxieties in order to live a self-empowered life.
