"I believe in each person's innate wisdom, but I also firmly believe in good guidance. I am honored and blessed to share my vision of a more balanced, healthy, spirit-oriented life of service and love with you at The Bhaktishop."

"The mystery of life is that while love involves selfless giving, it makes one whole." - Swami BV Tripurari

“Over the course of my 10 years with yoga I have found myself steering more and more toward the quieter aspects of the practice.”

"For the first time all of my passions, interests and sincere beliefs had a vehicle, a masterpiece, a complete practice and study; the age-old, time-honored and wise art of Ayurveda."

“Yoga makes sense to me, but mostly it makes sense of me.”

"Birth is not only about making babies. It's about making mothers; strong, competent, capable mothers..."

"I am interested in working deeply with principles of skeletal, muscular and energetic alignment, while also sharing the rich mythical, spiritual, and historical lineage that yoga asana descends from."

"While modern applications of postural yoga can be very goal-centered, our time together in class is a fusion of outer-body alignment and inner-body focus, concentrating our curiosity on what is possible when we cultivate presence through movement and breath."

"The stillness in stillness is not the real stillness; only when there is stillness in movement does the universal rhythm manifest." - Bruce Lee

"My practice isn't ever perfect, but it is real and authentically mine. Yoga helps me navigate the fascinating and confounding process of being a human through mindfulness, patience, and love..."

"Now, more than ever before, yoga is the way I show respect for the beauty of life and the energy of the earth. Yoga is where I play and explore; it's where I find a sense of being grounded and a sense of stillness."

"I strive to bring a trauma-informed lens into any class I teach, giving students a clear sense of choice, options and permission to listen and trust the language of their body..."

"I'm so grateful for the internal healing I've received from my yoga practice.  I've found new ways to love myself and new ways to be in my body and to move in the world thanks to what I've learned as I've been a student..."

"There is something special about the practice of moving together, feeling the support of another human’s presence, while at the same time having your own very personal and often intimate experience."

"Through this perfect storm of philosophy, movement, mechanics and aliveness, yoga started to act on me, as it does, slowly eroding who I was not and helping me understand who I am."

“When we strengthen our ability to pay attention we open up to more possibilities and we bring an experience into existence that did not previously exist.”

"Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured, and to endure what cannot be cured." B.K.S. Iyengar

"In yoga, I can practice both movement and stillness, playing along the edge of exertion and relaxation. Somewhere in between I find my center. Yoga  provides me the space to build a better relationship with my breath, my body, my self."

“I continue to learn to heal myself through yoga, breath, and connection. What I hope for my students is that they learn more about their bodies and in turn, their spirit.”

"After a long career as an engineer, I knew the next phase of my life had to involve work from the heart."

"With a mix of detailed alignment and space to explore individual sensation I aim to help students cue into subtle shifts and changes in awareness through movement in a space that is approachable for all bodies."

“Yoga has gifted the permission for me to be just ME at all cost, with the ability to differentiate between all the senses that show up in between. My thirst for this profound knowledge continuously brings me to the feet of these teachings.”

"As we move through the shapes of asana and cultivate our "somatic architecture" we bring mindfulness to how we physically organize, unwind, and reorganize."

“My understanding of the body, how it moves, and how it’s connected to the mind has come from my practice of yoga. It has taught me how to find strength, balance, and integrity through all aspects of my life.”

“I was half-way through a decade-long competitive athletic career, and my body had no idea what to do with itself. Today, I'm still a curious mover, but I've re-discovered by body - and my place in that body - with the help of yoga.”