"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..."

"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."

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

"Over time, with the support of my teachers, I continued the practice not just for the physical postures but for the union of body, mind, and spirit. Over and over again, my yoga practice has been a grounding force in my life."

"As we move through the shapes of asana and cultivate our "somatic architecture" we bring mindfulness to how we physically organize, unwind, and reorganize. In this process we come to understand how our physicality gives rise to and is affected by our mental and emotional states."

"I enjoy bringing yoga to those who may not find it on their own and I have a special interest in restorative and trauma informed yoga practices, as well as teaching children."

"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."

"Be You. Laugh, cry, sigh, and please, practice YOUR yoga."

"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."

"I thought I would just be healing my body but what I discovered was own my inner resilience, calmness of mind, and a deeper sense of self-love."

"This practice has allowed me to soften as a person and to have acceptance for myself and others."

"It’s not always pretty, it’s not always fun and it’s not always connected – but it’s always there. It’s steady. It’s real. Inspiring me to stop, listen and connect."

"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..."

"I am very passionate about yoga and the healing benefits of yoga practice."

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

"Teaching yoga was a natural extension of tending to the human spirit..."