WHEN DID YOU BEGIN CULTIVATING YOUR PRACTICE?

I took my first yoga class in 2007 right after having my first baby, and I have been in love with the practice ever since! Yoga supported me as a new mom and has kept me calm through the storm of various life events that followed.

WHEN DID YOU BEGIN HELPING OTHERS CULTIVATE THEIR PRACTICE?

I graduated from 200-hr Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) in 2014, Yoga Tune Up Level 1 in 2015 and completed my 300-hr YTT in 2021. I love teaching yoga (almost as much as I love being a student)! One of my goals is to encourage yoga enthusiasts to become yoga teachers!

HOW DO YOU ENVISION CULTIVATE YOGA SERVING OUR COMMUNITY? 

I’d like to see Cultivate provide yoga (including meditation and mindfulness) to new communities and under-represented demographics. I’d also like to see us bring yoga to unique and beautiful spaces — demonstrating that yoga can be practiced by anyone, anywhere.

WHAT HAS YOGA HELPED TO CULTIVATE WITHIN YOU? 

For me, yoga has helped cultivate a sense of inner peace, a feeling of comfort in my own skin. Yoga has healed and continues to heal me. It has made me better, physically and mentally. It has made me present. After a yoga class, I reset and I’m ready to go!

BESIDES YOGA, WHAT IS ONE THING THAT CULTIVATES JOY IN YOUR LIFE?

Time and travel with the people I love most. Doesn’t matter where in the world, as long as I’m with them, I’m home.