WHEN DID YOU BEGIN CULTIVATING YOUR PRACTICE?

In 2008 with Marcia Camino of Pink Lotus Yoga in Lakewood, she was teaching out of her house and I did a beginners workshop with her and was instantly hooked on yoga and how it helped my focus, sleep, and getting out of my head and into my body.

WHEN DID YOU BEGIN HELPING OTHERS CULTIVATE THEIR PRACTICE?

In 2012, I started teaching in Chicago at the Streeterville Corepower Studio. I moved back to Cleveland in 2015 and taught Yoga Sculpt at 3 Sisters & other studios on the westside of Cleveland until I became part of the Cultivate family. I love this tight knit community of yogis and teaching them is what gives me purpose.

HOW DO YOU ENVISION CULTIVATE YOGA SERVING OUR COMMUNITY? 

I want to help facilitate a grounded and connected community that shows up for one another.

WHAT HAS YOGA HELPED TO CULTIVATE WITHIN YOU? 

It's given me inner peace, a sense of purpose in my life, and something that I can always practice that keeps me humble even as I grow as a teacher. I think yoga can be so much more than a series of movements synced to breath.  To me it’s a life-force you can take off your mat to heal, grow, create, connect, and love in new ways.

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

Being in nature.