Experience:

Experienced Yoga and meditation practitioner since 2001, and teaching Yoga and Mindfulness to adults and children since 2009 at the following venues: 

• Trauma-informed classes at Northampton County Prison and Northampton County Juvenile Justice Center through the Shanthi Project

• Forks Community Center

• Easton Community Center Art of Yoga Program

• Easton Yoga

• Nazareth Curves. 

• Private locations, including community acitivity centers.

• Home Studio

• Occasional classes at Tuscarora Training Center, including a Goat Yoga class 

Experienced Mindfulness Instructor, working through the Shanthi Project:

• Mindfulness class teacher at local elementary schools 

• After school Mindfulness class teacher at local middle schools

• Mindfulness, art, and movement teacher at the Boys & Girls Club of Easton 

• Mindfulness, art, and movement teacher at the YMCA in Forks Township

• Mindfulness, art, and movement teacher at the Cheston Elementary summer program

Assistant to Angela Farmer and  "Becoming Who You Are at Any Age" in November, 2019 at Kripalu.

Currently teaching private and semi-private classes.

Musician, providing healing music accompaniment for yoga, mindful movement, and meditation classes.  

Education:

Formal certifications include:

• 200 hour Teacher Training with Max Strom

• Trauma-Sensitive Yoga with Bessel van der Kolk, David Emerson and Jenn Turner

• Mindfulness Fundamentals and Mindful Educator Essentials with Mindful Schools

• Off the Mat, Into the World™ Yoga, Purpose, and Action Leadership Training

• The Craving Mind,  Mindful Habit Changing with Judson Brewer and Robin Boudette

• Qigong with Master Yang Yang

• American Heart Association CPR, First Aid, and AED Training

• BS Chemistry, Math, Pre-med, Boston College, summa cum laude

I have studied with many teachers who I am grateful for, including Max Strom, Jamie Elmer, Seane Corn, Angela Farmer, Victor van Kooten,  Anodea Judith, Tao Porchon Lynch, Donna Farhi, Hala Khouri, Suzanne Sterling, Eddie Modestini, Maty Ezraty, Rod Stryker, Alicia Rambo Wozniak, Michael Lear,  & more.