my Yoga Journey & Teaching schedule

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View fullsize Another one in the books! I often forget to snap photos, so a big thanks to Dante for reminding me to take one before we left. Today’s intention was all about self-love, and I’m truly grateful for the chance to keep teaching community cla
View fullsize ✨ Meditation Is Hard ✨ Back in June, I went on a 10-day silent meditation retreat. It completely changed me—and yet, coming home has been harder than I expected. I thought I’d slip right into a daily rhythm of one-hour sits in the mornin
View fullsize ✨ Progress, Not Perfection ✨ In the first month of my vegetarian journey, I confess I wasn’t perfect. On a rough day, I plopped myself in front of the TV with my old guilty pleasure—frozen chicken nuggets. Not my proudest moment. Since
View fullsize 🥦 ✨ Why I Went Vegetarian ✨🥥 During my 10-day silent vipassana meditation retreat, I was asked to practice sila (pronounced shee-luh)—living with morality and ethical conduct. The very first precept? Do not kill. That’s when I made a
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View fullsize Say Chaiiii! ☕✨ Yesterday I had the joy of hosting an Ayurvedic cooking class with @prakash_ayurveda. I’m so grateful for this group of beautiful humans—thank you for showing up with your curiosity and commitment to eating well. And a big
View fullsize Hi friends! I’m back this month to teach gentle vinyasa flow on Fridays — 8/22 & 8/29 at Sports Basement!Come move, breathe, and ease into your weekend with some feel-good energy 🌿✨ These classes are FREE —so bring a friend, y
View fullsize Feeling so grateful for my sweet friend Prerana who came to support last night’s class at @sportsbasementsocal Long Beach 💛 I’m endlessly thankful for my sangha—my yoga family—for showing up, holding space, and supporting on
View fullsize Ease into your Friday with a gentle yoga flow. Flow into the weekend with clarity, breath, and intention 🌿 We’ll slow down, and center ourselves—so you can carry presence into whatever the weekend holds. #FlowIntoFriday #MorningYoga #Y
View fullsize I’m back at Sports Basement tomorrow at 10:15am! Join me for Flow Into Friday — a mellow, grounding morning class to help you shake off the week and ease into your weekend. Bring your mat, your breath, and come move with me 🧘🏻♀️✨ #Flow
View fullsize Sometimes loving words to yourself can be more powerful than advice from any one else. I have many different journals, I write sporadically in all of them. This morning I was in the mood for some self reflection and came across this loving reminder f
View fullsize What a great community class tonight! Thank you to these lovely humans for sharing your practice and easing into evening yoga with me 🤍 I’ll be back next Tuesday — same time, same vibe. Bring a friend and let’s wind down together.
View fullsize Join me Tuesday evenings at Sports Basement in Long Beach @ 6:30PM in June. Can’t wait to see you there! 🤗
View fullsize 10 days at this Vipassana meditation center taught me so much. I’ll be unpacking the experience I had here for a while, but also learning about Dhamma and this technique has already positively impacted my life so greatly. I’ve only been h
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View fullsize Taught my very first community yoga class at @sportsbasementsocal today! I forgot my mat and the speaker blew out—but I rolled with it and made the most of it. Thankfully, my little backup speaker saved the day. What’s life without a fe
View fullsize ✨ FREE Community Yoga Classes this May! ✨ I’m so excited to be teaching at Sports Basement—come move, breathe, and connect with your local yoga community. All levels welcome! 🧘‍♀️💛 📍 Where & When: 🗓 May 16 | 10:15–11:15
View fullsize Grateful for a Beautiful Private Yoga Session! 🧘‍♀️💫 A huge thank you to my friend @lindakimm for joining me for a private yoga lesson yesterday! It was such a joy to guide you through practice. 💜 And special thanks to Neo for creating a warm
View fullsize Reflections on Aparigraha 🕊️✨ Aparigraha (uh-puh-ree-grah-huh) is the last of the five yamas in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, and it’s one I continuously work on. We live in a world that constantly pushes us to strive for more—more mon
View fullsize Finding some balance in my life lately—literally—by practicing a tripod headstand at the beach. 🌊✨ This is a variation of Sirsasana (pronounced 'sheer-shah-sah-nah'). Headstands are incredibly challenging—don’t let this photo