Over 30 years ago, my journey on this path began unfolding. 

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In the first years of my practice, I injured my back snowboarding. With patience, I discovered the therapeutic power of yoga when I healed my lumbar spine. This blessing in disguise has kept me on my mat ever since, helping me to maintain a healthy body, mind, and spiritual existence. 

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My most influential teachers who have inspired my life's work include Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Dr. Scott Blossom, Mary Kay West, and Greg Miner. Now as an E-RYT 500-hour Registered Yoga Alliance Teacher and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist, with 5,000 hours of guiding classes, workshops, private therapy sessions, retreats, and teacher training, I am more passionate than ever to continue helping others. 

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Philosophically, I call myself a Yoga Universalist. This means that any form or perspective that awakens clarity, strengthens and heals the body, and energizes the spirit, I support wholeheartedly. Personally, I connect most with Vinyasa Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Hot Elemental, and Yin Yoga. I also am a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist and hold a Master's degree in Counseling. I use these tools, mental and emotional health expertise, in my teachings. 

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I am thankful to be a part of the Chattanooga yoga community, and I hope to inspire deep inner wisdom so that others may have positive transformations in their lives as well. 

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