Welcome
My path with yoga has always been about connection — to myself, to others, and to life itself. Over the years, my personal journey of practice and study has shaped the way I now share yoga: not just as movement or exercise, but as a way of being more present, more open, and more at ease in our everyday lives.
My Story
I first discovered yoga in 2016, shortly after finishing my university degree. At the time, I was preparing applications for medical school. From a young age, I felt deeply motivated to help people heal, but I wasn’t sure what form that would take. Following the conventional path, I believed medicine would allow me to have the biggest impact.
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That same year, I began practicing Iyengar yoga, and it quickly became a passion. Yoga offered me something I hadn’t expected: a way to connect more deeply with myself while supporting my well-being.
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In 2020, after several years of regular practice, I decided to take my first 200-hour yoga teacher training with François Lacerte at Zéro Gravité, where I had also been rock climbing for many years. The training had such a profound impact on me that I chose to let go of my pursuit of a medical career and dedicate myself fully to yoga. It was a bold and uncertain decision, especially coming from a conservative background in Missouri, but following my heart felt like the only true way forward.
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Since then, I’ve continued to study and deepen my practice. With François, I trained further in meditation techniques, including chakra-based meditation and vipassana. I later trained in Yoga Nidra and Yin Yoga with Wind of Prana, deepening my appreciation for stillness and rest. Inspired by a close friend’s pregnancy, I also completed a pre- and postnatal yoga training with Yoga Natal in Montreal, which included a focus on the Divine Feminine, and I began working with this clientele.
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In 2023, I immersed myself in a month-and-a-half long 200-hour teacher training in the Sivananda tradition. This training emphasized discipline, daily practice, chanting, community, and time in nature — elements that helped me see the value of structure, consistency, and shared experience.
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That same year, I began an 800-hour yoga therapy training, a multi-year program that integrates yoga with modern healthcare. Yoga therapy is about supporting people to feel more comfortable in their bodies and more connected to themselves, using tools such as breathwork, mindful movement, chanting, meditation, visualization, journaling, and creative expression. This training has felt like a homecoming for me — a return to my early passion for science and healthcare, balanced now with the intuitive wisdom I’ve gained through years of practicing and teaching yoga, Reiki, and hypnosis.
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Through this mix of scientific and intuitive approaches, I’ve developed a practice and way of teaching that feels authentic to my own story: grounded in tradition, but also open, creative, and evolving.
My Approach
For me, yoga is not about rigidly holding on to tradition, but about creating space for people to connect with themselves in meaningful ways. While yoga originated in India centuries ago, our lives and awareness have shifted since then. I see yoga as a framework — a powerful entry point into embodied healing and self-connection — but not the only one.
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When I speak of yoga, I’m referring to embodied movement, rest, breath, stillness, play, and intentional practices that help us connect with our authentic selves. I believe this is how we begin to feel lighter, more open-hearted, more curious, and more confident in our own path.
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What I value most about this work is the connection — both one-on-one and in community. My role is to hold space: for curiosity, for presence, for openness, for playfulness. The rest unfolds naturally. Over time, I’ve seen again and again that when we connect more deeply with ourselves, we connect more fully with others too.
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This is why I teach and why I share these practices: to support people in feeling more at ease, more embodied, and more alive in their everyday lives.
