A homeschool mom transforms into a yoga instructor:

I spent the first half of my adult life as a homeschool mom of 6 children.   As my children grew and graduated, I found myself with a “void”.  Many of my friends had gone through this – I  wasn’t alone.  Some had developed hobbies, started new jobs or continued with a career they had before children. I had no desire to go back to my career as a legal secretary.  One friend asked me what my interests were.  In the midst of schooling and raising 6 children I somehow lost who I was. What were MY interests?  There was no time for “self”.    

At about the same time my husband and I began taking vacations, just the two of us.  On one particular trip I was introduced to beach yoga.  Every day for those 10 days I went to beach yoga. I knew I would miss this daily practice. I decided to look for a yoga studio when I got home. 

I did find a yoga studio 2 blocks from my home.   After several classes I was hooked.  I was going to yoga every day – sometimes twice a day.  My mantra was . . . “too much yoga, not enough time!”   I had discovered my interest.  I learned about self-care.  I knew that someday I would participate in yoga teacher training and become a certified yoga instructor.  At the time I  had several children still being homeschooled and a 3- week training in Costa Rica or Hawaii was cost prohibitive.  I knew it would happen when the time was right..

In September of 2020 I began my 200-hr yoga teacher training at Soma Yoga Institute.  The experience was life changing!   After graduating in January of 2021, I started teaching on-line and in person (at that same yoga studio 2 blocks away).  Shortly after completing my 200-hr yoga teacher training, I completed a 300-hr training. In time I added specialty certifications in restorative yoga, somatics, trauma informed yoga, yin, yoga nidra, chair yoga, and sound healing. 

I am literally living my dream.  My passion is restorative, guided meditation and yoga nidra. I added a gong, crystal singing bowls and other percussion instruments to my practice offering sound baths in many of my classes.  I also teach a slow gentle flow: focusing on how a pose feels in the body.  My main goal is to reach people who would not step into a yoga studio, to break the stereotype of the average yoga student. Yoga is for everyBODY!