On Lineage 

I feel most like myself after a yoga class, and I want you to feel that way.

Yoga found me in a windowless basement in 2011, at Auburn University. I started teaching at Auburn University Rec Center, and when moved to San Francisco, California in 2015 I paused on teaching and decided to dive into my own personal practice.

I am greatly influenced by Janet Stone, whom I studied with for many years. Janet was the first teacher who challenged my view of the world, and what kind of person I wanted to become.

I moved to New York City in 2021, I found Souk Yoga Studio, where I met Rima Rabbath. I started practicing Jivamukti 5x a week, and on a random Saturday met Barbara Verrochi and Kristin Leigh. I signed up for The Shala’s 300 hour program, which includes Buddhist Studies Program. During this, I received mentorship by Maria Rubinate in the Yoga Sutras, Ashley Door and Kristin Leigh in sequencing.

I continued to dive into my practice, and decided after losing my dad to dive into my Jivamukti lineage and Jivamukti’s 300 hour training program in India, and while seeking medical care from their Ayurvedic Healing Center.

Both programs are deeply rooted in a commitment to meditation practice, and living the 8 limbs of Ashtanga yoga.

Now, in 2026, I am finishing my advanced mentorship with Ian Szydlowski – Alvarez at Jivamukti Paris, and assisting Rima at Souk.

I am honored to be part of a strong and direct linage and deeply respect my teachers, while fusing my own experience of practice in my teachings.

I believe if you can breathe, you can practice yoga, and yoga is to be practiced most importantly outside of the studio. Yoga is FUN!

I am a regular teacher at:

• Baby Cobra, East Village & Bushwick

• The Shala, Fort Greene

I am a guest teacher at:

• Jivamukti Yoga, Paris

• Newburgh Yoga Shala, Newburgh NY

• Hero Beach Club, Montauk, NY
  

I assist & you will see me on the mat most at:

• Souk Yoga Studio, NYC