YOGA EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS

I came to yoga as a teenager, but it became a practice in presence years later. What drew me in wasn’t just the movement—it was the rhythm, the clarity, the way breath created space for something softer to surface.

Since completing my 200-hour training through CorePower Yoga in 2018, I’ve been teaching from that place: the intersection of intention and embodiment. My classes are rooted in mindful sequencing, subtle strength, and dharma that meets you where you are.

This is movement as a form of remembering.
Not about performance—about presence.
A return, again and again, to what’s already within..

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CorePower Yoga 200 Hour Power Yoga Certification | Chicago - Gold Coast Studio | February 2018 – April 2018 

  • Faculty – Brooke Gardner, Ashley Comforte

CorePower Yoga 50 Hour Intensive Travel Extensions Program | Puerto Vallarta - Xinalani Yoga Resort | May 2018

  • Faculty – Jennifer A. Ford “Red Jen”

CorePower Yoga C2 Intensive Training | Chicago - West Loop | October 2018

  • Faculty – Charlotte Munn, Master Trainer; Breanne Schoonhoven

CorePower Yoga 2019 Advanced Yoga Workshop | Chicago - Lakeview | April 2019

  • Faculty – Joel Klauser, Master Trainer; Jesslyn Jalayerian, North Chicago Area Leader

CorePower Yoga Sculpt Teacher Training | Chicago - River North | March 2019 - April 2019

  • Faculty – Dylan DiPrima

Y7 Tribe Training | Chicago - River North | February 2020

  • Faculty - Emily Torockio, Amy Apgar, Alison Whelan


Styles Practiced | Vinyasa | Hot Yoga | Kundalini | Yoga Sculpt | June 2014—Present