I started practicing yoga after my last bipolar hospitalization in 2008.

Thanks to the right medication regimen, therapy, and yoga, I became more functional. My first yoga teacher J. Brown taught me a gentle, stable yoga practice that regulates the nervous system. (Over a decade later, I obtained my 300-Hour training with J. Brown). I went on to explore mindfulness meditation in the Buddhist Insight tradition, and saw enough improvement that I could “adult” to some degree, but I wasn’t yet ready to acknowledge the elephant in the room - I wasn’t just bipolar, I was also an addict.

I continued my path of yoga and meditation without sobriety as I pursued my MFA in Acting from the Moscow Art Theater School Institute at Harvard University. After graduation, I moved to Los Angeles and began to pursue acting in another city, repeating the same patterns I did in New York, all while functioning just barely well enough to get by.

I finally hit a bottom on December 28, 2015, got sober, and started living a life based on 12-step recovery principles. I worked as a somatic educator and professional actor (Star Trek, etc.) and taught hundreds of actors mind/body/voice techniques to maximize confidence and honest self-expression.

Meanwhile, my personal yoga practice deepened. In addition to the Gentle Vinyasa I learned with J. Brown, I started practicing other styles, including Power Vinyasa, Bikram, and trauma-informed Kundalini. I began integrating yoga philosophy into my lifestyle, and learned that yoga is so much more than a physical practice - it is a system of healing and spirituality, similar to the 12-step path!

I started teaching yoga in studios and treatment centers in Los Angeles, and soon decided I wanted to pivot from professional acting to teaching and facilitating yoga. I moved to Marin with my sober partner Matt Bradford who also works in treatment, and can’t wait to start serving folks here.

I am so unbelievably grateful for this path and it’s a joy and privilege to share it with my fellows. Yoga, recovery, and mental health treatment are inexplicably intertwined for me, and that blend is the magic sauce I try to bring to my sessions.

I love to teach mind/body techniques that are both backed by modern science and that I have personally found effective. At the same time, I recognize that each person has unique needs depending on their constitution and what’s going on in their healing process. This is part of why I am so motivated to continue to practice and train with respected teachers, learning how to make these practices more accessible, trauma-informed, and enjoyable for everyone. I am a life-long learner, a 500-Hour Registered Yoga Teacher, and am currently completing a comprehensive certification in the Trauma-Conscious Yoga Method®.

I look forward to practicing with you!