yoga, meditation, and embodiment praxis
yoga is a practice of being with liminality,
in and through the body…
each time we step on our mat, something has shifted, or is in mid-shift. the practice is an always-evolving relationship with change and presence. of orienting ourselves in time and space, and mediating past, present, and potential through the ongoing conversation of mind, body and breath.
yoga invites us into curiosity about these shifts, to explore and play with them, to engage with them, to show up for them, and ourselves, with kindness, compassion, care, and joy.
my teaching style & philosophy:
I believe yoga is a deeply personal embodied practice—we bring to it our whole selves and histories. With respect for this immenseness, I create spaces for movement that meet you exactly as you are.
No two bodies are alike; my teachings orient towards cultivating awareness from within your unique anatomy and internal landscape, so that you may grow more fully into yourself.
I have been teaching yoga for the past 9 years, and practicing for 16 years. My classes run the gamut from fiery Vinyasa to slower embodied flows, deeper Yin to guided pranayama. I also teach guided meditation and Yoga Nidra (find my recordings on Insight Timer). I am currently studying and training to teach Katonah Yoga.
I weave my scholarly interest in embodiment (informed by neuroscience and anthropology) into my classes, along with my passions for literature (think poetry in savasana a la Louise Glück, Jane Hirshfield, and Mary Oliver) and music (think eclectic playlists, from Bach to Sylvan Esso).
My heart’s work, in this space, is facilitating an embodied writing method I’ve developed called WITHIN: an intuitive writing practice scaffolded with supportive movement and meditation, which is offered in a seasonal 3-month group series each autumn, monthly drop-in community labs, an asynchronous recorded version, and also in a 1:1 personalized format.
In September 2023, I joined forces with my dear friend and colleague Franziska Schmitt to co-create and host Harvest, a week-long yoga, meditation, and writing retreat for somatic awareness and creativity held at the Monastere de Segries in Provence, France. We plan to host our next retreat in Autumn 2025 (following my maternity leave and anthropological fieldwork).
My classes affirm and approach embodiment as intersectional. My teachings acknowledge that yoga does not exist in a vacuum from issues of social justice; that all bodies are welcome onto the mat; and that yoga should be accessible to anyone who needs it. These values are reflected in my flexible economic-justice-inspired pricing structure of offerings, scholarships (prioritized for BIPOC and LGBTQIA+), and to my regular donations of proceeds to healing justice initiatives such as Satya Yoga Collective and The Loveland Foundation.
trainings & certifications
Ongoing study of Katonah Yoga (100 hours and counting) || 2021-present
30-HR Yoga Nidra Certification (trauma-informed) || YogaLeela || 2021 || Sweden
50-HR Yin Yoga Certification || YogaLeela || 2020 || Sweden
200-HR Vinyasa Certified Yoga Instructor || Namaspa || 2015 || Bend, Oregon
Teachers & mentors: Nevine Michaan, Dages Juvelier Keates, Melanie Cooper, Jennie Wadsten
background & backstory...
I first stepped onto a yoga mat at 14 to heal an overtraining injury from years of competitive swimming. Those first practices showed me how many other parts of me were also asking to be healed. Over 16 years of regular practice, yoga and breathwork have become my most lasting tools for managing anxiety and depression.
Driven by a desire to hold space for and share yoga with others, I became a certified teacher in 2015. Just two weeks in to my training, I was in a bike accident, left with a hip evulsion, SI-joint dislocation, and deep bone bruising. Training to become a teacher with an injured and functionally-compromised body was my own most important teacher. I learned to adapt my practice to meet my body in its healing and confronted deep-held limiting beliefs that tethered my identity to performance (athletic and otherwise). This experience cemented my intention to teach a practice accessible to every body.
Since 2015, I have taught yoga in unconventional places (on the floor of Deschutes Brewery in Portland, OR with brewery coworkers), more conventional places (Rise Power Yoga studio in Princeton, NJ), and, most recently, through a screen in peoples’ homes ranging from Sweden to Australia, India to New York City, South Africa to Ireland (thanks, of course, to the wonders of Zoom).
Today, I teach from my home studio in Malmö, Sweden, and online via Zoom. I am grateful for the ways that virtual practice has brought us together from far reaches of the globe.
Sharing yoga with other humans is one of my greatest joys and loves—a palliative for the insular “life of the mind”, a form of embodied connection to ourselves and each other through movement, breath, and mindfulness.
I would love to meet you on your mat to explore together. Take a wander through my current offerings below:
current offerings
current offerings
meditations on insight timer
Practice Yoga Nidra with me for free on Insight Timer:
Yoga Nidra for Creative Writing
Yoga Nidra for the Seasons Within
within: embodied writing
This series is my absolute love — an integration of embodiment practice, breath, meditation, and writing in supportive community. You can learn more here. So far more than 70 humans from 14 countries and 4 continents have participated in Within — add your name to the waitlist here to be the first to know when registration for the next cohort opens.
privates
I am currently taking a small number of students for private 1:1 or small group yoga, where we will dive more deeply together into the physical, emotional, and subtle bodies. Currently these are taking place in the virtual studio (Zoom) and at my home studio in Malmö. If you would like to work on a personalized practice together, please reach out and we’ll schedule a free 20-minute call to talk about your needs and goals, and go from there.