As a certified yoga instructor and IAYT certified Yoga Therapist my passion is helping others discover the transformative power of a personal yoga practice and the benefits of self-care based on the beautifully natural science of ayurveda.   Using the sister sciences of yoga and ayurveda I work with students to uncover the abilities they have within themselves to overcome any challenges they are facing including:

• reducing stress
• finding a healthy work/life balance
• reducing pain or discomfort in their bodies
• recovery from illness or injury
• finding ease of movement in the body
• dealing gracefully with personal or family crisis

I listen to and gently guide students toward finding their way to calm and clarity where they can define their goals or the life they crave and then provide targeted practices and life skills that empower them to make sustainable changes that will move them toward their chosen direction.

I worked for 30 years at an entertainment conglomerate, heading up a global operations team while raising a family. Consequently I have first-hand experience with associated pressures and challenges of that type of stressful lifestyle and the subsequent detrimental physical, mental and emotional effects it can bring on such as:

• low back injury and pain,
• reduced mobility and flexibility from being desk bound
• anxiety
• over whelm
• fatigue
• depression

As I got older I also began to exhibit the consequences of neglected self-care: weight gain, elevated cholesterol and blood sugar levels.  I felt I was aging in body and mind well before my time.  Through yoga and ayurveda I have learned to find the calm in the storm, how to listen to my body and make self-care a priority.  I was able to regain strength, flexibility, creativity and confidence.

I am a Yoga Alliance certified E-RYT200, RYT500.  I am also certified through the IATY as Yoga Therapist.  I did my 200-Hour Yoga training and 300-hour Holistic Yoga Training with Christy Marsden of Yoga Blend in Burbank, California and I am also a Yoga4Cancer trained teacher.  I have studied Ayurveda extensively since 2012 with Eleni Tsikrikas, C.A.S  at the Belly Mind Institute and I am a board certified Ayurvedic Health Counselor through NAMACB.  As the Owner/Founder of Gentle Heart Yoga, I specialize in individualized ayurvedic yoga therapy sessions. I also offer workshops and teach small yoga study groups.  I am currently teaching Gentle, Basic and Yoga4Cancer group yoga classes in person and via zoom for the Roy and Patricia Disney Family Cancer Center  in Burbank, CA.