An Ashtanga yoga student since 1998, I have a dedicated practice through which I continue to experience powerful personal transformation and spiritual awareness.


I have had the opportunity to travel to study and practice with many great yoga teachers. I spent the month of January 2004 in Mysore, India practicing Primary Series under the tutelage of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and his grandson Sharath, an amazing authentic Ashtanga experience. On two seperate trips in October of 2002 and June of 2005 I was able to spend a week with Guruji and family in New York city on their World Tour's. Practicing with Guruji and Sharath and touching the roots of the Ashtanga practice rejuvenates and inspires me and I am planning to return to India in October 2006.

I have studied Primary Series on four seperate occasions with Darby, David Swenson and Tim Miller; taken workshops with Nancy Gilgoff, David Williams, Fiona Stang, and Richard Freeman. I have made many wonderful friends
and acquaintances                            At the Market in Mysore, India 2006
in the Calgary Yoga community. Through my teachers, friends, students and continued self study and practice, I am discovering the true essence of yoga; the union of mind, body and spirit.’

I was drawn to teaching in 2000 by a desire to inspire others to learn and practice Ashtanga yoga and experience this self realization. In 2003 I opened the doors to The Yoga Shala - with the love and support of my family and friends and my amazing teachers for whom I am so grateful - and I am endlessly inspired by the students and community which now thrives in our beautiful space. Yoga is teaching me how to find joy and equanimity in all things.                               At the Old Shala in Mysore
Life offers us many choices, and yoga has taught me how to discriminate and live mindfully.

In addition to my teaching (which has also included 4 years of ‘in school’ children’s yoga), I continue to study and practice yoga with enthusiasm and reverence. I also enjoy running, recreating, and spending time with my husband Fred and my two children (real life yoga!)