About

I am an “un-certified but passionately getting there” yoga instructor from the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Minnesota USA.  I currently teach a power vinyasa yoga format at my local YMCA, where I took my first yoga class.  I have been training as a teacher/instructor through the YogaFit program.  (Completed Levels 1-3, Level 1 Integration, and Anatomy and Alignment.)  I’ve been practicing yoga for only 4 1/2 years, and I’m excited and patient to continue a life of learning, practicing, training, teaching, and sharing, yoga and yogic living.

When I started yoga, I was beginning to struggle with an eating disorder that soon consumed my life.  My disorder consists of anorexia and extreme over-exercise.  The past 5 years have been ups and downs of various places in recovery, but always slowly on the up.  Along with my Savior Jesus Christ, yoga has been a bright and shining beacon in my life.  Despite the horrors that were happening inside me and around me, yoga almost always felt good, and made me feel safe and loved and strong.  When I began to instruct yoga and become more involved in training as a teacher, my disorder started to get squashed by the passion and drive to share yoga for the true love of helping people through it.  One of my mantras became, “taking care of others begins with taking care of myself.”  I still struggle but I keep getting better and better.  True altruism is what I’m always reaching for, so letting go of the selfishness that comes with the addiction to this disorder is the goal.  Yoga has been such a blessing for me because it has become MORE IMPORTANT to me than the eating disorder, which is a major part of recovery.  Various injuries, mostly caused by the disorder (over training and over use of a depleted body) have plagued me over the past few years, but with every injury comes the blessing of forced rest and learning from mistakes, and every notch that goes into my brain regarding is a reminder of the need for positive change.  I’m currently still in recovery from the damage caused by my disorder, with Severe Overtraining Syndrome and a major healing process of my digestive system. 

Honestly though, and all that “touchy feely positivity” aside, I’m really just another 20 something seeking God’s plan for the rest of my life.  I can be extremely angry and negative, trust me.  Well, trust my husband maybe, lol!  But really, I have an alter ego angry blog out there too for when I need to let that out.  This blog will try to stay positive.

I am self employed as a photographer, focusing on portraiture.  Please visit my website!   I also enjoy cooking.  Well, “enjoy” isn’t really a strong enough word…I LOVE cooking.  I am obsessed with cooking.  I am constantly studying recipes and trying new things.  Hockey is my professional sport of choice to watch or listen too.  Other than that, I am a homebody, and I just like to keep house and cook, read, do crosswords, blog and write, design and edit images, listen to talk radio, and surf the net (aka study recipes!)  I am married; I have a dog and 2 cats.  My family is all close by.  My husband is an amazing person.  I am very blessed.

Me and my little Webkinz frog.