Bio

I grew up in North Carolina, but currently swim, run, and practice yoga in California. I graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Betta Kappa from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a double major in Psychology and Spanish, plus an English minor. Shortly after, I made my way to California to volunteer for a year with AmeriCorps at a refugee agency in Fresno. In California, I also happened to discover yoga.

Hypermobility runs in both sides of my family. Flexibility may be fun and useful to a point, but comes with its own unique set of problems. By nature I lack strength, balance, and proprioception. My yoga practice has done wonders for these issues, though it has taken tons of work. Despite a steep and injury-ridden learning curve, yoga has gradually healed the joint pain that I first experienced while playing high school soccer, and the debilitating back pain that began during my college years. These days I’m usually pain free and feeling great.

Yoga quotes I love:

Do your practice, all is coming. – Pattabhi Jois

Good alignment is both preventative and curative. – Lisa Walford

Yoga is skill in action. – The Bhagavad Gita