I took my first Bikram(26&2) yoga class in San Carlos, CA in 1996.
I was hooked from the very first class. I found the practice enjoyable and very challenging. I continued to practice throughout my first pregnancy in 1998. The breathing exercises helped me through both of my high risk pregnancies.
As a fully scheduled working mom, I continued to make time for my practice, commuting in the early hours to San Francisco for yoga, then work. The yoga practice has benefited me tremendously over the years, allowing me to stay calm in stressful situations. Physically I have enjoyed good health as a result.

At the age of 22yrs, I was told by my then arthroscopic surgeon that I would not be able to resume my usual physical activities as a result of a broken patella, with loss of all cartilage in my right knee resulting from a car accident. What I consider one of my “wake up calls”. Through dedication to my yoga practice I was pleasantly surprised to find I had strengthened the muscles around my knee and would no longer need to have knee replacement surgery.

I have received so much from this practice that in Spring of 2006 I decided it was time to give back. I attended Bikram's teacher training and have been teaching Bikram yoga ever since.  My practice has expanded into the joys of a complimentary yin practice, the challenge and benefits of inferno hot pilates, the bliss of yoga nidra.  And yes always the student first, expanding into intermediate class, vinyasa(love!), and my heart is always in a good power hour, or body beats class. I have found even more joy and passion through the sharing of these healing practices with all of you.