Primary Certifications
Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 500) with Yoga Alliance. I received my RYT-500 hour teacher training with Jules Mitchell Yoga in January 2019.
Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 200) with Yoga Alliance. I received my RYT-200 hour teacher training through Global Yoga in Nashville, TN in 2011. After completing my training, I studied with Rachel Mathenia at Iyengar Yoga Centers of Nashville, to whom I will always be grateful. In January, 2015, I earned my E-RYT certificate, with over 1000 teaching hours.
Certified Personal Trainer – Restorative Exercise Specialist, certified by Nutritious Movement. In August 2015, I completed a two-year training program with internationally renowned biomechanist Katy Bowman.
Healthy Foot Practitioner. Certified by Nutritious Movement. October 2015
Other Trainings of Note
Beyond Yoga Alignment with Jules Mitchell; Webinar;
March, 2018
What the Fuzz? with Gil Hedley; Portland, OR.
November 6, 2017
Yoga & Social Justice; Yoga & Chronic Pain; and Yoga & Addiction
with Molly Lannon Kenny; Evolve Local Yoga, Leavenworth, WA.
October 6-8, 2017.
Healing Oppression with Mindfulness and Love: A Retreat with Arinna Weisman; Great Vow Zen Monastery, Clatskanie, OR.
September 12-17, 2017
Primal Movement Chains
with Perry Nickelston; Elite Performance Center, Seattle, WA.
March 11 & 12, 2017
Reconciling Biomechanics with Pain Science
with Greg Lehman; The College of Massage Therapists of British Columbia, Victoria, BC, Canada.
October 15 & 16, 2016
Yoga Biomechanics & Asana
with Jules Mitchell; Webinar.
February 2016
The Science of Stretching: Biomechanics & Neuromechanisms (Part 1)
with Jules Mitchell; The Bhaktishop Yoga Center, Portland, OR
October 3 & 4, 2015
This is Spinal Map
with Jules Mitchell; Yoga Union, Portland, OR
October 1, 2015
You Aren’t Tight, You Feel Tight
with Jules Mitchell; Yoga Union, Portland, OR
April 18 & 19, 2015
Walking The Lines: Gait, Anatomy Trains & Fascial Efficiency
With James Earls; Therapeutic Training Center, Seattle, WA
January 16-18, 2015
How to Sit, Stand and Walk
with Laura Prudhomme and Erin Beattie, Seattle Yoga Arts, Seattle, WA
September 20, 2014
Bandha Yoga – Scientific Keys To Unlocking The Practice Of Yoga
with Ray Long & Chris Macivor, Semperviva Yoga, Vancouver, BC, Canada
August 7-9, 2014
200 hour Yoga Teacher Training (informal, auditing student first year of 2 year program)
with Matt & Cherene Queen, North Bend Yoga Shala, North Bend, WA
June 2013 – June 2014
Yin Yoga/Insight Yoga
with Sarah Powers, 8 Limbs Yoga, Seattle WA
March 22-24, 2013
Rebecca Lerner Yoga Workshop
with Rebecca Lerner, Senior Iyengar Teacher, Sunset Yoga, Portland, OR
October 5-7, 2012
Inversions Workshop
With Richard Schachtel, Senior Iyengar Teacher, Center for Yoga of Seattle, Seattle, WA
July 14, 2012
Level 2 & 3 Iyengar Yoga Intensive
With Richard Schachtel, Senior Iyengar Teacher, Center for Yoga of Seattle, Seattle, WA
May 29 – June 1, 2012
Seasonal Vinyasa
with Melina Meza, Surya Yoga, Yakima, WA
April 14, 2012