About Me
RYT 500 and Yoga Wellness Educator
Certified Yoga Therapist
Certified Group Fitness Instructor
Certified Cancer Exercise Specialist
I love helping people move better, with more ease and less/no pain.
The mindbody connection runs deep.
We have stories held in our bodies that can continue to create needless pain and suffering.
It's easier when you put your awareness into your movements to gaining insight into your journey of self healing and transformation.
Accessing your internal and external worlds (mind and body) through mindful movement, breathwork, yoga and meditation can also create the change that you need to live a more fulfilled meaningful life with purpose and direction.
Move. Strengthen. Heal.
I have been in the Fitness Industry since 1998.
I have been teaching Yoga and Group Fitness Exercise since 2000.
My role as a teacher and facilitator is to create experiences that help promote change and transformation in the mind and body.
My training and skillset is quite unique and extensive. I combine different yoga modalities (Phoenix Rising Yoga and others) to nourish and foster change. Safely.
I work with the entire body.
Your energy system. Your nervous system and body mechanics. How your previous injuries; chronic aches and pains; life stories (including stress, trauma); medical diagnosis has impacted your current mind/body state.
There is always hope to feeling better.
Self Healing is possible when you slow down and really begin to 'listen' to your body.
Your body is wise and has much to say about moving out of pain and suffering.
ONLY if you are willing to the spend time to listen.
Awareness creates choices and changes
needed to live a more vibrant, healthier life.
Bodies can heal. Lives can change.
Who are my students and clients?
**I work with those ages 50+ "Active Agers" looking to improve their health, activities of daily living and fitness levels.
**They have lived with constant, chronic pain and assume that will be their ‘story’ forever. I help them change their story.
**They have been to Physical Therapy and need extra assistance to move and stay out of pain.
** I work with clients and students who have been diagnosed with cancer and health conditions. They are living with and beyond their diagnosis. They are currently in treatment or have completed their treatments. Their programs are tailored to meet their needs- no matter where they're at on their journey. I help them to move and strengthen. Regain their lives again.
Creating a better Quality of Life- Bringing life to their years and years to their life.
I work with the body and the energy system. Adding safe, efficient movement to bring about awareness into the mind and body.
Reduce stress, tension, pain.
When the student/ client can tune in more closely to their mind and body, they can further their own sense of self healing.
Incorporating Yoga, Fitness, Tai Chi & Qi Gong and Reiki they can blend the Eastern methodologies with the Western philosophies to create their own unique healing path.
Certifications
My training is quite extensive and I continue to train to add to my skill set.
I always enjoy learning something new.
I am a Student of Life and a LifeLong Learner.
Certified Group Exercise Instructor: AFAA
Functional Aging Group Exercise Specialist: FAI
Registered Yoga Teacher and Yoga Wellness Educator: 500 Hr
Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT)
Cancer Specific:
Cancer Exercise Specialist: CETI
Oncology Yoga: Yoga 4 Cancer (Y4C)
KickPink (Breast Cancer) Practitioner Level 1
Yoga Thrive
Yoga
200 Hr: Viniyoga, E-RYT
300 Hr: Yoga Wellness Educator, RYT
800 Hr: Yoga Therapist, C-IAYT
Phoenix Rising Yoga
Tai Chi and Qi Gong
Begin With Breath: Crane Level 1 Instructor
Tai Chi - Qi Gong Flow
Radiant Lotus Women's Qi Gong: Level 1 Instructor
(Women's Health and Healing)
Tai Chi Yoga Fusion
Tai Chi Yoga Flow
YoChi
Mind & Body Integration
Hakomi Method
Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy
Rest & Revitalize
Yoga Nidra: R&R Sleep Meditation
Breathe
Breath Coach: Yogabody
Move and Feel Better
Change Your Brain, Fascia and Body
Level 1 Educator: Franklin Method
Face, Neck and Shoulders Fascia Trainer
Lower Back Fascia Trainer
Pelvic Floor Fascia Trainer
Level 1 Trainer: Fascial Fitness Academy
Grab Some Sticks and Have Fun!
Cardio Drumming: Fit Group
Silver Sneakers
Yoga
Enerchi
Other Modalities
Usui Reiki Level III Reiki Master
Cancer Exercise Specialist
Working with a Certified Cancer Exercise Specialist is important to your healing and recovery.
If you are actively in treatment, post treatment or a survivor, your exercise needs will be different from the standard exercise programs.
Here are a few common scenarios:
Your doctor tells you to “go work out and get stronger.”
But doesn’t tell you how to safely work out to get stronger.
If you’ve been active before your diagnosis, what happens now?
What if you weren’t active before your diagnosis?
Do you go return to your previous activities? Is that safe?
Your body has changed during this cancer journey. Surgeries, Chemo, Radiation, medication changes your mind and body.
You may have lost strength, flexibility, balance. Perhaps you have ‘chemo brain’ and your memory isn’t the best right now.
What about neuropathy and the potential side effects of lymphedema?
Working with a Cancer Exercise Specialist is important and the smartest way to regain your health (physically and emotionally) after cancer.
This is the perfect plan for you:
Every body that has been through cancer is different. Just as their treatments differ, so does their fitness program.
My Role As A
Cancer Exercise Specialist:
I Assist clients to maintain a positive lifestyle behaviors for health promotion.
Improve overall physical health and flexibility.
Correct muscle imbalances.
Prevent / manage lymphedema and other potential side effects of treatments.
Increase Range of Motion (ROM) and correct postural deviations.
Reduce pain and fatigue.
I will work closely with your oncologist and Therapists. Create the most effective and beneficial program designed for specifically for you.
Must have medical clearance from Doctor prior to first session.
ANY changes in health requires new medical clearance from Doctor before returning to sessions.
* If you are a cancer survivor 3+ years after last treatment – Medical clearance not mandatory, Please advise Doctor of new exercise program*