“It is far more important to know what person the disease has
than what disease the person has.”
-Hippocrates 400BC
MY STORY
My interest in health and fitness started early. As a young athlete and later as a performing artist, I was driven by discipline, performance, and the desire to push my limits. At the same time, I was navigating asthma, severe allergies, joint instability, and recurring injuries. I learned early what it feels like to live in a body that requires attention, adaptation, and care.
Yoga entered my life during college and became a turning point. What began as a way to improve performance and manage stress quickly became something deeper—a practice that cultivated awareness, focus, and a more meaningful relationship with my body. It offered a different way of engaging with health, one rooted not in force or control, but in presence and understanding.
In my early 30s, after experiencing a significant back injury and ongoing instability in my shoulders, I realized I needed to take a more active role in understanding my body and my health.
That experience led me into clinical, fitness, and rehabilitation environments, where I worked alongside a wide range of practitioners and supported individuals navigating injury, chronic pain, and recovery. Over time, it became clear that health is not the result of a single intervention. It is shaped by behavior, environment, relationships, and access to care.
This realization led me to pursue a Master of Public Health with an emphasis in Community Health Education, where I deepened my understanding of health not only at the individual level, but as a collective and systems-based process. I also continued to expand my training in yoga, fitness, nutrition, and health coaching, integrating these disciplines into a more comprehensive approach to wellbeing.
Today, my work brings together therapeutic yoga, health coaching, and public health to support people in building sustainable, meaningful relationships with their health.
EXPERIENCE
I earned my first fitness certification through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) in 2004 and have since continued my education across multiple disciplines, including yoga, functional movement, nutrition, and health coaching. This interdisciplinary training reflects my belief that no single modality fully addresses the complexity of human health.
Over the past two decades, I have worked with a diverse range of individuals, including physicians, performing artists, athletes, pre- and post-natal clients, children, and individuals in physical therapy and rehabilitation settings. My work has taken place in gyms, clinics, wellness centers, and community-based programs, often in collaboration with interdisciplinary teams that include doctors, chiropractors, acupuncturists, psychologists, and movement specialists.
Earlier in my career, I founded and directed a nonprofit organization focused on youth health and fitness, bringing movement, nutrition, and yoga programs into school-based settings. This experience reinforced the importance of access, education, and community in shaping long-term health outcomes.
I currently serve as Program Manager and Yoga Teacher Trainer with YogaX in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford Medicine. In this role, I support the development of programs that integrate yoga into healthcare and community health settings, contribute to research initiatives, and collaborate with national organizations to help establish standards for safe, accessible, and effective integrative care.
MY APPROACH
Understanding your full health history—and the patterns, environments, and experiences that shape your behavior—is essential for creating lasting change. Health is not just physical; it is behavioral, emotional, social, and contextual.
Through my work as a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, I draw on principles of motivational interviewing, behavior change theory, and systems thinking to support a collaborative and client-centered process. Rather than prescribing solutions, I work with you to explore what matters most, clarify your goals, and build the skills and confidence needed to take meaningful action.
Many people already know what they “should” be doing. The challenge is not information—it is integration. Together, we take the time to understand your unique motivations, identify barriers, and create realistic, sustainable pathways for change that align with your life.
This process is not about quick fixes. It is about building awareness, developing agency, and creating patterns that can be maintained over time.
COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTIONS
Once we establish a strong foundation for behavior change, we begin to integrate practical strategies that support your physical health. My approach combines therapeutic yoga, strength and conditioning, mobility work, and recovery practices to support both performance and long-term resilience.
With over 20 years of experience in yoga and more than a decade working in fitness and rehabilitation settings, I design individualized programs that meet you where you are. This may include strength training, functional movement, mobility work, breathwork, and mindfulness practices—all tailored to your goals, needs, and current capacity.
Nutrition is also an important part of the picture, not as a rigid or one-size-fits-all solution, but as a foundational element of health that supports energy, recovery, and overall wellbeing. Rather than focusing on restrictive approaches, I emphasize sustainable, flexible strategies that help you develop a more supportive and intuitive relationship with food.
The goal is not to optimize one area in isolation, but to create alignment across multiple dimensions of health so that your efforts reinforce one another.
WELLNESS IS ALWAYS WITHIN REACH
I offer services for individuals, groups, and organizations both in-person and online. My work is designed to be adaptable and accessible, whether you are seeking support for a specific health goal, navigating a period of transition, or looking to build a more sustainable approach to your wellbeing.
If you are interested in exploring what this work might look like for you, I invite you to reach out. We can start with a conversation about your goals, your experiences, and what kind of support would be most meaningful for you at this stage.
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