I am a happy mother of two brilliant, creative and loving boys. Both my children were birthed naturally at freestanding birth centers. The eldest was born at the Brooklyn Birth Center in New York City, and the youngest was born at the Birth Center of Delaware in Wilmington. 

The passion I feel about caring for women began while pregnant with my first son. At that time I had the privilege, honor and blessing of having a wonderful doula and childbirth mentor assist, educate and nurture me during my pregnancy. It is, in part, because of her and so many other beautiful, loving and compassionate women in my life that I have chosen this path of “mothering the mother”.   

My first introduction to hatha and bhakti yoga was as a young girl through my mother who practiced hatha yoga and was studying sacred Indian texts on devotion. I have been practicing bhakti-yoga for 12 years under the instruction of my spiritual teacher His Holiness Bhakti-Tirtha Swami, who initiated me into the Vaisnava lineage. I am a graduate of Cultural Anthropology, received my Integral Yoga Teacher certification while pregnant with my first child, became a Reiki master/teacher while pregnant with my second child and received wholistic training in Pre/postnatal yoga. I love learning! 

My specialty is in teaching Purnasya® Yoga, a style of yoga I created blending Integral, Kundalini & Yin yoga with a strong emphasis on alignment and Vinyasa, as well as spontaneous movement. Furthermore, I have been certified as an Ayurvedic Thai Bodywork Practitioner and am licensed to teach Zumba® Fitness. I have taught as an adjunct professor at Camden College in Southern, NJ, the University of Florida Department of Recreational Sports and for the March of Dimes. Moreover, I have successfully taught at the renown Yoga Child in Philadelphia, as well as subbing at several locations throughout the southwestern, NJ and North Florida area. I have studied Birthing From Within and trained through Birthworks and Childbirth International, as a doula and childbirth educator and am a breastfeeding counselor.

I am passionate about  treading lightly and gently upon the earth we live and leaving as small a footprint as possible, being an advocate and practitioner of gentle parenting, offering life enriching services, and movement exploration. I enjoy combining, offering and sharing the benefits of Thai Bodywork, Reiki, Yoga, Zumba®, Breathwork, and Meditation to my clients, friends and family. I am happy to offer my services to you, as well.