Yoga for healthy aging. Classes are designed to help you build and maintain strength, improve balance, develop greater body awareness, and build a strong core.

I was in my early 20’s, and had just graduated from Minneapolis College of Art and Design. I was working as a graphic designer at a small agency. It was, in many ways, an exciting place to work. They had lavish parties, and even took us to Costa Rica for a week. I was living at the Tilsner, a hip artist co-op in lower town St. Paul with my boyfriend at the time. He was creative and adventurous, we met at MCAD and dated for 6 years before a messy break-up. Years later we would reconnect as friends. Our loft had 25 foot ceilings and overlooked the Mississippi River. I loved it, and lived there years after we split. I was young and surrounded with possibilities. It seemed like I had it all.

I began teaching yoga in 2002, after only a 30 hour teacher training. This was at a time, when the now standard 200 hour teacher training was much less common than it is today. The closest 200hr trainings were in California or New York. Although I wanted nothing more than to travel and train with the best, I was in my 20’s and paying off college debt. So, I did the next best thing. I signed up for a week long, 30hr teacher training with a senior ashtanga teacher who came to town, it was ok. After the training, my primary teacher asked me to apprentice with her, and I jumped at the chance. After a few months, she nudged me to begin teaching. I contacted a few studios, and I was hired on the spot. This would be unheard of today. To teach at most yoga studios, you would be required to compete at least a 200hr training, and possibly a 500hr training. My story is also a bit unique, I had a solid 10 year practice under my belt, including a well established 2 hour home practice, that may have helped me get my foot in the door.