About
Rest has never come easily to me
I've always struggled with sleep. I stay up too late, I'm sensitive to every light and sound, and my mind doesn't switch off when I tell it to. ADHD is part of that. A lot of what I teach, I learned trying to help myself.
I started doing yoga at twelve, on the floor of my parents' living room in Montana, and started meditating at fifteen from a book my spiritual guide gave me. Growing up in wide open country, nature was my first teacher in paying attention. When I got sober in 2011, the practice became something I leaned on: silent Zen retreats, and years of travel through Asia, meditating in temples and on mountaintops.
Yoga Nidra clicked for me in 2021, when I spent several months leading it online. People kept telling me how it was helping them, with their recovery, their sleep, and their ordinary hard days. I'd also tried plenty of recordings myself and gotten frustrated: voices that felt performed, pauses that felt empty. So I teach the version I always wanted to find. It's steady, unhurried, and made for the person listening.
The world asks us to keep performing and producing, and it rarely leaves room to recover. My sessions are one place where nothing is asked of you. I want you to leave relaxed, ready for bed, and on your way to a really good night's sleep.
- 200-hour yoga teacher · Folk Yoga School, San Francisco
- CCAR Recovery Coach Academy and ethical considerations course
- Certified meditation coach
- Studied Nonviolent Communication