Yoga helped me connect with my body.
Yoga guided my journey within.
Yoga showed me my own strength.
Yoga helped me find balance between strength and softness.
Yoga showed me how to love myself no matter what.
Yoga helped me live in the present.
“My YogaWill was born out of my journey using yoga as a tool for regaining strength while restoring health after a massive ischemic stroke I had in 2009, not long after giving birth to my second son. I was only 25 and refused to believe in the limitations placed on my body. I set out on an unconventional path.”
Ischemic Stroke. Carotid artery dissection on a rollercoaster. Paralyzed on left side.
Rehab Institute of Chicago: PT, OT, Botox injections, Saebo Flex, SPLATT Surgery.
Swedish Covenant Day Rehabilitation: PT, OT, Diaphragmatic breathing, first yoga class.
Tribal Yoga member, Hampton, Virginia.
Began 200hr accredited Yoga Alliance teacher training with Sarah Kennedy.
15hr Bamboo Adaptive Yoga Training with Anne Richardson (certified by IAYT).
My YogaWill founded.
20hr Teacher Enhancement Training with Marni Sclaroff, Beloved Yoga Studio, Reston, VA.
First Stroke Yoga support group established at Riverside Rehab, Newport News, VA.
Yoga of Recovery, Yogaville, Satchidananda Ashram, Buckingham, VA.
Alexander Technique training, Yogaville.
Achieved E-RYT 500 status; formatted Stroke Yoga™ Program (1,000+ teaching hours).
50-hour Anatomy Training.
300-hour completion, Patanjali Yoga Center, India.
Completed 200hr Training Manual; MYW registered as Yoga Alliance Yoga School.
