Is everyone staring at me? Do I even know what I’m doing?? Maybe these are questions you have asked yourself in a yoga class. My yoga journey was a quest for me being more limber, morphed into a way to manage stress, and then brought me to awareness of different forms of spirituality. In PeaceCorps, yoga was a way for me to teach mindfulness and break barriers as to what is now seen as a Western/ “White” practice. Too often I find that people are still intimidated by the practice of yoga. Maybe their knees have blown out, they can’t touch their toes, or “don’t look good in yoga pants.” I want to be the person to give you that foundation to practice by making yoga accessible, integrating spiritual practice, and self awareness. After all, yoga is breath first and asana second. You don’t need $200 pants, a fancy subscription, or a particular look to do yoga. All you need is you and some dedication, I’ll take care of the rest! 

With the practice of yoga, came reiki. I was sitting at my site during my PeaceCorps service (if you’ve done PeaceCorps or anything similar, you know you have a lot of time to think) and I realized that I haven’t really gotten over some past traumas. I really wanted to master myself and master my energy. Since then, I have taken up the practice of reiki. I had no intentions of offering this service to the public. It was during my reiki training and having to collect hours for my self practice, that I began to get feedback from folks about offering to others. I really want reiki to be accessible to those that need it most. It’s not uncommon to see prices over the roof for healing services. I believe that everyone looking for healing should be able to access it.