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“You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.” ― Barack Obama

Welcome to my website! Now sign up for my monthly newsletter! It’s up to you if you consider it spam. Writing this blog feels like I’m back in high school. Hey millennials! Any one remember Xanga? Or Diaryland?

Anyway, the goals behind building this website all began as a wild idea back in 2020. Maybe the wild ideas come when you’re in the deepest, darkest trenches of your life? Everything I worked for in the past decade basically went to shit. So now what?

All I wanted to do at that time was hide in a corner and just be left alone. When the depression really hits, you feel like there’s no end in sight. I was having panic attacks almost daily. I felt alone. And even to this day, I don’t know if anyone can fully fathom the gravity of what I endured.

I turned to yoga to help me cope. I decided to get my 200-hr YTT done on a whim. Everything was shut down due to the pandemic, and Zoom was becoming the new norm. Thing was, I wanted to be alone, but I didn’t want to be alone. And above all, I didn’t want to feel like a failure. I wanted to feel like I was doing something worthwhile with my life without the pressures of constantly feeling like a failure. I wanted to get back up! But how? And that’s how I found Yoga Garden in San Francisco. My entire training was online and live on Zoom, but it was a safe space. Everyone had their own stories of struggles and hardship, but it served as this safe space of community for me. Thinking back, this teacher training was one of the few things that saved my life (along with Poppy and Justin, my husband). The hardest part was committing, but not once did I feel like a failure. And with time, I felt that sense of motivation again along with losing 40 pounds.

I share this story to help you learn you’re not alone. Whatever you’re struggle is, you are the only one who can choose whether you stand back up. Maybe you need some guidance like I did, and that’s completely okay.

So feel free to click through this website, leave me a message if you have any questions or just want to chat. Thank you for visiting, and keep an eye out for upcoming events!