Amy’s yoga practice began in 1995 and soon revealed itself as
the answer in her quest to feel better, experience life more fully
and participate in making the world a more joyful place. Her life’s
work and passion is grounding kids, teens and schoolteachers and
training others to do the same. Noticing that the parents of
Grounded kids often need to get grounded too, she began teaching
classes for grown ups in 2009. Amy is the co-founder of Grounded
and Grounded for Good non-profit yoga service initiative. She holds
a Masters Degree in Middle Grades Education and taught Literature
and Social Studies to middle schoolers for many years. Her affinity
toward great stories and culture is often reflected in her classes.
Her two teenage boys, fiery partner and happy little labradoodle
provide plenty of opportunities to fill up with love, laughter and
learning, so she naturally brings that into her teaching. She
believes that teaching yoga is hard work and takes a lot of
preparation and authenticity. She has found that the more energy
she puts into planning a lesson that speaks to the highest of each
person’s being, delivering a universal message, without regard for
what happens to be popular at the moment, the deeper her students
go. Amy is dedicated to sincerely connecting with her students and
helping them ground in their own truth so they find the inner
power, security and light heartedness to elevate to their absolute
highest potential.
Amy’s certifications include YogaKids, Radiant Child, Laughter
Yoga, Hatha Yoga and Anusara Inspired. Her ambition is to always be
a student and a teacher. She is proud to have studied and worked
with inspirational teachers such as YogaKids creators Marsha and
Don Wenig and Shakta Kaur Khalsa, founder of Radiant Child. She is
grateful to have trained under Mitchel Bleier, David Aukamp,
RuthAnn Martin, Ross Rayburn, Sianna Sherman and Paul Muller-Ortega
and continues to study with brilliant teachers from around the
world.