Rising Om Yoga

Hello! I am a 200 RYT certified teacher originally from Las Vegas, but have been loving life here in beautiful Tallahassee. Yoga for me is a journey not only on the mat but also in the mind. Finding that connection and love for your practice is all I hope to share, and of course a little sweat! Hot Flow and Power Vinyasa are my jam but I also have a strong appreciation for the art of slowing down. Ease for the mind and body, we could all use a little more of it. Come throw some shapes with me!

I started my yoga journey in 2018, when I wanted to find a different way to move and appreciate my body. I had never found an activity that made me feel so alive and so good about myself, and I wanted to learn about it as much as I could. I spent the first year and a half of my yoga journey at home, until a friend encouraged me to attend a yoga class with her. The rest was history after that. Eventually, I found Rising Om Yoga and moved my home practice to the studio. I picked up a shift at the front desk and took as many classes as I could. I finally took the biggest plunge and completed my 200 YTT through the studio in June 2022. Yoga has changed my life in so many amazing ways, and I can’t wait to share this passion with so many other yogis!

Hi There! As a national speaker, educator, and published author, I am a creator of healthy conversations. I love how yoga gives us space to hear the mind, body, and soul speak, and I look forward to sharing this dialogue with you! 

I was born and raised in Tallahassee, FL, earning a B.S. in Exercise Science from FSU. I earned a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Parker University (Dallas, TX), where a classmate invited me to my first ever yoga experience. 10+ years later, I completed a 200-HR teacher training through Yoga Den in Jacksonville, FL. Throughout my personal journey, I have always had a heart for community, joining organizations like Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and my local church, in addition to serving on various boards. However, I know what it is like to take up residence in a space and still feel like you don’t belong. Therefore, it is my hope to create a welcoming environment for diverse backgrounds, cultures, shapes, ages, and (flex)abilities to celebrate healthy conversations together.

I have been drawn to the benefits of yoga since college.  It wasn’t until recovering from a running injury that I truly began to come into my practice.  Spending most times in the hot room, I began to feel the spiritual side of the practice and wanted to learn more.  In 2018, I received my 200 hour certification and looking forward to progressing into my 300 hour certification. 

Yoga has allowed me to sustain a balanced, healthy, and disciplined lifestyle, and I would like to see my students take their yoga practice to a deeper level physically, mentally, and spiritually.

From Miami, Florida originally when I moved to TLH @ 13 years old where I fell in love with the town so I stayed. Currently shacked up with my main squeeze and our two fur babies in N FL.  

Experiencing the loss of close family members is where my yoga practice stemmed from. I needed to quiet my mind and gain clarity with how my world had permanently shifted and yoga was just the place where that magic happened. 

I completed my 200 hr yoga teacher training through Hot Yoga Tallahassee and Yoga Den, graduating in 2018. I have since been guiding Mind Body Yoga classes at HYT and continuing to work on my craft. 

I am forever grateful for a practice as powerful as yoga, my therapeutic escape. 

I began practicing yoga just after high school and immediately discovered the benefits of regulating the breath simply by paying attention to it. I believe in the power of meditation as a way to transform the body by quieting the mind with a deep focus on the breath. I’ve practiced many forms of yoga but currently hot flow and yin make up my practice. I studied history in graduate school at NYU and critical theory/cultural studies in the ph.d program at the University of Florida. I’m registered with Yoga Alliance as an RYT-200 instructor and have two yin certifications: one with Bernie Clark (British Columbia); the other with Josh Summers (Boston). I’m certified through the Warriors at Ease program to teach trauma-sensitive yoga to veterans and first responders. When I’m not working my day job (program director at a research office), teaching/practicing yoga, or working in my garden, I read widely in the arts, specifically literature, poetry, criticism, and history, and I write reviews of poetry collections and novels. In the wee bit of spare time left, I am an avid runner and vegan cook.

I’ve recently begun to introduce slow, rhythmic supine and prone movements into our yin practice to focus on the bilateral and diagonal structures in the body. Small, very specific movements create a deeper level of body awareness, prompt a reorganization of the fascia layer and joints, promote a profound release of stress and fatigue, remap the brain’s awareness of the body, and of the body’s understanding of the mind.

Flowing with the fluids in the body to trace and unblock its natural spiral design, yin supports and enhances the body’s inborn healing gifts — gifts we may not recognize in our frenetic busyness.

Each class begins with fluid movement, pranayama, and meditation. Join me on Sundays at 6:30pm, Mondays at noon, or Wednesdays at 7:00pm to immerse in this journey.

Hello my fellow yogis! I am from Panama City, Fl. I moved to Tallahassee in 2012 and was married October 2014. I have been working as an Aesthetician since March 2007. I am currently working at a dermatology office during the day and by the nights and weekends I'm am one happy yoga mama! I became a mother to my sweet firecracker baby girl July 4, 2017 and we love mommy and me yoga!

My love for yoga began in 2013 when I started my practice at HYT. I had been having neck and back pain from my day job for so many years and needed to find some type of relief. Yoga has been the only thing to help relieve these issues. Staring down for most of the day and at a computer definitely takes a toll on ones body. Since beginning my yoga journey, my mind, body and soul have been hooked ever since. In March 2016 at HYT I received my 200 hour certification thru Yoga Den in Jacksonville, FL. I am now a certified Registered Yoga Teacher, through Yoga Alliance. My specialty is Yoga Sculpt which uses 2-3 pound weights incorporated with basic yoga postures. I look forward to sharing my love for yoga with you all!

Peace and Love

Hello! I am a certified E-RYT 200 HR yoga teacher and have had the divine honor of serving our community for the past 11 years through owning the Rising Om Yoga studios.

For me, yoga has literally saved + transformed my life.  Multiple times.  It has gotten me through injuries, postpartum depression/anxiety, motherhood, grief, multiple traumas and all the way back around to navigating simple every day life. 

The ability to roll out my yoga mat and have a space to move my body away from discomfort, to come emotionally undone if needed, or to simply remember to breathe…it’s what has rescued me from some of my darkest moments. 

My love affair with yoga runs deep and necessary. And it is my life’s purpose to share yoga with others no matter where they are on their journey.

My classes provide a challenging opportunity to deepen your practice while also meeting every person's different level of experience.  I like to bring a light hearted energy to my classes, sprinkled with doses of energy work, spirituality, astrology, life coaching etc.... any thing that I am passionate about to help us find more joy + pleasure in life.

I look forward to meeting you on the mat!

I came to Tallahassee from Colorado Springs in 2002 to attend FSU, and aside from some temporary work relocations, I am proud to call it my home.

After several years had passed since practicing yoga here-and-there with VHS guidance, I came upon a Groupon to try Hot Yoga Tallahassee during a period of unemployment post-campaign work in late 2012. I have been hooked ever since, and have truly found my tribe. After receiving a small windfall from my late Grandma Donna (a retired and enthusiastic high school ESL teacher post-divorce), I decided to pursue yoga teacher training in 2013 as a way to honor Grandma's love of teaching and “staying interesting.”

I appreciate that yoga always meets me wherever I am in that moment, day, or even month. It has been one of the very few constants and pleasures in my life the past decade, and I am truly grateful for the balance my yoga practice and teaching provides. To bear witness to the small and big victories our bodies make in healing, strength, and balance is a daily gift I do not take for granted.

I believe that yoga is truly for EVERY body, and I look forward to meeting you on the mat!

During my time living in Michigan and Florida, I have enjoyed being active while connecting with nature. I found Yoga to be a practice that bridged my physical activity with my meditation practice.  After several years of practicing hot, ashtanga, and vinyasa yoga, I sought to deepen my practice and obtained my 200 RYT certification through Rising Om in Tallahassee, Florida.  I strive to build flows that provide a space to grow for yogis at every level.  My classes promote an atmosphere of non-judgment, positive vibes, and individual progress. I strive to be a complete yoga instructor and to apply the guiding principals of yoga on and off the mat. Namaste. 

I was born and raised in West Palm Beach, Florida, but I currently call Tallahassee my home. I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist that is passionate about the connection between movement and mental health. College was the time when I became consistent with my yoga practice. The group exercise room at my alma mater of UCF was my safe space as a young adult going out into the world. I also found myself engaging in fitness YouTube videos over the years as a way to stay active at times I didn’t have access to the gym. This is where I found and fell in love with POP Pilates, the other format I teach in addition to yoga. This exercise format was born on YouTube but became a fitness format with a certification program in 2015. Guess who was one of the first to sign up? Yep, it was me! This allowed me to start my journey sharing the awesomeness that is POP Pilates with others. All the while, I had it in my heart and soul that I wanted to one day become certified to teach yoga, as well. I believe mind-body formats are an incredibly powerful way to cultivate balance and overall wellness. Here I am now, so grateful that I chose to complete my 200-hour yoga training through Rising Om and I’m so excited to share my practice with you all!