In 1984 while studying architecture at RMIT in Australia, I took a yoga class. It was strange, difficult and hard to forget. The lingering memory swirled around for several years until I had an opportunity to try it again in Boston in 1990. It was then I realized the pure poetry of Yoga and how it is a path on which all of our vehicles can navigate.  I became committed to my path of Yoga as it nurtured my recovery from a debilitating low-back/psoas injury. During my recovery I became absorbed in Yoga’s power: to unify the body, heart and mind. Yoga’s radical openness and inclusive nature have continued to draw me in more deeply.

After experiencing the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, I began meditating to more skillfully navigate the waves of impermanence that were so raw and evident. After practicing and intensively studying meditation for more than twenty years and training with Culadasa, I teach samatha-vipassana(tranquility+insight) and Satipatthana(mindfulness) meditation. In 2017, I took refuge and was given the name of Nandutarra.

I am so very grateful for the guidance of all my yoga and the meditation teachers that have helped me to deepen my practice: Keith Borden, Jasmine Tarkeshi, Judith Lasater, Jason Crandall, Dina Amsterdam, Culadasa, Shaila Catherine, Bhikkhu Analayo, Shinzen Young, Leigh Brasington, Christopher Tellez, and Michael Taft.

I infuse my yoga teaching with a gentle attention to mindfulness, a broad knowledge of the mechanics of movement, an understanding of the body's energetic maps and an attention to each individual’s architecture. Never exclusive in my teaching, I balance the shear joy of movement with the spirituality of being. I invite my students’ embodiment to the foreground by offering an entry into their world of sensations as a way of cultivating patience, acceptance and loving kindness. I teach all levels with a sense of lightness and humor in my classes in the styles of vinyasa, hatha, yin, and Relax and Renew® restorative yoga. Currently, I teach yoga privates and corporate classes. I LOVE teaching teachers how to cultivate their own individual and authentic voice in my yin and 200hr basic programs.

E-RYT500, YACEP, Relax and Renew®, Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki II, MFA, BArch