I’m available, on an extremely limited basis, for private, customized asana and meditation instruction. Depending on your situation and our respective schedules, we can hold sessions at your home in the DC metropolitan area or, in some cases, I can periodically rent space at a local yoga studio for use.

Contact me if you’d like to explore the idea of private or semi-private classes.

who the heck am i ?

When people ask me what “style” I practice or teach, the only thing I can think of to say these days is, “the fun, yoga kind.” My own practice is always evolving; when I teach, I blend what’s most appropriate to the moment with what I’ve learned from the teachers who inform and continually shape my knowledge and instincts about alignment, meditation, breath, and movement. I embrace the same approach when teaching: I encourage students toward a creative, alignment-savvy practice that erases the tight spots, stills mind chatter, refines their own internal listening skills, and keeps their practice fresh and compelling.

My most influential teacher, Erich Schiffmann, describes this as Freedom Style Yoga. “Instead of deciding in advance what it is you think you’re supposed to do . . . you start transcending everything you’ve learned and intuitively start letting the alignment come through.” Freedom Style Yoga is not 'unskilled writhing around.' It's about using skillful and intelligent listening as the resource to inform each moment of your practice.

Others whose inspiration -- on and off the mat -- informs my practice, teaching, and life in ways that always redound to my benefit and to whom I am ever grateful include: Kira Ryder, Neva Ingalls, Jackie Shaffer, Tilak Pyle, Susan Smiley, Michael Fraser, Carie Garret, Alex Levin, Gary Lemons, Saul David Raye, Laura Carpini-Pace, Pat Winston, Annie Moyer, Krishna Das, and every last single darn student whom I've been privileged to be with.

I’m Yoga Alliance-certified and completed the 300-hour teacher training program with JJ Gormley-Etchells at Sun and Moon Yoga Studio in Virginia. I spoiled myself silly with Erich’s teacher training in 2006 as well, and am continuously in awe of and inspired by his playful, openhearted approach to yoga.

More bio info on yours truly is here.

Fees*

ONE ON ONE

• One-time, one-on-one instruction (one 75-minute session): $95
• Ongoing private one-on-one instruction four-class package (four 75-minute sessions): $350

TWO AT A TIME

• One-time, two-person instruction (one 75-minute session): $55 per person
• Ongoing two-person instruction four-class package (four 75-minute sessions): $180 per person

SEMI-PRIVATE (3-5 people, three-person minimum)

• One-time semi-private instruction (minimum 3 people, one 75-minute session): $32 per person*
• Ongoing semi-private instruction four-class package (minimum 3 people, four 75 minute sessions): $120 per person*

*Fee may be adjusted to account for travel distance and time or for any studio rental costs incurred. Email me for information about rates for teaching larger groups, workplace classes, or other special events.

compassion yoga audio class available

Click here to access a download from the IHanuman Digital Download Store of a class I taught as part of iHanuman's 'karma yoga' series. iHanuman gives a percentage of each sale to support important seva work. Even if you don't download my class, have a look around the beautiful iHanuman site for some awesome yoga-related offerings.

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I don't know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.

~Mary Oliver