A practice offered in the spirit of moving with and to one’s own inner rhythms.

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About Emily

My journey with movement has been profoundly shaped by the ocean, where I grew up in and around its powerful tides. As I got older, it was how they lived and moved within me that became an embodied exploration. I’d been diagnosed with epilepsy, and in my late teens, began working with my first teacher, Ron Navarre. Through practices like Qi Qong and Tai Chi, I was beginning to land safely in my body. This opened up a world of possibility and ultimately healing. After ten years, and to the complete bewilderment of my doctors, I no longer needed treatment.

Some years later, yoga entered my world… it was a return to that powerful relationship between the physical and the energetic. I studied with teachers Elizabeth Dunne, Flor Villazan and Prem Sadasivananda and in 2017, became certified to teach. My style is informed by those classical Hatha roots, as well as my continued exploration of yoga through the lens of functional movement. I value the wisdom of both body and nervous system and try to offer the practice in a way that meets people just where they are. Which is always a rich place to explore…

Still, the natural world remains my greatest inspiration. And over the years, what I’ve found to be true is this: every life, every spirit, every body has its own rhythms and tides. To align ourselves with them is to move with our own currents of wisdom and creative power. A yoga practice can offer us this beautiful doorway; gently inviting us into greater connection with the energies within, as well as the healing that is available to us. In this way, we can meet the seasons of life — of grief, of loss, illness, beauty, grace and rebirth — with a well of inner resource. A spirit of creativity and possibility that I’ve come to believe is our birthright.