When did you graduate teacher training?
Fall 2009 Las Vegas

Why do you like it hot?
I’m a redhead, we are born to love to the heat and the intensity.

Do you remember your first class?
Austin, Texas May 1999 i saw an advertisement in the paper for bikram yoga, i was doing pilates at the time and wanted a change. i remember walking into the studio on bee caves road, stepping into the room and wondering WTF? it was already 100 degrees outside what the hell am i doing. i finished the whole class and came back for more, and more and more. i loved all of Jennifer’s Bikram stories and i remember thinking i FINALLY found physical exercise that I am going to do for the rest of my life.

Why did you become a yoga teacher?
Honestly, I want to save lives. I want to share my passion and my energy with as many people as possible. This yoga teaches me something new about myself all the time and I want to help bring people to the yoga and strengthen the practices of people that already do the yoga. The yoga really does all the work, I teach the class and people transform. How cool is that?

Any tips for new students?
RESIST THE URGE TO FLEE

Hey baby, what’s your sign?
Pisces

What do you want to be when you grow up?
Wow, haven’t made this parallel but I wanted to be an orthopedic surgeon. i broke both ankles, both wrists and an elbow by the time I was 14. i remember thinking Dr. Earle had it all and I wanted it too, i mean he did tell my Dad that I paid for his porsche :) Look at me now, no desire for a porsche, but i am healing people’s injuries!

Beatles or Elvis?
Beatles

What was your first concert?
Oh oh oh oh, step by step ooh baby I really want you in my world. First Boy Band: New Kids on the Block.

Have you ever fasted?
Yes- what is the saying Detox to Retox? I am big fan of the quarterly master cleanse.

How long did it take you to learn to lock your knee?
Lock the knee, lock the knee, lock the knee. It took months before I really understood how to physically contract my thigh muscle to bring my knee cap up. And honestly, every class I have to set my intention and say the mantra to keep it locked. Its apart of the process, as soon as my mind slides my knee bends or my big toe comes off the floor.

What’s your guilty pleasure?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the series), red wine and popcorn.

If you were an appliance what would you be?
A blender in a beach town where I brought pure joy to everyone who used me :)

Have you ever been to Burning Man?
Nope, not yet.

What’s the first music you ever bought?
Cheap Trick “The Flame” is the first tape I remember buying from my friends older brother. But I gave money to my parents to buy me the “Eye of the Tiger” 45 from Rocky

Besides yoga, what do you like to do for fun?
Live Music, I love to shake it out at a great Funk show. Oh and anything that has to do with food, talking about it, taking pictures of it and of course eating it.

Describe your first kiss.
I chased him. i was bound and determined to kiss him there was all this build up and a plan of when to do it, so much effort. i remember all the effort but not much about the kiss. Now, the first Guy that I really liked, I remember that kiss and the lovely butterflies that lived in my stomach for a long time after that kiss.

Describe your ideal yoga shorts.
Bright colors, no strings, soft, quick dry and they make my ass look spectacular

What’s the funniest thing you’ve ever done in class?
During the hottest class in training instead of doing camel pose i did “flopping dead fish” pose

What do you want to gain from your yoga practice?
A powerful life

Why do you love SF?
The parking tickets for sure, 7 minutes over 2 hours and bam they get ya! I love that about SF. But seriously, San Francisco is magical. There is energy here that fills my soul, the views, the water, the people, the fact that you can walk through 3 different neighborhoods and feel like you were in 3 different countries, the sites, the smells and the temperature is different in all 3.

Why do you love the Mission?
Mission Yoga, the food, the culture, the parks, the sun!

Favorites:

• Color: Yellow
• Animal: Not one in particular
• Yoga Pose: Camel
• Neighborhood: Da ‘Mo- Lower Fillmore
• Restaurants: Fat Angel, Maverick, Nopa, Range, I love food!
• Bread: All things Acme
• Bikram quote: What the fuck you doing? (right now anyway, it changes regularly)
• Lucky Number: 9
• Least favorite pose: this changes too. right now, standing head to knee left side