Hi, I’m Heather
I am a highly experienced, trauma-informed yoga teacher and movement specialist with a penchant for sharing the therapeutic aspects of a yoga practice.
With a firm belief that ‘life is practice, and practice is life’, I have a passion for learning and sharing healing modalities that can be incorporated into the practice of daily living to support us in our journey back to balance and harmony.
here is what i know to be true…
- It is challenging to cultivate and maintain balance, vitality, and healing when chronic stress, overwhelm, fear and fatigue take over our lives.
- Inhabiting a world that feels increasingly uncertain, amidst a culture that is incessantly pushing us to do more, be more, have more, is making it hard not to contract, retreat, and internalize the messaging that we are somehow not good enough to affect transformative change.
- I want to support you in your journey to rediscover and reconnect with your own inner resources for resilience and stability.
- Through a unified approach to movement, breath, and meditation, we can reclaim our wholeness, rediscover our inherent balance, and tap back into our life’s joyful purpose.
Let’s practice together.
- Heather
Private 1:1 Sessions
Whether you seek therapeutic support with a specific injury or limitation, want to deepen your relationship with your yoga practice, or want to learn deeper ways to integrate ayurvedic principles into your daily rhythms for increased balance and vitality, 1:1 sessions utilize a unified approach that is rooted in yogic tradition and informed by modern science.
We come to our mats for reasons that are as varied and unique as we are, and like life, these reasons shift from day to day. Join me, online and from the comfort of your own home for a variety of weekly yoga classes ranging from Strength & Stability, to Gentle Hatha, and Yin. Let’s center, ground, and tap into our capacity for resilience together! I’ll see you on the mat and in community.
weekly live-stream yoga classes
on demand resource library
This is yoga your way, anytime, anywhere. The pre-recorded resource library is designed to offer you everything from short warming flows to cool afternoon unwinds. Perfect for when you’re busy but don’t want to skip your yoga practice.
in-person retreats, trainings, & workshops
Shifting the momentum of our habituated routines can be a catalyst for creating long-lasting transformative change. When we gather together in community we co-create an intentional space in which we can recover our balance and vitality amidst profound learning and mutual growth. So let’s gather!
My Approach
I weave breath work, somatics, modern movement science, and stress management techniques throughout group and private yoga sessions, workshops, trainings, and retreats to ensure that those I am working with gain experiential insight into the various tools that can be used to stabilize, nourish, and rebalance. It is my deepest intention to support you to empower yourself to cultivate transformative change first within your own internal landscape and then out into the world.
Read more about my teaching style, philosophy, and certifications.
Praise
“Heather encourages a focus on breath work and carefully teaches techniques to meet students at all levels of practice. I appreciate that she includes short pertinent teachings related to many aspects of yoga practice and leading an intentional life.”
- J. Taylor, Portland Oregon
“Heather has incredible knowledge of many different types of yoga practice. But what truly makes her special is her emotional awareness and sensitivity to the needs of the people in her class and community. She is my favorite yoga instructor.”
- B. Bowser, Portland Oregon
“Heather's knowledge and insight of anatomy (in addition to the requests of the students attending studies) allows her to focus on different parts of the body and in turn create classes that employ a variety of movements that focus on these specific body parts. All of this helps my mind and body stay stimulated and flexible.”
- M. Kubetz, Portland Oregon
