I came to yoga looking for a supplement to my running and fell in love. As a life-long lover of dance, yoga provides me with the discipline, strength, control, rhythm, and flow that I was missing from dance. It was also a way to keep my aging body limber and balanced.
I grew up on a ranch in Boulder, Wyoming. I am the youngest of two children. My late brother was seven years older than me, so I was technically the second only child in the family. I was an active kid. In the summers I had the run of the area around the ranch house, running, biking, using my imagination to entertain myself. In colder times of year, I spend hours in my room dancing to the latest records and literally wearing the finish off the hard-wood floor. I was very involved in music. I was in the school bank from 5 th grade on, took piano lessons, sang in the choir and, when a teacher was available, took ballet, jazz, and tap. I graduated from high school in 1973 and attended the University of Wyoming. I graduated with a BS in History in 1978. I took as many dance classes as I could get into during my time at UW.
Fast forward 16 years and my husband and I have moved to Casper. My introduction to yoga was a hatha class at our health club. I enjoyed the slow, controlled movements, but the class didn’t last. It was not until the late 1990’s that a yoga studio opened in Casper, and I jumped at the chance to start taking classes. After that studio was sold and moved, I took a break until Wyoming Yoga and Massage opened.
During this time, I went back to school and earned a second bachelor’s degree in Secondary Social Studied Education. I taught Middle School Social Studies for 17 years until I retired in 2022. I threw myself into classes at Wyoming Yoga and Massage whole-heartedly and jumped at the chance to become a yoga teacher.
I graduated from Sadhana School of Yoga in 2020, in the midst of a world-wide pandemic, and now, after “graduating” from middle school, I’m ready to teach adults. My desire is to bring yoga to people of all ages, but particularly to people close to my age who are interested in keeping their bodies strong, flexible, and balanced. There may be a bit of dancing on occasion!