MY JOURNEY
I was 13 the first time yoga left an imprint on me. My mom took me to a 90 minute heated class and it was nothing short of an awakening. As the fun began to fade from competitive sports, I outgrew my childhood self and the expectations that were set around that version of me.
The following year I left home for boarding school, and the awakenings began to roll in with more consistency. Throughout the next 15 years I traversed the East Coast, Europe, Southeast Asia, California, and finally home to Detroit for a period of deliberate integration.
The growth continued and it felt like doors were slamming shut everywhere as I left my “dream career” in the art world. At rock bottom, I quit my PhD program for my metal health and lost any sense of purpose.
From that far down, I realized all I could see was up. As I heaved years of notes into the dumpster on *a day* in 2018, I decided to make what resonated as the first real investment in myself: yoga teacher training.
Something about this awakening mirrored the first, though this time I was my own worst enemy: suffering from anxiety, struggling with anger, unrecognizable to my own self – and it showed.
That decision was the light at the end of my vertical tunnel, despite the fact that it felt as if I was surrendering from and giving up everything else I had ever worked for. I felt like I could see who I was becoming.
I rebuilt my identity, reclaimed the narrative in my mind, found freedom in my body, repaired relationships both internal and external, and fell in love with the process of personal growth.
I committed to more trainings and am currently a STOTT PILATES® Trainee, studying to become an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, and am certified in pre/post-natal and trauma informed yoga. I no longer chase a dream job, I consciously create the reality of my dreams.
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