About Me

I believe in the power and potential of movement as an embodied path to peace, purpose, and belonging.

I have been practicing yoga since 2003, teaching movement practices since 2005, and taught public yoga classes from 2014-2026. I completed my 200-hour teacher training at Laughing Lotus in San Francisco under the guidance of Jasmine Tarkeshi in 2014, my 300-hour teacher training with Susannah Barkataki in 2021, and studied prenatal and postnatal yoga under the guidance of Jane Austin in 2020. Other teachers who have offered me extensive mentorship and support include Julie Rappaport, Lorin Taylor, and Mary Strong-Sullivan.

I worked full-time as a movement instructor for nearly a decade and was involved in numerous 200-hour yoga teacher trainings where I helped others become yoga instructors. I also led continuing education programs for power yoga and sculpt teachers; and went on to lead and design trauma-informed yoga continuing education programs for The Driven Yogi. My work was featured in Yoga Alliance, Self Magazine, and a number of podcasts. Other movement disciplines I taught include sculpt, barre, TRX, and swimming.

These days, I’m a “retired” yoga teacher and am finding deeper nourishment in my relationship with yoga, no longer intertwined with the yoga industrial complex, and instead rooted in the simple joy and inspiration of movement and meditation.

My on demand library lives on for folks seeking a high energy, playful, and powerful mix of asana, dance, and Pilates inspired movements taught from a trauma-informed lens. Classes offer creative and dynamic flow, as well as precise strength challenges, aimed to help students develop refined movement technique and deep somatic awareness.

I continue to embrace the power of embodied healing as as a licensed professional counselor in Oregon, where I operate my private practice Metamorphosis Holistic Counseling.

-Emma (she/her/hers)