I was raised on an organic avocado ranch on the Gaviota Coast of California. We had guavas and kiwis over here, and pomegranates, cherimoyas and peaches over there. Each fruit had its season and I knew when it was ripe for the picking.

I started practicing yoga in 2010 at a hot and sweaty Bikram studio in Santa Barbara. What began as a call to movement and connection, led to a more subtle awakening of heart and spirit. I went on to study environmental science and food systems at UCLA, and completed my permaculture design certificate through Santa Barbara City College. For the last five years I have supported Kiss The Ground developing our Education Program, which provides educational, financial, and training resources for farmers, ranchers and land stewards transitioning to regenerative agriculture.

After graduating college, I pursued my 200-hour yoga teacher training in San Francisco. When I returned to Santa Barbara, I began my advanced yoga studies through the Santa Barbara Yoga Center and opened my private yoga practice. Over the last 8 years I have been teaching both one-on-one and community yoga classes at various studios around town.

As a former dancer I appreciate fluid transitions and dynamic routines, so creative sequencing has always been woven into my practice. But much of my physical and spiritual healing unfolded in my training in therapeutic and yin yoga, mindfulness meditation, reiki and integrative somatic trauma therapy. Sometimes the most powerful response is to simply be still. And I have spent what feels like most of my adult life building my capacity for stillness.

My practice has evolved quite a bit over the last 8 years. Although I will always continue to teach dynamic flow, I am now focusing on supporting women through all stages of pregnancy, from pre-conception, to pre-natal to postpartum, as a certified Prenatal and Pelvic Floor yoga teacher. When I’m not on the farm or teaching yoga, you can find me in the mountains; on my bike; at the farmer’s market; or sipping tea, spilling on a contemplative book!

2016

CorePower Yoga 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training | San Francisco, CA

2017

Cheri Clampett & Arturo Peal Therapeutic Yoga Training Program | Santa Barbara, CA

Heather Tiddens Yin Yoga & Meditation Teacher Training | Santa Barbara, CA

Cat Konners Empower Your Teaching Skills | Santa Barbara, CA

Arturo Peal Experiential Anatomy & Physiology | Santa Barbara, CA

Barbara Rose Sherman Mindfulness for the Yoga Practitioner | Santa Barbara, CA

Patty Saito Human Anatomy | Santa Barbara, CA

2018

Nuria Reed Urban Sadhana | Santa Barbara, CA

Seth Powell Yoga History & Philosophy | Santa Barbara, CA

Natalie Sampila Deepening the Practice of Yoga & Ayurveda | Santa Barbara, CA

2019

Sarah Garden Yoga Therapy | Santa Barbara, CA

Jules Mitchell Anatomy & Biomechanics | Santa Barbara, CA

Nuria Reed India & Sacred Spirituality Retreat | Goa, India

Rachel Wilkins Embodying Shakti | Santa Barbara, CA

Nuria Reed & Susan Rae Reiki Level I | Santa Barbara, CA

Dhara Solanki PT, DPT, Pelvic Floor Workshop | Santa Barbara, CA

Daniel Parra-Hensel Permaculture Design Certificate | Santa Barbara, CA

2020

Nuria Reed Urban Sadhana Level II | Santa Barbara, CA

2021

Nuria Reed Reiki Level II | Santa Barbara, CA

The Embody Lab Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy | Online

2022

Susan Rae Reiki Level III

2023

Leslie Howard Pelvic Floor Yoga Training | Oakland, CA

2024

Leslie Howard Pelvic Floor Yoga Teacher Certification | Online

Julia Forest and Stefanie Antunes Sacred Birth Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga Training | Cazadero, CA

Doula Training Canada Birth Doula Certification | Cazadero, CA