At an early age I was introduced to yoga as a way to calm myself and find my center. Throughout my life, yoga became an anchor for me. Growing up in rural West Virginia, I didn’t have access to yoga classes, so for years I was self taught and didn’t take a “in person” yoga class until I was a teenager. This has driven my desire to make yoga more accessible to those in rural communities, along with offering periodic free online classes.

After taking college classes on psychology, I started to discover the parallels between yoga and mental health. Driven by my love for both yoga and my passion for mental health I have dedicated my education to working to the infusion and application of psychology into yoga practice to create a yoga practice that nourishes both mind and body. All lessons are carefully planned to not only be trauma informed, but to go beyond the poses and work on the psychological aspects that naturally exist in yoga to help my clients find better emotional regulation, degreased anxiety and depression, along with the other proven benefits of a consistent yoga practice.

I graduated from Yoga Farm Ithaca in 2020, completing my RYT 200 while pregnant. In addition to having over 40 continuing education credit hours focusing on yoga and psychology I’m also currently enrolled in a Brain Longevity training through the Alzheimer’s Foundation.

Carly: 
Yoga enthusiast