Meditation & Yoga
In 2021, I made a brash decision. I’d been practicing meditation for a few years, and usually sat for 10-15 minutes a day. Then I signed up for a ten-day silent retreat. This was taught in the style of S. N. Goenka, and we sat for ten hours a day. Those were the most challenging ten days of my life. And the most rewarding.
Since then, I’ve sat multiple eight-day silent meditation retreats, and completed a two-year meditation teacher certification program through UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center. Alongside my coursework, I study with Peter Doobinin, one of the founding teachers of New York Insight Meditation Center.
These teachings focus on Insight meditation within the Theravada lineage – some of the foundational concepts are using the breath and other anchors to return to our bodies, moving through the world with curiosity and awareness, and observing and befriending our emotions.
I’ve taught workshops on these concepts for The Peace Education Center, The Brooklyn Public Schools, and currently work with teenagers through Detroit Horse Power. I’ve also completed a 200-hour Hatha Yoga Teacher training program through Namaste Yoga — a magnet school for the International Institute of Yoga Therapy — and often integrate movement practices into my teaching.
Before I left the corporate world in 2017, I worked as the VP of Sales for a high-growth start-up. As I’ve completed my meditation and yoga training, it’s become abundantly clear how these practices could’ve helped me be a more centered and compassionate manager and co-worker. When I bring these teachings to offices, my goal is to use this perspective to help employees cultivate presence, regulate their nervous systems, and improve their communication.
Current Offerings
Hatha Flow at Namaste Yoga – Wednesdays at 9:15 am ET (in-person & online)
Meditative Poetry with Meditational – Monthly at 2 pm ET (online)
See my Workshops for more upcoming classes or click here for more about my corporate facilitation.
Note, Summer 2026: I’m also accepting a limited number of private yoga and meditation clients.