My first introduction to meditation was in 1994 while living in NYC after graduating from film school. Since then I have explored many different techniques and traditions including mindfulness and zen meditation. Although each technique offered great benefits, it wasn’t until I began practicing Vedic Meditation that I truly discovered a simple, daily, self-sufficient and systematic practice that would change my life.

Although meditation was my first doorway into the Yoga world, I was drawn to the physical practice of asanas. After completing a Masters in Education I moved to LA and began to teach yoga to my kindergarten students. In 2000 my passion for yoga led me to leave my job as a school teacher and start a career as a full time yoga instructor at Yoga Works in Santa Monica, where I would spend the next 20 years teaching and leading trainings.

After giving birth to my two children, becoming a mother and teaching pre & postnatal trainings, I was inspired to further my birth education and become a birth doula so that I could guide and support mothers through one of life’s most powerful rites of passage into motherhood. This work inspired me to give birth to my own company Uma Mother.

Uma Mother offers classes, workshops and retreats as well as an online yoga & movement platform/app to support mothers through preconception, pregnancy, postpartum and beyond. Uma Mothership is our private online community & education platform where mothers connect, learn & grow together with a collection of birth stories, interviews with experts in maternal health.

My long time practice and interest in meditation inspired me to dive deeper into Vedic studies leading me to my teacher Thom Knoles, a leading authority of Vedic Knowledge who spent 30 years as a devoted student and direct disciple of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. After a few years of practicing Vedic Meditation I felt such a profound shift in my daily life, work & relationships that I decided to become an Initiator myself.

In January 2022 I left Los Angeles for my Vedic Meditation Initiator training, an incredible journey which was the culmination of many years of advanced Vedic studies & required courses. After a 12- week intensive and extensive training I was inducted into the Shankaracharya tradition by Swami Kailashanand Brahmachari of Jyotir Math, the highest ranking authority of Vedic knowledge in India. Today I teach monthly ‘learn to meditate’ courses, lead group meditations & retreats and offer advanced Vedic knowledge courses in Los Angeles.