About Us

Since 1995 I have taught "yoga movement therapy". The freeing of blocks is my focus whether the class is prenatal yoga, advanced Vinyasa style or gentle level one. I'm in love with the transition that happens within as we move from being blocked to being free. I see yoga as a way to honestly see where you are, so that you can move from there at any time.

My most influential yoga teachers have been Nicki Doane, Eddie Modestini, & Richard Freeman. I have also studied with Nancy Gilgof, Baron Baptiste, Shiva Rea, Rodney Yee, Tais Little, and many others. They have all deeply touched my practice. I am thankful for all their love and wisdom.

My love for prenatal yoga comes from years of attending births and seeing how it could be useful to have a practice in preparation for birth that supports a "birthing mindset". I teach these classes as a way to offer this to all the rockin' Mamas in town. I have completed the advanced Birthing From Within^® training with Pam England. Birthing from Within spoke deeply to me. Pam's approach to birth preparation is profoundly balanced. I find that I am able to help people more, and with more ease then in all the previous years of teaching childbirth education. Thank you Pam.

I have been of service to prenatal, birthing and postpartum families for well over eighteen years. I gave birth to my daughter Capella Rosa Quinn in 1997. My child is my greatest teacher.

All expression of the physical body, whether it be creatively inspired or a structured practice speaks to my soul. The language of breath and movement inspires a passion within me. It is this passion that propels me to a lifetime of learning the ways of the body, mind & spirit through yoga.

I have studied dance since 1979. I have performed & choreographed in both dance and performance art with two companies, as well as numerous independent projects. The practice of yoga became the natural evolution of my self-expression.

During a two-year apprenticeship with Pasha, I have had the opportunity to experience many Birthing From Within workshops as well as yoga for pregnancy, postpartum and a journey into my own yoga practice. I began teaching prenatal yoga a few months into our apprenticeship, and continue to learn with each teaching opportunity.

While pregnant in 1999 with my first daughter Maijah, I discovered Birthing From Within. I gave birth from within at OHSU. I found the teachings from the Birthing From Within method to become a life practice. It is not solely for labor and birth, rather a way of being resourceful in life.

Supporting families in birth is a natural calling for me. I completed my Doula training in Albuquerque, New Mexico with Pam England (author of Birthing From Within). Soon after this training I gave birth to my second daughter Isa at home surrounded by my loving family and Pasha as my midwife. The timing of this birth was profoundly enlightening. All that I had been discovering within the couple of years prior came to a beautiful knowing within me.

My husband Sky, along with our two girls, is a constant source of strength for me and all my endeavors. My loving family continues to inspire my growth as a mover, a groover, and a wild and wise woman!

In the spring of 2007 my wonderful husband Geoff and I became pregnant with our son Abraham. I had studied Iyengar and Ashtanga yoga intermittently for the previous ten years, but my practice took on a new importance as my baby grew. Moving Through's integration of the Birthing From Within method with prenatal yoga was particularly helpful in my preparation for birth. It greatly enriched my journey to motherhood and is still serving me well postpartum.

Before Abe's birth I was a Montessori guide here in Portland at Childpeace. Prior to moving to Portland I spent many years living, travelling, studying and working overseas. Most of the time I was in Nepal, Bolivia, Costa Rica, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. In 2003 I moved to London to receive training in Montessori education. Montessori is a beautiful and effective approach not just to learning but to living life. Birthing From Within's recognition of our personal knowledge and power and the intuitive flow of prenatal yoga go hand in hand with the philosophy and practice of Montessori principles.

As a guide I was focused with children and families outside the womb; now with the start of my apprenticeship with Nicole I am focusing on the mother and child inside the womb. It is my intention to learn how to guide pregnant women and their babies to better health in soul, mind, body, and relationships to each other through the use of prenatal yoga practice.