The small village where I grew up, Leyment, and its lavoir, where my grandmother came to wash her laundry.
Snake Mountain -also called Great View Mountain- Bridport, Vermont.
With my teacher Ajan Piya in Pittsburgh, USA.
Sailing through the Strait of Magellan with view of Cape Horn.
With my daughter at Yogaville, Buckingham County, Virginia.
Vignettes from home in France.
My journey
I was born and raised in the beautiful Bugey region of France. Ever since I can remember, I have been in love with the powerful resonance of words and their magical ability to open doors into the unknown and make everything possible. This was accompanied with a passionate desire to explore the world. Strange passions for a shy little French girl! I followed my dream and studied foreign languages at the Catholic University of Lyon, as well as in England and Germany. After writing my final thesis on the poet Rupert Brooke in King's College in Cambridge, I returned to Germany to work in a French corporate bank. I met my life traveling buddy, my husband John, in Frankfurt. We traveled the world with our three children before settling down in Virginia in 1998.
My skills
I am a multilingual translator and have used my skills throughout my travels to volunteer with refugees, teach and tutor all school ages, work as a foreign languages teacher, a Virginia Court interpreter and a freelance translator.
When I discovered yoga in 2006, I found the universal language that would help me on my mission to be a translator of that ancient practice to help and empower others to find the magic within them and share it with the world.
My trainings include Yoga Fit, the Swami Satchidananda Integral 200-hour training, and Rolf Gates' 500-hour Advanced Vinyasa training.
I have learned Vipassana meditation at our local Theraveda Buddhist temple of Wat Pasantidhamma in Carrolton, Virginia.
I am an ERYT-500, YACEP Yoga teacher. I have taught over 8,000 hours of yoga and I am constantly sharpening my skills with trainings and independent studies.
Truth of Yoga
I am passionate about the Truth of Yoga and have developed those 3 Core beliefs:
Yoga is much more than a physical exercise, it is a practice of wholeness. In my classes, you will be guided into awareness and transformation of all the parts of your being.
We don't just practice yoga on the mat, we take it into our lives. It is very important to me to teach my students practical skills that they can USE in their everyday lives
ANYONE can do Yoga. I am very passionate about making yoga available to everyone and designed my Chair Yoga classes for that purpose.
All my classes reflect and integrate those 3 core beliefs: they are inspirational and provide a safe caring environment, as well as a mindful rejuvenating practice interwoven with yogic principles that empower my students to live the lives they are meant to live.
Teaching
I teach yoga and meditation classes, workshops and trainings in my community in Virginia, as well as during my travels. One of my fondest memories was teaching at Google headquarters in Dublin.
As founding faculty and lead trainer of 2 local trainings, I have trained hundreds of yoga teachers since 2011 at the 200 and 500-hour level and in specialty trainings.
Many of my popular Trainings and courses are available as Online Trainings.
My specialties are Vinyasa, Yin Yoga and Chair Yoga. I also specialize in Mindfulness and Meditation, Chakras philosophy, Yoga Fundamentals, Yoga Nidra, Methodology of Yoga, Class Sequencing, Lifestyle and Ethical principles of Yoga and Buddhism and how to incorporate them into our lives.
Sharing the gift of meditation has become one of my missions and I have developed a series of Chakra Meditations available in different formats: on my Facebook page and YouTube channel, and on a beautiful 8-week video series filmed by the Newport News Public Library. The link to these videos is available on this website under Videos.
I also offer a free 30 minutes Facebook Live Meditation every Tuesday mornings at 8am. The theme is a new inspirational word every week. I am collecting all those words in a book, so everyone can get inspired by them.
Ayurveda Health Counselor
My love of yoga led me to its sister science: Ayurveda. In December 2020, after 300 hours of training, I became certified under the Shakti School of Ayurveda, Tantra and Feminine Form Medicine as an Ayurvedic Wellness Coach.
I have now completed my 2nd year of Ayurvedic studies. After 600 hours of classes, and many more of studying, I am now also an Ayurvedic Health Counselor. I am excited to help more people with those powerful teachings.
Writing
Yoga has reconnected me with my love of the written word. I have written all my life and have lots of unfinished manuscripts languishing in boxes. But joining my two passions has led me to publish my first book in 2018: Yoga with a French Twist; a Journey through the Chakras, weaving stories from my life in France with the wisdom and lessons of the chakras. Within hours of being live, it was a #1 New Amazon Release!
In 2022, I published my children’s book on the Chakras: The Fable of the 7 Notes.
I am currently working on a book of Yoga Poems, Inspirational Words Meditations based on my Tuesday Meditations, a book on spiritual traveling, and, if I ever find the time, a fantasy novel on the chakras.
The Yin of Life
I am still traveling the world with a Yin state of mind. I also love reading, good thrillers, running, hiking, gardening, talking and learning about spirituality, spending time with good friends and my family, watching British, Scandinavian and Spanish mysteries, sitting in my meditation garden listening to the sounds of nature. I also deeply believe in Spiritual Activism, taking care of our environment, protecting animals and fighting for justice for our children and those who don't have a voice. The world needs our voices.
My mission in life is to use my tools as a Tantric Ayurveda Yoga teacher and Translator of sacred principles to guide you Home.
I am modeling my life to the rhythm of Rumi's quote:
Allow the beauty of what you love to become what you do."
Macchu Picchu, Peru.
