When and where did you complete the teacher training?
I took my teacher training in Hawaii in the fall of 2007

How or why did you start practicing Bikram Yoga?
I started Bikram Yoga when I was off work due to depression and a friend invited me to the class.

How was your very first Bikram class?
It was hot… hot, hot, hot my friend did not tell me it was hot yoga and I wore sweat pants and a sweat shirt for my first class.

What is your most important advice for the students?
Enjoy the heat, enjoy the misery and don’t be hard on yourself or your practice. It all comes with time and enjoy the journey along the way. Step by step.

What did you want to be as a child when you grow up?
I wanted to be a nurse

What would you do if you didn’t teach yoga?
I would be working at Costco I think.

What is your favourite quote?
“Live, live, live, life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death.”

Which one is your least favourite pose in the series?
It changes from week to week. I just know that the posture I like the least is the one my body needs the most

What are you most proud of in your life?
Finishing my teacher training and living my truth through my teaching.

What is your first thought in the morning?
I need to get to class to teach the 6 am.

What do you treasure the most?
My parents and the relationship we have.

Tell us about your first kiss.
It was very scandalous and I was about 9 at the time.