ABOUT US
Nice to meet you...
I am a girl who loves yoga and essential oils and traveling and nature. I am a girl who has been lost a time or two (thousand) and found by the only One who truly matters. I am a girl who believes in the power of touch. I am a girl who believes the mind is more powerful than the body, but both deserve to be strong, hence my love for yoga.
I enjoy sharing my days and nights with my best friend and partner for life, Ben. We love beaches and seafood and living as if we are truly free. We strive to choose healthy choices daily but we also eat the damn cake because life is short. We don't live in a world where perfection rules us. We live in a world where we come to our authentic selves and strive to share that with others.
I do nothing without overthinking everything. I promise. I spend hours just thinking of ideas and, sometimes, talking myself out of some really great ones. However I think I'm getting this part right. I've dreamed of owning my own business one day and that day is finally here. This whole be your own boss thing has proven to be a worthy opponent but a rewarding and fun one. I just recently left a very heavy career path with crisis intervention and advocacy specifically for victims of crime. I spent much of my days working with clients at the worst moments of their lives. It was sobering and difficult and some days it was rewarding to be helpful to another in their time of need. However it became draining and depleting to mind, body, and spirit. I knew I had to step up and step out in order to prioritize myself for once.
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Believe me, I am no stranger to hard times. I've struggled. We've struggled. It has been hard. Like, much harder than it should be or has to be but it just is...hard. We really became passionate about yoga after the loss of a very special little boy who will always hold my heart. The honeysuckles are for him. Baby boys just do that to a momma's heart. The grief and brokenness that came with that loss was going to do one of two things: kill me or make me stronger. I didn't not choose kill me for awhile, I just went through the motions of life. With a lot of work both emotionally and spiritually, Yoga helped bring me back into myself and I've been able to choose the stronger path. Yoga helped me find a place for that heart pain waves of grief. You know the physical ache in your heart, that kind of grief. Those who know, know. Ben and I became intentional about prioritizing our physical and mental wellness. We also chose therapy and medications, when needed, but yoga has been a constant. We are doing the work and actually choosing to allow the grief to prune us and we've watched a whole new garden of flowers bloom within our hearts and minds. Now that doesn't mean we don't still hurt, pray constantly, seek therapy, take the damn pill - it just means that we use ALL the tools in our toolbox.
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I became a certified Yoga Instructor because I love the art of yoga and the way it feels within my body. I chose a focus in Trauma-Informed Yoga as those who have been hurt or are hurting have my heart. I've been there several times - I know. And First responders, I see you. I believe in the healing power of getting on the mat with yourself and your Higher Power (whoever that might be for you) and doing the hard work. The melding of the mind and body in yoga to work through grief, pain, victimization, hurt feelings is nothing short of completely transformative. The mat can also be where you come to get a "better" butt, stronger core, toned legs. No matter what your desire is for yoga you usually always get more than what you came for; Yoga comes to meet you on the mat.
-Natalie
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