Yoga sure has immeasurably improved my own life but I don't believe you need to burn incense, or wear a sari to Stop & Shop, to benefit. You're welcome to come to my class simply because you're stressed out and want to relax, or because your back aches, or because you're pretty sure you'd feel better if you lost a little weight.

I love the legends and lore of yoga, and am a total philosophy geek. Becoming a philosophy geek is not required in order to take my class but you never know--you just might happily leave with more than you bargained for.

Practice-wise, I'm a stickler about good alignment because yoga poses are a lot like scalpels: they can heal but they can hurt, too. So, I like to move mindfully but I also like to flow. I like to sweat, too! Extraordinary and creative sequencing makes me happy.

As far as standing on your head, it isn't necessarily going to make you a kinder, healthier, happier human but--depending on how you go about it--it can actually do all of those things. I'm into that.

My class, programs, and trainings are a deliberately yoga-'tude free zone. Genuinely nice people take my class. They are known to smile and say hello. I dig that.