Healing postpartum, I turned to yoga not just for my body, but for my spirit. I began meditating and studying yogic texts more deeply. Then came my own health battles, Crohn's disease, a major surgery, and later colon cancer at 39. I survived, turning to holistic methods, and that was the moment yoga stopped being a job and became my way of life.

Building a Life and Business Rooted in Healing

Today I live on a 15 acre homestead in central Florida with my husband, our kids, and five cows, one of them expecting. We run a toy store in town, and for a time, I taught mindfulness classes for moms and kids in its back room, just because it felt right. That grew into something bigger.

After studying for a year with a local shaman, everything opened up. I stepped more fully into who I am: bold, fluid, and unafraid. That energy began attracting others who needed guidance. I started leading retreats and classes across the Tampa Bay Area. I now teach at House of Light and Mind Body Spirit Wellness. My classes include hot yoga, fertility yoga, and meditation. I also lead family yoga for local homeschooling groups, something close to my heart since I homeschool my own two youngest kids. This business wasn't planned. It was lived.

Lessons I've Learned

Yoga, for me, didn't start with purpose. It found purpose as I evolved. I've learned that we are meant to be expressive, fluid beings. Life challenges can harden us, but they can also open portals.

Spending time with a shaman and running our butterfly sanctuary taught me something simple but profound: change is not a breakdown. It's a breakthrough.

Love everything about yourself. Be the same person in your class that you are on your porch. Laugh loud. Be real. Let your light take up space.

My Message to Founders

You don't have to be anyone else's idea of a yoga teacher. Don't filter your voice to fit in. Show up exactly as you are, even if that’s messy or loud or outside the mold. You'll attract the people who need you. That's what makes it sustainable. That's what makes it sacred.

Business Takeaways from Honor Your Roots

Your past doesn't disqualify you. It makes your voice more powerful. Live Your Practice

Don't just teach yoga. Embody it. Let it show up in your parenting, your health, your humor.

Serve First

Let service come before structure. Teach for free if your heart says yes. The business will follow.

Create Safe Space

People crave realness. Make your classes feel like home, not a performance.

Trust Your Season

Your business doesn’t have to scale fast. Let it unfold at your soul's pace.

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Business Takeaways

  • Yoga Business Journey My yoga business just evolved from my shamanic training. The most important lesson I learned is that you must express what you consume. We are made in the image of Mother Earth as light reflected and expressed through bones & tissue. We are meant to be fluid, like water. Not resistant and tight. Expression should be easy. So be mindful of your consumption. What you physically eat is important as well as what you see, touch, hear, smell and feel with your heart. Keep your environment fluid and pure. I run a butterfly sanctuary on our small little farm and they teach us that change is beautiful. Just keep your environment aligned with your heart. Your environment includes your inner thoughts. Be kind to yourself. Love every single thing about yourself unapologetically. I am not the typical yoga teacher. I grew up in a rough neighborhood, in poverty and had to overcome so much with my mom having legal & alcohol problems and that’s just part of who I am. I am bold. I crack jokes. I use slang vernacular. I don’t live for your expectations, I just live authentically. People often love me or choose not to understand me and that’s okay. I am very proud of my journey, my resilience and excited for what is to come. The beacon of light for me is alway gratitude and going back to my breath🙏🏻