Certification and experience:

• ACE personal trainer
• ACE group fitness instructor
• 500 Hour RYT
• Personal trainer 10 + years (2000-present)
• Group exercise instructor 25 + years 
• Yoga (mind/body) instructor 16 + years
• Licensed massage therapist, 2005-present
• Barkan method hot yoga, level, I, II/III, 2005-present

Education:

• Undergraduate from University of Iowa in Psychology 
• Graduate degree from Writers Workshop- Non-Fiction

Training specialities:

• Yoga 

Why personal training? 

I have always been physically active-as a child, I climbed trees and ran through forests. I scrambled, wrestled, and played sports with friends. That physicality always brought me joy and peace of mind. The need to work our bodies does not end with childhood; if anything, it becomes even more essential in adulthood. My goal is to spark that joy.