I am an Instructor of Yoga Sculpt at CorePower Yoga, but my journey didn’t begin in a studio—it began with struggle. From a young age, I battled body image issues tied to my diagnosis of PCOS. Over the years, those struggles deepened into disordered eating: cycling through anorexia, binge eating, and non-purging bulimia. At the time, I saw my body as something to fight against, not something to celebrate. Movement became punishment. Exercise was a transaction: sweat in exchange for shrinking myself.

But everything changed when I began approaching fitness with intention—and love.

During my CorePower Yoga Sculpt training, we were asked to define our teaching mission. Our why. For me, it was clear: Love. Not the kind of love marketed to us through comparison or control, but a radical, grounded, breath-by-breath love for the body I live in. That mission continues to shape every class I teach.

Through Yoga Sculpt, I’ve discovered that movement can be an act of compassion. A way to come home to ourselves. Sculpt isn't just about sweat or strength—though we build both. It's about breathwork, body awareness, mind-body connection, and the celebration of all that our bodies can do. We lift weights and lift ourselves. We push through cardio and push through self-doubt. We show up not to punish, but to honor ourselves.

This shift—from shame to strength, from punishment to empowerment—changed my life. And now I teach to help others experience that same transformation. Every time I guide a class through squats, sun salutations, or sculpting flows, I’m inviting them to see movement as an act of self-love and presence. It’s not about burning calories—it’s about igniting joy.

Movement has helped me reclaim my power, rebuild trust in my body, and remember that joy and strength can coexist. My mat has become a space for growth—not just muscle growth, but emotional, mental, and spiritual growth too.

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I move because I love myself. I teach so others can learn to do the same.