Heather began studying yoga in 2018 while living in the Sierra Nevada Mountain range of California. Interested in marathons, rock climbing big walls, and 100-mile backpacking trips, Heather needed something to balance all her intense activities. She found yoga to be the missing link in her life.

In 2019, she completed her 200-hour Hatha/Vinyasa Yoga Teacher training with Balanced Rock focused on the use of mantra, mudra, the 5 elements of yoga (earth, water, fire, air, and ether), Samkhya philosophy, Ayurveda, and anatomy. 

In 2023 she completed a 500-hour teacher training at Heartwood Institute, a school accredited by the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT), with the intention of continuing the journey towards becoming a Certified Yoga Therapist. Here she learned restorative, yin, chair, aerial, chakra yoga and trauma informed yoga. Heather plans to attend a Master of Social Work program at Stony Brook University in Fall 2024, to become a licensed therapist and offer yoga as therapy.

Heather is excited to teach Gentle Yoga at Yajamahe Yoga. Her class has slow, mindful movements, with anatomical guidance. She weaves restorative and yin postures into the asana practice as is appropriate and likes to feel the energy of the room to customize the unique class offered each time.