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Yoga Teacher Training
My yoga experience started in 2012 with a regular (5 days/week) vinyasa practice at Samadhi Yoga Studio in my hometown of Glenview, Illinois. Two years later, I attended True Refuge (a retreat focused on self-compassion) with Tara Brach at Kripalu. A year later, I developed a passion for a regular yin practice while studying abroad living with my host family in Wellington, New Zealand. When I returned back to the states, for the rest of my undergraduate experience, the teachers and practitioners at Pranava Yoga Center in Colorado Springs, CO supported the cultivation of my regular hatha yoga and meditation practice. I completed the 200-Hour teacher training at Pranava. The studio is no longer operating since the pandemic. However, one of my main teachers from that experience has a thriving studio called Yoga Bliss in Colorado Springs. The summer after the teacher training program, I went back to Kripalu and attended workshops with Seane Corn, Annie Carpenter, and Rod Stryker. I then moved to Santa Barbara and participated in Santa Barbara Yoga Center’s 300-Hour teacher training program modules with Kat Connors-Longo and Heather Tiddens. I also completed the Transcendental Meditation (TM) certification with Mark Hershey while living in that town. Additionally, I taught yoga at 24-Hour Fitness and University of California-Santa Barbara. I just moved to Asheville in January and am currently completing my Master’s in Natural Resource Management.
Peace Corps Cambodia Pre-Service Training
Appreciated 32 hours of cross-cultural training which led to respectfully conducting myself in alignment with the country’s values
Enhanced my communication with the locals by completing 200 hours of Khmer language study in a small-group class setting taught by a Cambodian instructor
Engaged in 190 hours of technical training in teaching English as a foreign language which included theory, methodology, lesson planning and a practicum for the purpose of learning how to generate participation and progress from the students
• Enhanced my communication with the locals by completing 200 hours of Khmer language study in a small-group class setting taught by a Cambodian instructor
• Appreciated 32 hours of cross-cultural training which led to respectfully conducting myself in alignment with the country’s values
• Engaged in 190 hours of technical training in teaching English as a foreign language which included theory, methodology, lesson planning and a practicum for the purpose of learning how to generate participation and progress from the students
Forest Restoration Technician
The mission of EcoForesters is to conserve Appalachian forests by supporting private landowners in creating and implementing natural resource management strategies that are economically and ecologically sound. My position entailed identifying invasive plants and removing them with herbicide in order to support growth of the native species.