Everyone has a story of what it took and what it takes, to connect to your best self. These stories are sometimes easy to tell, sometimes hard. But they are all inspiring. Your stories inspire others to do the work. To do what it takes to connect to your true self - your very best self. Read some of those stories here.

Wishing for a peaceful world? Wondering how to eliminate suffering, war, disease? Like the oxygen mask metaphor, we have to take care of ourselves before we can help others. Join our events and workshops designed to reduce suffering and create more love and compassion toward yourself and others.

If you are a mental health professional wanting to make a difference, share your healing light, one person at a time: volunteer for the Tikva Line, a 24/7 hotline serving Oleh and Lone Soldiers.

You are invited to join our resilient and enduring community for a variety of workshops and events.

From our yoga book club, nutrition and yoga workshops to weekly yoga practices, you don’t need a flexible body to feel welcome and experience benefits. Through yoga movement and breath, connect to your body, your mind, and your true self. Yoga is not about the postures, the form or alignment. Yoga is how you feel inside.

As transitions and challenges continue to arise, your tween or teen may struggle to manage social connections, emotions, and/or academics. Meeting expectations and fitting in are difficult in middle school and high school. Anxiety and stress increase in anticipation of new classes, teachers, college acceptance or rejection, and navigating social groups. Skilled and experienced in working with tweens and teens who struggle with overwhelming emotions and social interactions, I am here to help.

Living so close to our Nation’s Capital is fast-paced and stressful. Are you a civil servant or a state of Maryland employee? The future is unknown, and expectations are high. Are you juggling family and finances and navigating an uncertain future. Do you want to be more responsive than reactive? I am skilled in cognitive and dialectical behavioral therapies as well as mind-body practices. You have the tools you need already inside of you. I can help you access them to be your best self.

If talk therapy alone doesn’t give you what you need, have you considered yoga therapy? I am a licensed psychologist, registered yoga teacher, and a certified yoga therapist. I offer yoga therapy through The Happy Yogi in Rockville, Maryland. Yoga therapy is the yoga of self-discovery and draws from breath and movement. Yoga therapy takes you out of your head space and into your body - the vehicle of change, allowing transformation from the inside out. To begin your yoga therapy journey . . .

Come and share your yoga practice with me at The Happy Yogi Cooperative on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:30 - 10:45 am, both in person and virtually. Check out our amazing yoga space located at 2200 Baltimore Road, Rockville, 20851.

I also offer a virtual community yoga practice on Saturdays and Sundays.

Check out more upcoming yoga experiences!

First responders and their families experience repeated exposure to adverse details of traumatic events. This may lead to vicarious traumatization or secondary trauma. Overwork often leads to burn out or compassion fatigue resulting in absenteeism, increased carelessness or mistakes leading to substance abuse or other risky behaviors to manage overwhelming feelings. In a culture that rewards being strong, tough, and keeping your emotions to yourself, I’m here to listen and help you find a healthy work/life balance.