My journey with yoga began in 2008, in a friendly hot yoga challenge with my brother while home from college. I was hooked and kept it up through school and through the worst of my corporate years in San Francisco. I didn’t quite have words for it then, but the practice was the only thing that could calm the anxiety that clouded those years. 

By 2014, my experience with anxiety, panic attacks, and subsequently corporate burnout had intensified, and I eventually moved back home to Houston. In the throes of depression and an unwanted life transition, I somehow managed to get myself to a local yoga studio that brought me back to life. I remember the second time I showed up for class and being greeted boisterously and by name, perfect pronunciation and all. It felt like it was my first time I’d been seen by a stranger. It was also my first lesson in cultivating an environment where people are truly seen and welcomed. In those reviving months, I found that the practices and tools of yoga offered not only grounding and support, but over time, a path home to my familiar self.  I’d eventually continue to manage that studio and earn my RYT-200 there. 

Those experiences continued to inform and deepen my teaching, amplifying my passion for creating spaces where people can reconnect to themselves with ease, compassion, and care. I am particularly passionate about supporting those who experience anxiety, burnout and life transition.

Today, I am an Iranian-American E-RYT 500 yoga teacher based in Houston with a love of movement, nourishment, and deep, long-form, connection. I completed my first 200-hour teacher training in 2016 and continue to study the intersections of mindfulness, embodiment, nervous system regulation, and contemplative practice.

My teaching is breath-centered, with a focus on mindfulness, Yin Yoga and Restorative Yoga. I believe that connecting more fully to breath can slow the world down enough to create space for ease, clarity, and presence.