Hey, I'm Heather!
I’m so glad you’re here. Whether you are an experienced yogi looking to put the fun back into your practice or an aspiring yogi trying to figure out how to get started – you’re in the right place!
Let me tell you a little about me. I’m a 500hr+ yoga teacher, with a focus on creative vinyasa, rocket, and sound healing. I love teaching students to find the fun in yoga, while improving balance, flexibility, & strength.
I’ve been practicing yoga since 2013 and have explored many different styles over the years. I am most drawn to creative vinyasa, restorative, and sound healing – always incorporating breathwork into the practice.
You can practice with me in-person or online from wherever you are in the world. I also love working with clients and groups to create a yoga experience for your specific goals in event, corporate, or private settings.
Wherever you are in your yoga journey, I am here to support you along the way!
Curious about how I found Yoga?
I have been involved in movement my entire life, but didn’t find yoga until much later. I started as a dancer (from the age of 3 through college). After college, I started running- which led to triathlon. I had never done sports like these before and I learned SO much! I personally raced distances up to marathons and Ironman – and started sharing what I’d learned by coaching other athletes around the world.
Fast forward a few years and I found bikini competitions (!!), which led me to personal training & nutrition certifications to dive in deeper. I expanded my endurance coaching to include strength & nutrition. I started practicing yoga to create more balance in my other activities & in 2020 (after decades of coaching), decided to step back as my own interests evolved.
I resisted the idea of teaching yoga for a few years. Having stepped away from coaching athletes, did I want to go down that path again?
But in 2021, I left my corporate marketing executive job and decided it was the perfect time to run away to Peru for training. Going into training, I was unsure if I wanted to teach, but very sure that I wanted to go deeper into the practice for myself.
Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) was incredible, exhausting, and inspiring. When I returned home, I knew I wanted to share this practice with others and started teaching 2 weeks later.
I realized that all the movement practices and training in my past worked together to create my own teaching style. Not only can I pull from my training & experience in yoga, but also what I’ve learned in personal training, dance, and even endurance sports. I can also see how well the yoga practice complements to many other movements styles and how many benefits there are to incorporating yoga into your routine as an athlete.
The benefits I found with a consistent yoga practice:
- I recover faster from mountain biking
- Vinyasa & Rocket help me build strength, alongside my gym workouts
- I rediscovered flexibility I hadn’t seen in years AND started increasing my flexibility (even in my 40s!)
- Balance postures & inversions help me with balance on my bike and snowboard
- Working on challenging yoga poses helps me with the mindset to tackle other challenges & fears
What are you looking for from your yoga practice? If you are looking to build greater strength, more flexibility, a calmer mind, and less stress – you need to be practicing more than 1x a month.
Creating a consistent practice, even just 2x a week, is where you’ll start to experience these benefits. For most of us, a mix of local and virtual classes is a fantastic way to make that happen – so no matter how crazy life gets, you can find 10 minutes at home to get on your mat.
No matter where you live, The FITaspire Studio gives you access to unlimited virtual yoga from wherever you. With classes from 10-75 minutes, I want to make it fun & easy to build your consistent practice.
And if you’re located in Colorado, come practice with me in person around the Vail Valley.
My Yoga Training Details
I participated in a 200hr module at Anahata in 2020, completed 200hr training at Moksha Yoga Amazonica in Peru, trained as a Sound Healer with EJ Brumfield and Emma Kelleher (Frisco, CO) in 2022, completed my 300hr training with Authentic Movements in 2023, and trained in Rocket Yoga with David Kyle and Andre Harris in 2024. With my background in dance, endurance coaching and personal training, I combine my experience in different movement styles when teaching yoga.
