My name is Grace. I am a Certified Curvy Yoga Teacher practicing in Rochester, New York. I spent 2015 traveling back and forth to Tennessee to earn my certificate. Right now I am only offering private lessons, but there are plans in the works to start teaching in a studio setting locally. 🙂

I am an Artist, working mainly in painting, collage and beaded jewelry. I have always felt grounded and joyful when creating and could never replicate that until I stepped on a yoga mat for the first time. I was expecting an exercise class and instead found the first authentic, intense steps to my self-love journey.

I believe every body is a yoga body. Yoga is a journey into yourself and helps us to work on ourselves. It teaches us to breath and to embrace silence. It does a plethora of other things too. It’s personal, everyone gains unique things in their experience on the mat.

When I really got into yoga and saw how awesome it was for me, I realized I wanted to help others discover it. I searched for a body positive, weight neutral teacher program and couldn’t find anything local. When I found Curvy Yoga, I was thrilled. Here was a teacher encouraging everyone, regardless of size, shape, level of ability, etc. to get on the mat. Anna provided modifications for everyone and exuded loving kindness. I wanted to do that for others. I wanted to help others who may feel intimidated by the stereotypical teacher and class. Those who are on their own self love journeys or maybe are and don’t even know it, like I was.

I want you to know that you are enough. You don’t have to be a single digit size, a certain ability level, a certain gender identity, a certain skin tone or a certain weight to deserve love and respect. You are enough.

I am enough. Say it until you believe it ❤

Some resources for those on their own self love journey-

BOOKS:

• Health At Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight by Linda Bacon
• Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resh
• Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self-Acceptance by Rosie Molinary
• Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
• Living Your Yoga: Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life Living Your Yoga by Judith Lasater

NAMASTE! (The light in me honors the light in you)