Teaching Experience

Heidi began her practice of yoga in 1999 after suffering from a serious back injury. Through her yoga practice she regained her strength and mobility and soon discovered that yoga had so much more to offer than just the physical aspects. In 2004 she began as an instructor for River Yoga in Westerly, Rhode Island and has since taught at Mystic Yoga Shala, Blissworks Yoga & Healing Arts, The Williams School, Science and Technology Magnet High School of New London, Westerly Senior Center and established the Westerly Community Yoga Center in Westerly, RI in 2009 serving as its coordinator and teacher. She received her 200 hour Yoga Alliance Vinyasa Teacher certification from The Rolf Gates School of Yoga as well as a Teen Yoga Teacher Certification from Yoga Minded "Yoga 4 Teens" with Christy Brock Miele, a Therapeutic Yoga Certification from Karen O'Donnell Clarke and in 2018 a Yin Yoga Certification from Liza Dousson.  In addition to Heidi's yoga practice, she has also received the teachings of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche at Karme Choling, a Buddhist Meditation Center in Barnet, Vermont, as well as a Holy Fire III Karuna Reiki Master Teacher certification.

Heidi likes to incorporate both the physical and metaphysical qualities of a yoga practice into her classes. She truly believes that everyone can benefit from yoga and encourages her students to explore a wide range of asanas, while blending in meditation and pranayama. Her goal is to guide others toward true self and ultimate contentment, so that what we learn on the mat is something we carry within us wherever we go.