Carrie began practicing yoga during her college career at St. Lawrence University. She was passed on a book about Hatha Yoga practice and was immediately drawn to the rhythmic patterns that were illustrated and described so thoroughly. As the self teachings evolved she eventually found her way into Ashtanga and Power Yoga but ultimately grounded herself in a 200 hour teacher training at an Hatha Iyengar-influenced teacher training with Francois Raoult of Open Sky Yoga studio in Rochester, NY, her hometown.

Here the world of true yoga tradition came to life in the studies of pranayama, asana, philosophy and Ayurveda. She would go on to gain certifications teaching yoga for back care and prenatal/postpartum yoga.

As life unfurled, she then became a mother of two boys and it would be these ancient teachings that gave her the tools to manage the evolution from woman to mother. She continues to foster this growth by maintaining a daily practice in meditation and movement, no matter what.

Life is what you make it and in the yoga classroom you’ll explore this with her in an organic blend of meditation, movement and breath. Her teaching is firmly rooted in classic yoga postures guided by body awareness and intuition. Without the practice in movement we may not gain the softness we need as humans to still the mind, thus a beautiful yoga practice is born. The practice of finding the true you