Hello! My name is Gaby and I'm a seeker and adventurer, living life to it's fullest! I'm located in the heart of northern Vermont where I teach yoga, somatics + embodiment, and offer bodywork. I thrive on fresh air and connecting with people! My work and life are inspired by my journey as a first generation American and my connection to the cycle of nature and the cosmos.
I tried yoga when younger and the practice stuck in my early 20's when I began attending free hatha classes at college. I needed asana (physical poses) to relieve tight, sore muscles from snowboarding. I carried years of physical, mental, & emotional tension in my body so when I began practicing regularly, I started to experience releases of lifelong stress and realized my body + mind disconnection began healing. There were powerful shifts in my frame of mind and approach to life, leading me to dive deep into the healing practice of yoga early on.
I served seva (service/volunteer) at Kripalu Center for Health and Yoga and the Sri Swami Satchidananda Ashram, also known as Yogaville. These experiences taught me to integrate yoga into daily life beyond asana (poses) and strengthened my relationship to the natural world, re-igniting and healing my connection to my Self.
The intensity and depth of living, experienced in these yoga centers, impacts my teaching style in a way that allows me to make yoga accessible and welcoming to all ages, abilities, body types, and people in general. I began my yoga teaching journey with friends and fellow youth at Unitarian Universalist conferences.
Many years ago, I was hanging upside down in kapotasana (pigeon pose) with my body wrapped in aerial silk, thanks to Carrie Tyler of Rasamaya yoga. The silk was draped over a strong branch of an old growth pine on the coast of Maine, in the midst of a glorious summer day! The lightness and freedom I experienced during these moments of suspension led me to make a commitment to yoga training where Carrie initially studied, Yoga Vermont.
I've been teaching since 2008. I offer gentle to moderate classes, core, restorative/yin, pranayama, mantra, and meditation. I offer a specialty course, Yoga for a Healthy Body & Self Image, which supports students with large bodies, bodies in pain, people healing body/self-image issues, eating disorders or disordered eating, or those looking for a welcoming place to practice. My teaching style is welcoming, accessible, and whole-hearted. I teach beyond asana - expect pranayama (breath), mantra/chanting, meditation, philosophy, and levity.
Yoga has taught me that every moment we have a choice. There is an opportunity to choose to practice, to create change, to breathe and open towards our deepest sense of Self, to open to the infinite possibility that exists within each moment. I will challenge you to look within, at all aspects of yourself. I will guide you to tap into your strength and inherent power. Regular yoga and meditation practice reveals your potential and has the power to transform you and your life.
You will learn a lot...come to class!
500ERYT (experienced registered yoga teacher) and has completed 1000+hrs of advanced training
200hr Certification Yoga Vermont
800hrs Hathavidya yoga
Countless hours sweeping, folding blankets, washing dishes - Live your yoga
BS Sociology, Green Mountain College
750hr Certificate of Massage Therapy
Continuing Education:
Somatic Experience Practitioner Training (280+hrs) - Currently in Advanced year of 3 year training
Scarwork - Sharon Wheeler
Tail End - Anatomy Trains
Hot Stone Massage
Myofascial I + II
I tried yoga when younger and the practice stuck in my early 20's when I began attending free hatha classes at college. I needed asana (physical poses) to relieve tight, sore muscles from snowboarding. I carried years of physical, mental, & emotional tension in my body so when I began practicing regularly, I started to experience releases of lifelong stress and realized my body + mind disconnection began healing. There were powerful shifts in my frame of mind and approach to life, leading me to dive deep into the healing practice of yoga early on.
I served seva (service/volunteer) at Kripalu Center for Health and Yoga and the Sri Swami Satchidananda Ashram, also known as Yogaville. These experiences taught me to integrate yoga into daily life beyond asana (poses) and strengthened my relationship to the natural world, re-igniting and healing my connection to my Self.
The intensity and depth of living, experienced in these yoga centers, impacts my teaching style in a way that allows me to make yoga accessible and welcoming to all ages, abilities, body types, and people in general. I began my yoga teaching journey with friends and fellow youth at Unitarian Universalist conferences.
Many years ago, I was hanging upside down in kapotasana (pigeon pose) with my body wrapped in aerial silk, thanks to Carrie Tyler of Rasamaya yoga. The silk was draped over a strong branch of an old growth pine on the coast of Maine, in the midst of a glorious summer day! The lightness and freedom I experienced during these moments of suspension led me to make a commitment to yoga training where Carrie initially studied, Yoga Vermont.
I've been teaching since 2008. I offer gentle to moderate classes, core, restorative/yin, pranayama, mantra, and meditation. I offer a specialty course, Yoga for a Healthy Body & Self Image, which supports students with large bodies, bodies in pain, people healing body/self-image issues, eating disorders or disordered eating, or those looking for a welcoming place to practice. My teaching style is welcoming, accessible, and whole-hearted. I teach beyond asana - expect pranayama (breath), mantra/chanting, meditation, philosophy, and levity.
Yoga has taught me that every moment we have a choice. There is an opportunity to choose to practice, to create change, to breathe and open towards our deepest sense of Self, to open to the infinite possibility that exists within each moment. I will challenge you to look within, at all aspects of yourself. I will guide you to tap into your strength and inherent power. Regular yoga and meditation practice reveals your potential and has the power to transform you and your life.
You will learn a lot...come to class!
500ERYT (experienced registered yoga teacher) and has completed 1000+hrs of advanced training
200hr Certification Yoga Vermont
800hrs Hathavidya yoga
Countless hours sweeping, folding blankets, washing dishes - Live your yoga
BS Sociology, Green Mountain College
750hr Certificate of Massage Therapy
Continuing Education:
Somatic Experience Practitioner Training (280+hrs) - Currently in Advanced year of 3 year training
Scarwork - Sharon Wheeler
Tail End - Anatomy Trains
Hot Stone Massage
Myofascial I + II
