ABOUT CHAMOMILE YOGA
There's No Wrong Way To Feel Right In Your Body
As a trauma-informed yoga teacher, I support you in rooting into safety, releasing with grace, and reclaiming ease and self-compassion in your body.
why I do this...
My journey as a yoga teacher began because of my unhappiness with the limited services available to sexual trauma survivors. My own healing journey sent me on a whirlwind of different holistic healing methods that spoke to people who experienced daily stress, but not about the unique symptoms I was experiencing.
After trial and error, I finally had my breakthrough moment after following a consistent yoga practice and decoding where emotions were stored in my body. My desire to teach yoga came when I learned other survivors felt the same way, wondering why there aren’t more resources that speak directly to their experience.
When I discovered the beautiful practices associated with trauma-informed yoga, it was such a sigh of relief. It addressed every concern I had as a survivor and it gave me a way to teach what I had experienced in a way that removed all the obstacles I had to face. Wanting to make a difference in the lives of sexual trauma survivors, I launched my online practice of trauma-informed yoga in 2023.
which is why...
I created this studio,
because I didn’t want other survivors to feel as lost as I was.
Fast forward a couple years, and I’ve created an online studio supporting women who are looking for more than generic yoga for daily stresses, but holistic and somatic transformation.
I tailor my offerings by following my values of respect, safety, and trust to support the spiritual, emotional, and physical goals of every survivor who welcomes me into their practice.
I’d be honored to have you join this community of gentle women looking for deep rest, self-compassion, and a slow, wholesome life.
Get to know me (outside the studio)
Nice To meet you!
While I love teaching yoga, I believe we’re so much more than our professions, traumas, and rarely fit into a single mold. Deep down, I’m an introvert, sensitive, empathetic woman, and lover of all things: cooking, gardening, and golden retrievers.
You might find me piled under a heap of recipe books, weightlifting for feeling powerful, or playing a little too many hours of video games, but mostly, I’m cuddling with my adorable dog, Gracie or planning my upcoming wedding with my amazing fiancé.
Fun tidbits about me...
GO TO COFFEE: Mixed with a touch of almond milk
I GREW UP IN: Rhode Island (Currently live in Pennsylvania)
HOBBY (BESIDES YOGA): Music! I play guitar, flute, and piano
FUN FACT: I traveled all over the world in my early twenties from being in the military
WEIRD FACT: I can remember 90% of movie quotes, but for some reason my memory doesn’t work that well for anything else
Certifications & Training
- 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training, Uplifted Yoga
- Trauma-Informed Yoga, Transcending Sexual Trauma Through Yoga, as taught by Zabie Yamasaki
- Somatic Healing Certification, My Vinyasa Practice
- Advanced Strategies for Working With Sexual Trauma and Sexuality (Somatic Healing), Ariel Giarretto