Welcome to Your Body

Ferocity to Protect the Sacred. Softness to Invite Beauty.

Yoga asana is far more than a workout or a means to get a "good stretch." It is a living practice where you can break old paradigms, release what no longer serves you, and come home to yourself.

Your body is a sacred vessel.

Through alignment based hatha yoga and somatic movement, minor aches and pains are released, strength and flexibility are built, and your nervous system becomes regulated.

Soma is where yoga becomes asana and movement creates meaning.

Julie's online classes and in-person workshops are grounded in proven alignment principles that increase safety, efficacy, and longevity. When done under her guidance, asana and somatic movement transcend from a weekly or daily practice to become a habit that you enjoy for decades.

Your body is a reflection of your truth.

Your body is a divine gift. Your body's deepest desire is to lovingly carry you through this life. Your body is loved as it is and excited about what it can become.

Your cells carry memory. Your cells carry wisdom. Your cells carry the story of what you have survived, and the possibility of what you can become.

Through loving self-talk, alignment-based movement, sacred breathing (pranayama), and nervous system awareness, asana helps you rebuild your relationship with your body from a place of love and compassion.

Your Body is Where the Journey Begins

Your body, no matter its size, age, or current state of health is a gift.

Your body can gain flexibility. Your body can gain strength. Your body can gain resilience. Your body can be free of pain. Your body has the ability to heal.

Your body holds your history.

Your body endures years of stress that you minimized. It endures the grief you swallowed. It endures the rage you masked with politeness. Your survival strategies once protected you but new strategies are needed so that you can thrive.

Soma is the pathway back.

In this work, your body is not treated as separate from your spirit, your creativity, or your calling. It is the place where all of it converges.

By regulating your nervous system, strengthening your body, and learning to listen deeply to sensation, you begin the journey from fragmentation to integration.

A consistent practice offers:

Greater physical strength and flexibility

Improved resilience and nervous system regulation

Less reactivity and more capacity

Deeper trust in your body's signals

A more grounded, sustainable way of moving through life

Every Body, Every Story, Every Way of Being Human Belongs Here.

Asana invites you to know, trust and love your body.

Julie teaches from the understanding that the body is intelligent and deserving of care, precision, and respect. Classes and private work are grounded in sound alignment principles, breath awareness, and somatic intelligence so that your practice is not only effective, but sustainable.

This means we are not chasing extremes.

We are building:

Strength without violence
Flexibility without collapse
Softness without passivity
Regulation without bypassing what is real

Whether you are brand new to yoga, returning to practice after illness or stress, or seeking a deeper relationship with your body after years of doing everything for everyone else, this work is designed to meet you honestly and move with you gradually.

Explore Your Soma

Online Yoga Classes

Consistent practice, wherever you are

These are not your average flow classes. Each session is thoughtfully themed -- drawing from anatomy, yoga, philosophy or myth -- and built for the student who wants to actually inhabit each pose rather than move through it. Julie's instructions are precise enough that you could close your eyes and still know exactly where you are.

Come as you are, from wherever you are. All you need is an Internet connection and a space to roll out your mat.

That is what embodied practice offers:

Busy professionals
Caregivers
Activists and community leaders
Creatives with irregular schedules
Anyone who wants consistency without friction

You do not need a perfect outfit. You do not need a perfect home. You do not need a perfect body. You need a willingness to show up.

1:1 Online Yoga Teaching & Coaching

Some Transformations Require a Witness.

Private sessions are where we slow down enough to hear what your body has been trying to tell you -- without the pace of a group, without anyone else's needs shaping the room. Just you, your practice and the kind of attention that actually changes things.

This work is particularly suited to those navigating cancer treatment or recovery, preparing for or healing from joint replacement, those in the middle of a significant life transition, or anyone ready to go deeper than a group class allows and who needs the kind of attention that only one-on-one presence can provide. Together, we build a roadmap tailored specifically to you.

Ideal for:

You're at a turning point and need real guidance.
You've plateaued and need someone to get you to your next level.
You're new or have been away from your practice and need privacy to grow your confidence.
You're carrying something -- grief, transition or burnout that needs tending.

Together, we build a roadmap rooted in your actual life, based on your goals and abilities.

Julie is Your Teacher if....

You know movement matters, but you've struggled to stay consistent
You are tired of punishing your body in the name of health
You are recovering from stress, illness, surgery, or burnout
You want whole-being health, not just aesthetics
You carry a lot for other people and are ready to return to yourself
You want a practice that is intelligent, effective, and sustainable

There are no prerequisites, only the desire to listen and move with your body.

Return to the wisdom of your body

Your body has been speaking to you all along. This is your invitation to listen.