Julie is a dedicated student and teacher of yoga and meditation, deeply impassioned by yoga’s innate power of transformation. Teaching for 25 years, she’s been called “a burst of prana”, leading public classes, workshops, teacher trainings, yearly retreats to Costa Rica and Europe, and has taught at Festivals from Bali to Nantucket.
Living through the global pandemic reinforced Julie’s commitment to creating and supporting local yoga communities to thrive, and appreciates that a neighborhood yoga studio can be a haven for practice, connection, friendship, and sacred communion.
Known for her clear instruction, intelligent sequencing, and ability to teach ancient wisdom with a practical approach, Julie helps students redefine what it means to live life through the lens of yoga and understand the practice as a means for personal growth. She believes yoga is a powerful medium for activating spiritual connection, increasing physical health, and liberation through collective awareness.
As a teacher with diverse interests, talents, and influences, Julie is a passionate asana technician. She is also a philosopher, mythologist, storyteller, mystic, artist, daily meditator, and New Yorker with grit. Teaching yoga since 2002, Certified in Anusara™ Yoga since 2005, and a dedicated daily meditator for 15 years, she is committed to making yoga and meditation accessible and understood as practices for any willing student. Every class offers valuable instruction and insight from all of her deep studies.
Often called a “teachers teacher”, Julie created the acclaimed Shaktiyoga New York 200 hour Teacher Training, a comprehensive and complete program to guide enthusiastic students to learn in a non-dogmatic way and emerge as knowledgeable, creative, and confident yoga instructors.
Julie’s been most inspired and influenced from long time study with her renowned meditation teacher, Paul Muller-Ortega of Blue Throat Yoga, and 25 years studying Sri Vidya and Rajanaka traditions with Prof. Douglas Brooks.
Julie lives in Brooklyn with her tiny dog Sammy, and the sweetest cat, Blue.