August 2012

This is me at 300 pounds and approximately 6 months before I underwent roux-en-y gastric bypass surgery.

May 06, 2022

After 4 “emergency bowel obstruction“ correction surgeries and an overall correction to a surgical defect from the gastric bypass, which culminated in May of 2020.  I landed on the yoga mat in October of 2020 for “physical therapy” for my body.  I weighed 185 pounds.

February 14, 2025

Showing up to support a dear friend who needed a partner for Valentine’s Day Couples Yoga!  Weight is 155 pounds, 116 pounds of which is muscle.  

Daily practicingAshtanga yogi for 3 years; transcendental meditation student of Deepak Chopra for 3 years.

… and the only student in the room capable of the tricep pushups with another person on my back!