to come
Founding teacher
Rich
Twenty-five years in the Army. Eight hundred hours on the mat. A teacher who found the practice because his body insisted on it.
25
Years in service
800
Hours of training
Weekly
Community hall classes
The story
I didn't come to yoga looking for peace. I came because my body was asking me to listen.
A quarter of a century in the Army teaches you to push through. You learn to override the signal — to treat tiredness, pain and fear as things to be outlasted rather than heard. It works, until it doesn't.
A Parkinson's diagnosis could have stopped me in my tracks. Instead it made the question simpler. Not how hard can I push, but what does this body actually need today. The answer turned out to be one breath, one movement, one mindful moment at a time.
I'm not interested in yoga as a performance. I teach in community halls on purpose, because the practice was never meant to be expensive, exclusive or intimidating. It was meant to be shared. A mindful life isn't a luxury — it's medicine.
What I teach
Still the mind
Guided meditation and mindfulness that fits inside an ordinary week. Simple, practical, and built for people who have never sat still on purpose before.
Move
Yoga for real people. No flexibility required, no experience needed, nothing to prove to anyone in the room. Just show up.
Live well
Ayurvedic diet, nervous system health, and the lifestyle shifts that help a body and a mind thrive alongside whatever else they're carrying.
Who I work with
- People who are busy, stressed and running on empty.
- People who have always assumed yoga "wasn't for them".
- Men looking for calm without losing their edge.
- Anyone managing a chronic illness who wants tools alongside their medication, not instead of it.
- Veterans and serving members, and the families carrying it with them.
Nothing here replaces medical care. If you're managing a condition, bring your doctor into the conversation — Rich will happily work alongside them.