Emily is a multifaceted teacher, musician, and mentor whose work is rooted in embodiment, presence, and the healing power of both yoga and music. She holds a college degree in Music Therapy and Violin Performance, and outside the studio she works as a music therapy intern at Hebrew Senior Life, where she facilitates therapeutic musical experiences.

A lifelong musician, Emily is a violinist, singer/songwriter, and guitarist, and she performs regularly—both as a solo artist and with her two bands, Emily and The Galaxy, which blends original music with string-fusion covers, and The Klezmer Klub, which celebrates traditional Jewish music. She also serves as a trained mentor for pre-teen and teen girls and as a sound healer and musician for yoga classes.

Emily’s introduction to yoga began in elementary school, when her mom signed her up for a children’s yoga class. Even without the language for it yet, Emily felt the grounding, peace, and presence the practice offered, and she looked forward to that weekly moment of simply being. She continued practicing throughout middle and high school—first at home with tapes, and later at a hot yoga studio in Portland, Maine, where the heat brought a new level of embodiment and intensity she immediately fell in love with.

As a neurodiverse individual living with ADHD and anxiety, yoga became—and remains—medicine for her. It offered quiet in the constant chatter, a pathway out of her head and into her body, and a space to regulate, breathe, and return to herself. Wanting to share the transformative impact yoga had on her life, Emily traveled to Goa, India, in 2024 to complete her 200-hour YTT at Shiva Yoga.

One of the most pivotal lessons from her training was learning that the root of the word asana means “seat.” This shifted her entire understanding of yoga: the real challenge isn’t always the physical intensity—it’s the act of being still with oneself. This philosophy shapes her teaching. Whether she is guiding a hot power flow or a restorative class, Emily centers breath, presence, and the courage it takes to sit in one’s own seat. She invites students to cultivate depth—whether that means sinking a little lower into chair pose or taking a fuller, slower exhale in stillness.

Emily has now been teaching for a year, and her classes are known for being real, grounding, and lovingly challenging. She aims to help students feel embodied, empowered, and connected—reminding them they are never “too much” or “too little,” and that returning to the mat can be healing. Through movement, breath, and somatic release, she hopes students leave feeling more spacious, less alone in life’s complexities, and more at home in themselves.