Her Journey:

HISTORY:

Paige was first introduced to yoga asana in the mid 1990’s when she saw a yoga video. She also attended a college class in 1996 that discussed the health benefits of many eastern practices, including yoga. She continued to practice at home until 1998 when she attended her first group class. She was working next door to a Yoga Studio in Bethesda, as an auditor working at a client site, and decided to attend an “Iyengar yoga class”. However in all honesty, she didn’t enjoy the experience at that time and didn’t understand that there were many kinds of yoga to consider.  Meditation and movement was a practice early on in her life so she continued with that; as she was taught meditation tools at a teen in the 1980’s as a way to as a way to help her navigate living within an abusive alcoholic home.

Later in life after a skydiving accident, she experienced a major back injury in 2002 she was knew exactly where to return… Yoga. She was aware that her injuries left her with emotional and physical injuries. However she went to a different yoga studio to help her recovery and strengthen her back. After this studio she continued on to exploring many types of yoga and has practiced yoga ever since. (over 25 years now).

As a teacher she has found her own unique voice that combines her knowledge of awareness into a practice that is simple but effective. She works with athletes, dancers, and warriors in addition to those who sit a lot, write, type, text and need help improving their range of motion from a functional level to perform daily tasks in their life.

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In 2013, without any warning, she suffered from a vertebral artery dissection (VAD) and stroke that changed the direction of her life.  There are many kinds of strokes but hers was from a dissection in the neck that happened spontaneously. It happens to young people and there is no warning and science knows very little about why it happens beyond the fact that the artery walls were weak and they tare; possibly from neck manipulation.  Ever so grateful to her practice she was able to feel the change that occurred and communicate it to the first responders and doctors. She continued applying her yoga experience to the stages of what happens when dealing with injury and trauma.

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Always looking to spread the knowledge of wellness to others, she incorporates a fusion of yoga styles that includes many familiar Western names of Hatha Yoga; such as Kripalu, Somatic, Ashtanga, Jivamukti, Dharma, Vinyasa, Yin, Sivananda, Iyengar, Yoga Nidra, Svastha. She likes to explore, learn and have fun with yoga.  Her classes are focused more on improved mobility (range of motion), function & perception; rather than alignment or performing a pose/position.

Native Washingtonian and her Father and Grandfather are Veterans. Her Father also worked at the VA Administration headquarters near the White House. She spent years going there to watch her Father work and travel the halls of the offices. He was part of a small team in the motion picture group that developed films to educate others and she is in a small role in the movie “Feelings”.

TODAY:

Over 15 years as an accountant and CPA, she became an accounting recruiter (for 10 years).  In 2015, she left her full-time, high-paying job to pursue teaching yoga, meditation & wellness full-time and has been doing this ever since. In 2024 she was hired full time to teach at The Sycamore School full time; working with grades 5 to 12 offering movement and mindfulness.

She has worked as a contractor at:

• Residential, IOP and OP healthcare facilities for mental health

• Residential for Men with addiction and mental health medical issues

• School for grades 5 to 12 - yoga and personal fitness

• Offices in DC Metro area - nonprofit, profit and government

• Wounded Warrior Expo events online and in person in the DC metro area

• “Life with Cancer” at Inova Hospital - online and Fairfax

• Private in person or online sessions

• Workshops at nearby yoga studios

Today she lives with her amazing and loving husband of 20 years with their dog in Alexandria, VA just outside of Washington, DC.