Peaceful Heart Yoga

06/20/2026

We have room in our preschool this fall still! 4 and 5 year olds. 3 or 4 days per week. Check out the website to see what we’re all about. Www.peacefulheartpreschool.com

04/23/2026

I'm launching a Nervous System class!

We'll practice the art of attuning with your inner world, and developing real, enjoyable, daily habits that keep you connected to the earth mama.

6 Sundays, starting in May. Self-determined sliding fee scale. Details below!

There are so many books, podcasts and classes about well-being these days - so why choose this?

For one - it's in person! Yay, humans! The nervous systems deserves to be physically in a room with others - it is SO aware and attuned in ways we barely notice. Being in a room with real people, and embarking on concrete, embodied practices, will give space for some real shifts.

Secondly - I bring 20+ years of studying the nervous system. And I've looked at it from many different angles:

A huge influence has been my 20+ year career working with children (they can't guard like adults do), along with yoga, ayurveda, meditation, mindfulness, conscious communication, earth connecting shamanism, herbalism, Possibility Management, Hand in Hand Parenting, ADHD, my own journey as a parent, music, relationships and communication, nature, craniosacral therapy and intuitive energy healing, breathwork, my own personal journey with anxiety, and the work of Brene Brown, Gabor Mate, Kimberly Johnson and Peter A. Levine.

This class won't attempt to unwrap all of my work, but you'll get the clarified and well-rounded version! And it will be personalized for YOU - the participants - based on what shows up in our space together and what is needed. You might just find the right lens for your journey.

Lastly, I'll meet you exactly where you're at, full of connection, listening, empathy and safety. I've been teaching these concepts to preschoolers (and older kids) for many years. I make this work approachable, simple (yet deep), effective, tangible, and with so many personalized baby steps.

Class starts in 10 days! Please don't hesitate to reach out with questions! I would love to talk with you more.

DETAILS:

Befriend your Nervous System

* Simple and nourishing approaches to connect mind and body
* Explore what is meant by "nervous system regulation" and "feel your feelings"
* Movement, breath, meditation and insights - a little like yoga, and some
* Real healing of "stuck spots" through guided intuitive movement. * Learn to feel and allow your body to release tensions (emotional, physical, energetic) the way that only your inner wisdom knows how to do
* Experience immediate relief through shifting attention into the body, and long-term well-being through re-wiring our habits that regularly unsettle the nervous system

* A 6 week class series to provide tools, exercises and knowledge to reduce anxiety and the effects of stress:

* Sundays; 4:30 - 5:45pm

* May 3 - June 21 (no class Mother's Day or Memorial Day weekend, and we can work around Father's Day if needed)

* Self Determined Sliding Fee Scale: $100 - $150

Read more and register at www.peacefulheartyogamissoula.com

02/27/2026

This page stopped working about a year ago... let's give it a whirl!! Let me know if you see this post!!

I'm teaching Hand in Hand Parenting now!! Take a look and get in touch if you're interested:

Super late notice, but I'm running another 6 week Hand in Hand Parenting class starting SUNDAY!

Hand in Hand is a connection focused approach that takes into account the necessity of supporting parents emotionally first through a peer-to-peer simple listening tool. It's like magic what can relax in our bodies around that irk-some behavior that kids are SO good at seemingly creating with all of our inner struggles in mind. 🙂

6 Sundays, March 1 - mid-April. 3:30pm - 5pm. Childcare available. Scholarships available. At Peaceful Heart, near St. Pats hospital.

It's also NOT permissive parenting! Kids thrive when a loving and clear leader helps formulate their environment. Their tool of "setting limits" is kind, loving, respectful and actually effective - for the long term.

Kids are naturally loving, cooperative and happy to share and go along with your lead. Stuff then clouds this judgement. Luckily we ALL have a natural healing process for this stuck stuff (little or big emotional moments where nobody is there to listen while you process). We can utilize emotional release in the adult listening tool, and then, with that embodied knowledge, do the same for our kids. With that great listening, connection and presence, our children also relax and your family can find better flow - WITHOUT having to maintain any sort of western-typical discipline system. Lots of work up front, ease comes later - 1000% worth it.

Check out Hand in Hand: www.handinhandparenting.org

Please get in touch if you want to talk! An email is best: [email protected]

06/09/2024

Cool and Slow Summer Yoga series starts TUESDAY!

This class will focus on soothing our busy, overstimulated, over-heated nervous systems through breath, movement and air conditioning! :)

Tuesdays 5 - 6pm (I may consider pushing the class to 5:15 or 5:30 if enough people would prefer that - so just get in touch!)
Peaceful Heart Yoga: 725 W. Alder St. #3
$108 for all 12 classes
$15 to drop in
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_O1EtzgxRFXe2X-mXbz0ih7D6ABC2gQMmnl8uQIad5HJHIw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Read more at www.peacefulheartyogamissoula.com

06/02/2024

Announcing a Summer Cool and Slow Yoga series!

A super affordable deal for the summer months for some regulating, cooling (literally - we have AC!), calming, soothing yoga! We will learn the "cooling breath", explore some cleansing and calming movements and slow down our nervous systems to balance out the heat and busy-ness of summer.

All experience levels welcome, and all walks of life encouraged to join us. Yoga is a practice that can be practiced by the young, old, inflexible, creaky, cranky, disabled, religious, non-spiritual... ANYbody.

I have been teaching for 17 years and have been most influenced by Kripalu Yoga, Ayurveda, mindfulness, energy healing, the intuitive arts, and nervous system regulation. My classes encourage you to follow your own rhythms and needs, to listen deeply to your intuition and to NOT move in sync with us if it doesn't seem right. I guide self-awareness and understanding above all, and encourage great curiosity and empathy as you explore all of who you are!

Details:
12 classes
Tuesdays, 5 - 6pm
June 11 - August 27
Only $108 for the series to reflect assumed missed classes due to vacations!
Drop ins allowed if I receive enough registrations to run the class, but not too many to overfill the class! (minimum 5 people / maximum 12) . Drop in price $15/class

Location: Peaceful Heart Yoga; 725 W. Alder St. #3; Missoula, MT

A super affordable deal for the summer months for some regulating, cooling (literally - we have AC!), calming, soothing yoga! We will learn the "cooling breath", explore some cleansing and calming movements and slow down our nervous systems to balance out the heat and busy-ness of summer. All experi...

04/30/2024

We're hiring for the 2024-25 school year!

Peaceful Heart Preschool is hiring an assistant preschool teacher to start in September, 2024. The position will run through the school year, with holiday breaks off, through the end of May 2025. I will most likely need someone T/W/Th afternoons, but occasionally 9am - 3pm on those days, and occasionally Mondays as well. Flexibility for these times will be greatly appreciated, but is not necessary. Experience with young people and in a preschool required. We will not be able to hire someone who wants their own preschool aged child to join our class. I'm looking primarily for a person who is interested in the work I do with young children (see my bio page on my website) and wants to be a part of what we do!

Compensation will be between $16 - $19/hr depending on experience. I prioritize humans and relationships in all that I do - with children, families and teachers. Preschool is challenging work, so we make sure we take care of ourselves! I can offer some paid time off and flexibility in our scheduling during the week.

Apply by sending me an email with your interest, a resume and 2 professional references. [email protected]

Help me spread the word and share this with people you think might be interested!

Read all about the preschool and my work at www.peacefulheartyogamissoula.com

04/03/2024

03/29/2024

This is one of my favorite angles for helping adults and kids get along better. We definitely need to be guides for children, and we definitely need to set limits, but HOW it's done is important for the long term relationship. I always think about how I would want someone to help me if I was struggling with something or made a mistake. Kids are just people too. The Golden Rule applies with them too.

​Why do we expect children to have more self-control than grown-ups?