Hi, I'm Carolyn


I've been practicing and teaching Yoga for over 45 years and I'm an Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist. I have a Master's degree in East/West Psychology, a license in Addiction Counceling (LADC1) and I'm a Certified Trauma Profressional. I'm a mother, a grandmother, a gardener, an herbalist, a cook and a hiker. I've been married to the same man for 40 years - perhaps the greatest accomplishment of all! Ha! More about that some other time.

My love of learning led me to sign up for a Yoga class through the local Adult Ed Program during the year after graduating from High School. I didn't know what Yoga was! How lucky was I to find a Yoga class in my tiny town in Southern Indiana in 1974? To me, it will always be a miracle! Three years later I was teaching my own classes in an upstairs room over the Health Food Store I owned called Carolyn's Cupboard.


I didn't let it stop me


The thread of a daily Yoga practice provided a touchstone of body and breath awareness and supported my inborn tendency to improve myself. The study of these ancient traditions fueled the part of me that thrives in the world of possibilities. The philosophy about the world and human beings' place in it made sense to me.

I 've been provided a roadmap and a series of Yoga teachers I trusted - to whom I am so very grateful! I followed instructions to the best of my ability, and discovered for myself the truth that change was possible. I've made slow but steady progress. I left debilitating depression and anxiety behind many years ago. I am more conscious of how my thinking can be distorted, how my nervous system can let me know if I am truly safe or not, and how my behavior can effect others.

I do still have "flairs" of self doubt, anxious feelings and grief, even trauma responses of extreme emotions, but these occur much less often, they are less intense, and most of the time, I understand what is happening and I know what to do about it.



That brings us to today


I'm a Yoga teacher psychotherapist with

a shabby chic she-shed in a secret garden.


Now, I'm semi retired with a small private practice where I provide psychotherapy, Yoga practices and Ayurvedic Lifestyle Coaching - meeting with clients in the garden or in the she-shed or virtually. All of my interactions are informed by Polyvagal Theory, Parts Work and trauma sensitivity.

The on-line courses I'm writing are the latest expression of my inner/outer teacher self. Because of what I've been through, I bring a high level of confidence in my ability to represent the traditions and teach you to interpret your experiences through the their lenses. I also embody/believe in the possibility of change informed by self improvement.