My Love List

This page holds recommendations for many of the books, podcasts, teachers and leaders that I love. Please check back often - it will continue to evolve as I do.

Books to Love.

  • The Body is Not an Apology - Soniya Renee Tyalor

  • Come As You Are - Emily Nagoski

  • My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies - Resmaa Menakem

  • Skill in Action - Michelle Cassandra Johnson

  • Me and White Supremacy - Layla F. Saad

  • So Your Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo

  • Untamed by Glennon Doyle

  • BIG MAGIC by Elizabeth Gilbert

  • Journey to the Heart by Melody Beattie

  • Almost Everything by Anne Lamott

  • The Second Mountain by David Brooks

  • The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown 

  • Rising Strong - Brené Brown

  • Love Does by Bob Goff

  • A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson

  • A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

  • Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change by Pema Chödrön

Listen with Love.

“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.”

— Malala Yousafzai

Love.

  • Mister, you are my heart. Thank you for supporting me and loving me for all that I am. You support my wild ambition and stand right by my side through all that life sends our way. I love you.

  • Gina-Marie Vincent Runnels for being my best friend, my biggest support and for always seeing a possibility that is bolder, brighter and more magical than I see for myself.

Gratitude.

  • Drishti Studio for most of the stunning images on this website. Thank you for making all people feel beautiful, loved and free in their own skin.

Love.

  • THRIVE Trauma Informed Yoga for giving me perspective, the freedom to choose, agency and the ability to better serve all of my students. You opened my heart in a way that I will be forever grateful for. Thank you.

  • Skill in Action for transforming my relationship with yoga, with myself and with the world. You have given me perspective, knowledge, humility and the tools I need to be both an ally and an activist as a yoga teacher. Thank you.