Founder of Soulful Flow Yoga

Before founding Soulful Flow, I built my career in marketing, events, and tech, working across industries ranging from drones and blockchain to nonprofit organizations. I led brand strategy, produced large-scale experiences, and managed complex projects at the intersection of innovation and community.

Long before that, I was a competitive cheerleader, trained in discipline, performance, and athletic excellence. I grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in a cultural landscape where yoga was not part of the conversation. Movement, for me, was rooted in precision, endurance, and outward strength.

When I later found my way to the mat, I encountered something entirely different: stillness, breath, and the transformative practice of turning inward. Yoga offered not performance, but presence. Not perfection, but alignment.

As I deepened my practice, I rarely saw myself reflected in the teachers or leadership of the spaces I entered. As a Black woman, I began asking critical questions: Who gets to teach? Who gets to lead? Whose wellness is prioritized? Those questions did not discourage me. They clarified my purpose and ultimately reshaped my career trajectory.

Today, I am the founder of Soulful Flow Yoga School, a Yoga Alliance-registered school, hybrid education platform, and cultural wellness ecosystem based in Seattle, Washington. What began as community pop-ups and teacher trainings has evolved into a movement that has trained over 200 students across multiple cohorts, with the majority of graduates being BIPOC practitioners in an industry historically shaped by a narrow image of who a yoga teacher looks like.

In 2025, I had the opportunity to explore owning a physical studio space through Seattle’s Seattle Restored program at Pacific Place, six months of full classes, quiet mornings, community gatherings, difficult decisions, and meaningful clarity. The experience did not give me a permanent address; it gave me confirmation. It refined my leadership and strengthened my commitment to anchoring business in the Eight Limbs of Yoga, not simply teaching postures, but embodying the practice through integrity, sustainability, and discernment.

What became clear is that Soulful Flow is not meant to be confined to four walls. We are designed to be hybrid, expansive, rooted, and mobile in Seattle and beyond. Our trained teachers are leading in Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Las Vegas, New York, Los Angeles, North Carolina, Washington, DC, San Diego, and Spain. The vision is not about one location; it is about aligned expansion, meeting people where they are: in studios, art galleries, parks, corporate spaces, living rooms, on retreat, and across oceans.

I hold over 1,500 hours of formal yoga training (E-RYT 500, YACEP), a B.A. in Psychology from Huston-Tillotson University, an HBCU, and nearly 15 years of experience spanning brand strategy, events, and emerging technology. My work integrates yogic philosophy, trauma-aware movement, and mindfulness with strategic leadership and cultural fluency, bridging wellness, business, and innovation.

Beyond the studio, I serve as a lululemon Ambassador and Yoga Residency Instructor and was featured in a lululemon Black History Month documentary highlighting community-centered leadership in wellness. I partner with major brands and organizations, including Nordstrom, Amazon, the Seattle Seahawks, and Glossier, to bring intentional wellness experiences into corporate and cultural spaces. Through partnerships with the Seattle and Renton school districts, Seattle Girls’ School, Jack and Jill of America, the Seattle Urban League, and Tubman Health and Freedom, we work to ensure that healing-centered spaces are not a privilege, but a shared resource.

Soulful Flow exists at the intersection of business, culture, and care. I am not simply building a yoga school. I am cultivating the next generation of inclusive, culturally aware, community-rooted leaders.

That is the work. And we are just getting started.