My Story

Hi there!

My name is Andrea.

I am a soon-to-be 23 year old. I have blonde hair and blue eyes.

I love running, sewing, bargain shopping, cooking, and being in the sun.

I'm a Mormon. I believe in life after death, forgiveness, humility, service, and inspiration.

I love to laugh. I am always up for an adventure.

I am married to the most amazing guy on earth, Justin. I'm so lucky to have him as my best friend. He has green eyes, speaks Farsi, and runs really fast.

We have already started, but will continue to see the world together.

We run long distance races together, and will hopefully complete a marathon this August.

I take pictures of my feet. I'm not sure why, but it happens a lot.

I have lived in China and Thailand and owe a lot of who I am now to experiences I had in these wonderful places.

I love health. I graduated from BYU in 2012 with a Bachelor's degree in public health, with an emphasis on health promotion. I love my degree but it hasn't opened the doors I hoped it would as far as helping others be healthy and love the skin they're in.

I have not been able to find the perfect job yet, but the process of looking has gotten me here.

I am becoming a yoga teacher!

In trying to find health educator jobs, I found that many clinics offered either a prenatal or diabetes yoga course for patrons. Knowing the importance of physical activity and emotional support for these two groups, I was drawn to the idea of this area of health. I also found a job listing for a wellness coordinator that needed to be certified in yoga. Somehow this seemed to be my calling! A way for me to use my degree in a specific way and keep me learning. As excited as I was to graduate from college, it became very apparent my education was not over. A trail of bread crumbs brought me here, and here my journey begins. The interesting thing is that when it came down to it, the training at one studio fell through, I luckily saw a Bodhi Yoga booth at a birth conference I almost didn't make it to, I realized I had a friend featured on the website who I could run some questions by, and the timing worked out to take the teacher training exactly when I wanted to,

I realized I already owned a yoga mat. A bright pink one my mom had given me for Christmas too many years ago. Just beckoning me to jump on and start yoga!

So here I am. A student to yoga myself. Fairly inflexible due to many years of long distance training. Not a lot of upper body strength. Easily distracted. Scientific. Likely to fall over if I tried to balance in a dark room.

Patient. Insightful. Curious. Ready to learn.

This is how my story begins.