Let’s start at the very beginning – a very good place to start. Create Your Sunshine is at the heart of it all.
Believe it or not, Create Your Sunshine has been around since 2012. Back then, I was practicing as a Holistic Health Coach, after graduating from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in NYC. That was back when I was living on the east coast. Just a year later, I found myself traversing the great mid-west for a new home in Colorado. While I was still practicing what I had learned in school, settling into a new practice in the mountains never emerged.
Eager to continue my journey in learning mind-body practices, I quickly found myself enrolled in a 200-hr yoga teacher training program in Fort Collins, CO. I’ll fast forward (this isn’t a blog post!) and spare you all the in between details, but suffice to say that I have been teaching yoga now for near on a decade now.
Ok, I guess I haven’t explained what Create Your Sunshine is. After I graduated teacher training, things started to take shape. What if I could marry all the things I love; yoga, art, and music, under one roof? That is what Create Your Sunshine is. It’s all the things that I love that I want to share with all of you.
YOGA
I really do love teaching yoga and in 2022 I landed my dream teaching gig. Once a month I teach a yoga class at a cat cafe in Loveland, CO – NoCo Cat Cafe. It’s amazing and I love every minute. It’s a ton of giggles and a lot of fun and somehow we get to do yoga, too. I hope you’ll come to class sometime. You can sign up here. Class is one Saturday a month from 9:30-10:30am.
On occasion, I will offer other classes, workshops, or events. Be sure to follow me on Facebook and Instagram to keep up-to-date on what ever I’ve got going on. You never know what might pop up!
ART
How lucky are we that we get to craft while we are alive? I really enjoy how art makes you look at things in a new way. My favourite art is upcycled and recycled. I love seeing how I can use what I have to make what’s in my head. A lot of my art is original and one of a kind – meaning that I’m very unlikely to reproduce it. I post a lot of the things that I make on my instagram account. A lot of the art that I make these days are for gifts. It’s my way of fighting back on all the consumerism out there. On the other hand, I’m also anti-AI in a big way and I do graphic design as my main hussle, so if you are ever in need of a flyer or invitation, hit your girl up. You can find more of info on that via my Linked-In page.
MUSIC
Right now, I’ve been laying kinda low in the music scene. I grew up in the theatre and have been on a stage since I was 5. Singing has always been a huge part of my life. I also am self taught on guitar, harmonium, ukulele. I took a few years of piano when I was little and can still plunk around some. I’ve also got a nice collection of percussion instruments. I just really love music. I’ve been in many plays. I sang in a jazz band in high school, a punk band just after and I’ve had my fair share of acoustic gigs and a short stint with a funk band. I’ve written a ton of my own music and one day I’ll get back out there a play some for y’all. If you have a stepping stone, skim it my way!
Well, there ya have it! That’s basically Create Your Sunshine in a nutshell. I hope you’ll get to experience some of the things that bring me joy, with me, sometime!
The 💜 of Create Your Sunshine 