Natalie took her first Yoga class as a freshmen in college, instantly noticing its effects it had on her anxiety and outlook on life. Continuing on-and-off through undergraduate and graduate school, Natalie used Yoga as a way to help her balance her life and get through the rough patches. Hit with difficult times in 2009, she stumbled into a Prana Flow® studio for classes. It was at this time that she knew there needed to be a change in her life. With the support of her husband and pup, Olive, Natalie quit her job and begged the studio owner for a job. Exchanging time for classes, Natalie eventually got a  job with Shiva Rea’s Samudra School for Living Yoga teacher training school and graduated from the 200 Hr Prana Flow® training and is now working towards her 300 hour.

Natalie began teaching prenatal yoga in 2011 after becoming pregnant with her first child. She officially became Prenatal Yoga Certified in April 2014 and has continued to expand her teaching into Mommy and Me and Children’s yoga. Her desire to have an atmosphere that also included a craft space for kids, she opened her own studio on her property in 2016, called Homegrown Yoga which allows her to teach yoga classes for adults and children right at home! If you visit her studio you’ll often be greeted by their flock of chickens.