Amanda is an RN and Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance. She lived in Hawaii for nearly three years where she completed her Teacher Training program in Hatha Yoga at Shanti Yoga. While there, she discovered Kundalini Yoga, which has become her main yoga practice. She has developed her Kundalini practice by doing the following: teacher training intensives on the Big Island of Hawaii with Ravi Singh and Ana Brett; Summer Solstice at Ram Das Puri in New Mexico; weekend intensive workshop with Bill Savage in Louisiana. However, the biggest influence on her practice is her daily home practice of Kundalini Yoga and meditation. She is currently practicing her third 40-day Kundalini meditation. She enjoys practicing other forms of yoga as well, and most recently has been studying Bikram and Iyengar yoga at Yoga 108.

Since returning to New Orleans in February 2006 her yoga practice has helped her maintain a sense of groundedness and peace. She has taught yoga at Wild Lotus since October 2006, teaching Flow and Energy yoga classes. She also developed several workshops: Sailing Through the Blues I, II, and III; and Totally Intuitive Tarot. In addition, she developed a variety of 5-week intro and advanced Kundalini yoga courses.

"Yoga has brought balance to my life. Studying and teaching yoga has allowed me to share the gains I have made in overcoming life's inevitable physical and emotional challenges. I have discovered an even greater joy in helping others to explore and enjoy this transformative discipline."