Christine began practicing yoga in 2000, frankly out of desperation. A body surfing injury from years prior began to creep into daily life. In her first first yoga classes, she found that the regular use of blocks, straps and a wall as props completely changed her perspective on body mechanics and proper alignment. After moving back to Oceanside in 2016, Christine took exactly one class at PLAY and knew it was her studio. PLAY is a comfortable, inspiring and friendly environment that is deeply committed to learning. Yoga practice and her training at PLAY invited Christine to relearn good posture and to connect with her body in an entirely new way that years of endurance training had not. Christine completed her 200 YTT at PLAY with Jess McGimsey in 2017, and shortly after followed it with a Teaching Mentorship and Kick Your Asana Training by Monique Cornfield in 2018 and 2019.
In addition to her passion for practicing and teaching yoga, Christine is also a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and Metabolic Balance Coach. She embraces a holistic approach to health because she believes that it is the foundation upon which we create our best life, one that fulfills our dreams, cultivates loving relationships, and helps us feel great all around.
Christine relishes teaching and practicing Hot Flow. The repetition of predictable movements and poses turns a daily practice into an invigorating experience. Having internalized the asanas, the body begins to move at its own rhythm guided by its inner compass. More recently, she has enjoyed teaching Kick Ur Asana which invites another level of energy into the studio. There is challenge and joy in sharing functional movement, strength training, and quick—sometimes funky—cardio bursts.
As a teacher and practitioner Christine wishes that all humans could practice yoga. She’s found it keeps us young at heart, flexible in the body, nimble in spirit, and always ready to try new things. Yoga might be our best tool to reconnect us to our ancestral roots. In her opinion, PLAY attracts the most kindhearted and fun-loving people. She finds it a blessing to be part of this community both as a practitioner and as an instructor.
