Lizzie

1. WHAT  BROUGHT YOU TO HYC?

I started practicing hot yoga, and yoga in general, to reduce stress and to cross train. I had a collegiate soccer career and when I graduated from college, I missed the intensity and camaraderie of team sports. When I found hot yoga, I felt the void of the intensity filled, but with the therapeutic benefits my body so desperately needed.  I left the high paced lifestyle of Washington, DC, to open Hot Yoga Charlottesville in January 2004.

2.  WHAT KEEPS YOU COMING BACK?

I love the notion that any new student walking through the doors may become a regular student and new friend. We experience so much growth and compassion together in the hot room that I feel drawn to the studio even when I’m tired. It is my happy place.

3.  WHEN YOU ARE NOT AT THE STUDIO, HOW DO YOU SPEND  YOUR TIME?

I spend every extra moment I have loving on my family. My husband and I have two children who are the focus and light of our lives. I also love to golf, fish and play in the rain.

4 . WHAT IS ONE  THING THAT  NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT YOU?

Most people do not know that when I get home from the studio, despite my outgoing persona there, I like to sit quietly on my porch with my husband and watch the stars. The quieter, the better.

5. YOU’VE GOT ONE WISH  FOR THE WORLD, WHAT  IS IT?

I wish for the world to feel that happiness, love and joy come from within. When we connect with those emotions as ourselves, we begin to see those qualities in others.