Cara has been teaching yoga + movement + meditation classes since 2014. Her classes are influenced by her love for dance, movement, and Mother Ocean and are filled with space and support so that her students might embrace the magic of their own bodies as they embark upon, or deepen, their healing journey. She offers private sessions for Vinyasa, Restorative, & Yin Yoga, guided meditation, as well as Reiki healing, and body & life guidance.

She deeply believes in the magic of yoga and the connection, inspiration, and healing this practice offers to ANY willing human being! Yoga has such an incredible way of aligning us with our heart’s path and offering us ways to grow, check-in, and stay confidently humble in our true selves.

Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, she grew up dancing and continues to dance to this day. Once older, she found her way into teaching dance. In 2012, she moved to San Francisco which became the Golden Gateway to yoga and her spiritual journey and, as she longed for a deeper connection with herself and with God, she quickly found her way to yoga. After her first Vinyasa class, she knew she’d found her path of helping others find this deeper connection! And so, she started practicing regularly and dove into the 200-hour teacher training at Laughing Lotus Yoga Centre, where she completed 150 additional hours in advanced teacher trainings. From there, she went on to teach yoga, dance, barre, and ballet while briefly living in San Luis Obispo, CA, then returned to San Francisco to teach at Laughing Lotus and MOXIE Yoga. She has now made her way back home to Austin, Texas where she teaches in-person and online privates and group classes.

TRAINING + EDUCATION

• Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki Level One Practitioner Certification - May 2020

• Laughing Lotus Yoga Center of San Francisco, 25-hour Advanced Restorative Teacher Training - August 2019

• Laughing Lotus Yoga Center of San Francisco, 50-hour Advanced Yin & Yoga Nidra Teacher Training - April 2019

• Laughing Lotus Yoga Center of San Francisco, 50-hour Hands-On + Sequencing Advanced Teacher Training - January 2019

• Laughing Lotus Yoga Center of San Francisco, 25-hour Yoga + Social Justice Training - January 2017

• Laughing Lotus Yoga Center of San Francisco, Apprenticeship under Valerie Starr  - Summer 2017

• Laughing Lotus Yoga Center of San Francisco, 200-hour Teacher Training - December 2014

• The University of Texas at San Antonio, Bachelor of Communication in PR - December 2011