Julie is a Certified Yoga Teacher and is listed with Yoga Alliance. She holds a M.S. degree in Clinical Psychology from Marquette University and completed her training as a yoga teacher at the Kanyakumari Ayurvedic Education Center, studying under Sarah Filzen. She also completed Yoga for Women Cancer Survivors Teacher Training at Om Yoga, New York City, studying with Cyndi Lee and Tari Prinster. A two-time breast cancer survivor, Julie believes that yoga helped her recover her sense of connection with her body and relishes sharing yoga's physical, mental and spiritual benefits with her students.