As a young child, Carleen made the  outdoors her playground when her family moved from the suburbs of NJ to run a yogic retreat center in the Pocono Mountains of Northeast Pennsylvania. Honestly, there wasn’t much else for her nine-year-old self to do but wander across 75 acres of forest and meadows, checking on the beavers’ progress as they built their dams or cloud-gazing from her secret sun-speckled sanctuary of moss, enshrined by pine trees.

 

Carleen believes that much of the stress we experience today stems from the unrelenting pace and demands of modern life, which disconnect us from our sense of aliveness and our relationship with our natural self.

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In her yoga classes, Carleen guides students to come home to their bodies, moving in harmony with their breath through a flow of grounding and expansive asanas that help regulate the nervous system and reconnect them with their true nature.

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Off the mat, Carleen is a professor at Anne Arundel Community College, where she teaches mindfulness education through the Health Sciences department in the course: Stress, Science and Well-Being HEA120. 

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This fall, she's excited to embark on a new certification as a Mindfulness Outdoor Guide with Kripalu. 

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In her free time, Carleen enjoys snowboarding, surfing, and racing with her outrigger canoe team, and on her paddleboard at  Wednesday Night Race League.