Meet Our Team

For the past 15 years, she’s had the opportunity to work in private & public education, substance use centers, with underserved youth, and with children with special needs. She has partnered with social workers, occupational therapists, researchers, and educators to create content that supports children’s social and emotional wellness.
Julie also teaches with Sea Change Yoga to provide yoga to historically excluded and oppressed populations.
She has been published in The New York Times, Elephant Journal, Insight Timer Meditation, and Gaiam Meditation apps.

She actively leads in the Junior League of Denver and serves on the Board of Directors of Kids 24/7 whose mission is to empower children to lead healthy lives. Samantha is deeply committed to helping the next generation thrive and her entrepreneurial drive and passion for children’s well-being shine into all aspects of her life and career.




Testimonials
Thank you again for coming to Greenwood for Yoga!! We were so happy you were able to see all three of our Kindergarten Enrichment groups at Greenwood. We are now using Yoga in our everyday classroom for classroom management and calming kindies coming in from recess and before work starts!. Yoga has given us a new “tool” in our bag for brain breaks and classroom discipline!
Julie is a phenomenal teacher. She taught a session of weekly yoga classes to my busy first grade class, and the kids absolutely loved it. The flow of her class kept their attention and they learned mindfulness strategies they could use throughout their day. Julie’s trauma-informed teaching background is evident, as is her love of children and yoga.
I have to admit that I wasn’t excited about our training–my past experiences with yoga were not calming. After your training, I am very excited to bring yoga to our students at the library.
The classes for our special education students has been marvelous. The students have enjoyed the class tremendously, all of the students feel like the yoga class has helped them relax and become more focused during the day. They also expressed feeling like the class has helped them become stronger. Some favorite moments in the class have been the relaxation phase. From the perspective of the teachers it has been a great way for us to bond with our students and also has helped us to focus and become more relax when we just need a break from teaching to do something fun!
Yoga is a savior for classroom management! I started implementing yoga strategies into my classroom a year ago and noticed a difference in how children respond to conflict. I took Radiant Beginnings training and have been implementing strategies I learned from this class into my classroom daily.
I had several ‘aha’ moments. I’ve been teaching ECE for 20 years and it’s so nice to learn new things to do with my kiddos! Thank You!