Hi, I’m Emily.
For nearly 20 years, I’ve called Bali home. Its landscapes, rhythms, spirituality and community have shaped me as much as my years of studying and teaching yoga.
My relationship with yoga began in my late teens, when practice opened profound new ways of experiencing the body, breath and awareness. After a radical shift in consciousness while studying in Santa Barbara, California, I moved to Bali in 2007, in my early twenties, arriving just as the Yoga Barn and BaliSpirit Festival were beginning to take shape.
I became part of this growing community as a teacher and curator, before founding High Vibe Yoga and creating retreats and teacher trainings internationally.
Over time, my teaching began to move beyond the boundaries of traditional yoga education. My work with women's self-care and women's circles opened into deeper explorations of the thresholds and universal experiences of being human.
I became increasingly drawn to Sex, Death and Wealth — not simply as subjects, but as fundamental forces shaping how we inhabit our bodies, experience desire, meet change, understand value and participate in life.
These explorations became the foundation of my Yoga of Sex, Death & Wealth training. Alongside this work, Yoga Nidra has become a central part of my teaching: an invitation into conscious rest, inner listening and the subtle landscapes of awareness.
The pandemic years brought profound personal change, including the birth of my daughter and a deepening commitment to sovereignty, community and the things that matter most.
Today, through Field of Origins, I bring together Yoga Nidra, Hatha, somatic exploration, classical Tantra, meditation, philosophy, music and ritual. My work is held by three enduring values: Faith, Sovereignty and Connection.
Faith in the intelligence of life and the unknown. Sovereignty in our capacity to meet life and make our own choices. Connection to ourselves, one another and the living world.
When I’m not teaching, you’ll usually find me with my daughter, dancing, singing, cooking with ingredients from the farm or heading out on long road trips with friends.