I teach yoga.

At 10 years old, I found my mom’s paperback yoga book — opened straight to Wind Removing Pose, tried it, and was hooked. Even at that age, the science of yoga made logical sense to me.

By 14, I took my practice up a notch to improve balance, strength, and flexibility for golf. I hit the ball farther, learned to breathe under pressure, and learned to calm my mind. After 30+ years of practice, the physical benefits are obvious — but yoga also gave me a love for life I didn’t know was possible.

Since June 2012 I’ve been teaching Bikram Hot Yoga full-time. I completed my training with Bikram Choudhury in Los Angeles in Spring 2012. I’ve directed studios in Mesa, AZ and Durham, NC, and for the past several years I’ve taught primarily online via Zoom.

I play golf.

I’ve played the game for over 40 years. Growing up in Phoenix — literally next door to the PING factory — golf was the language of my neighborhood. By 13 I understood that equipment fit to your body changes everything. My friends and I played all day, every day: competitive junior golf, endless short-game drills, alignment work on tile floors.

At 22, I moved to Portland, Oregon, waiting for a Nike job to start. I found Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect by Bob Rotella at the public library and read it in half a day. That afternoon on a practice green, I noticed a young boy — maybe eight or ten years old — mimicking everything I was doing. He had no golf balls. After the third or fourth time he copied me I said hey, you can share mine.

I showed him what I had just read: see what you want to happen. Paint a picture before the club moves. Draw a line from the ball to the hole like a video game. Don’t think about missing. Think about where you want it to go. Then he challenged me to a putting contest. He was good. Genuinely competitive. Proud of himself the entire time — grinning, trash-talking a little, holding his own against a grown man who had been playing golf his whole life. It was all I could do to keep up with him. When his older brother showed up — twelve or thirteen — the younger one wanted a rematch. He dominated his brother using the same visualization line. I asked them both what they were doing at the golf course. They answered at the same time: “Our dad is the head pro here.” I have wanted to understand the power of the mind ever since that afternoon.

From 2008 to 2016 I was a Nike Golf Technical Representative and certified club fitter across Arizona’s top public and private facilities. My mentors — Chip Garriss and Gordie Sullens, both 30+ year teaching professionals — taught me to read a swing in seconds and fit any skill level with precision.

In 2016 my swing IQ jumped to a new level when I completed Tathata Golf’s Certified Movement Specialist program. I’ve caddied on PGA and Canadian PGA Tour events. My current GHIN handicap is +1.9. I still grind every single night.

Now I’m a stay-at-home dad raising two boys — ages 8 and 5 — both of whom already have a swing worth watching.

I am a coach.

Born in Colorado in 1975, I grew up always feeling more like a coach than a player. That showed up everywhere — at home, in school, on sports teams, and at work. I love being in a leadership role and helping people see themselves as capable of more than they think.

At a very early age I became fascinated by the human mind and that “voice” in your head. If you’ve practiced yoga or played golf, you know exactly which voice I mean.

“Be mindful of your self-talk. It’s a conversation with the Universe.”

I studied Architecture and Human Communication at Arizona State University in the late 1990s and have spent more than two decades studying intrapersonal communication — the conversation you have with yourself. That study continued through yoga, meditation, competitive golf, and work at Landmark Education.

In June 2026 I earned my TPI Level 1 Certification from the Titleist Performance Institute — the gold standard in golf fitness and movement screening — and am listed on TPI’s Find an Expert directory. The TPI Movement Assessment combines everything above: a full-body movement screen, a custom corrective program delivered to your phone via the MyTPI app, and a clear path from where your body is today to where your swing needs it to be.