A teacher who lives what she teaches.

It started with a question

Julia found yoga in 1999 as a university undergraduate, the way many people do — curious, a little skeptical, looking for something she couldn't quite name. In 2002 she took her first Art of Living program, and the practice stopped being a thing she did and became the way she lives: yoga, meditation, ancient yogic knowledge, and service to others, woven into ordinary days.

She began teaching Art of Living programs in 2005. Since then she has taught children, teens, and adults; she is additionally trained to facilitate programs for people living with PTSD, and specialized programs for school teachers and students.

Twenty-six teenagers at a time

For years, Julia's day job was one of the hardest rooms in the business: a high-school classroom. She credits her dynamic, plain-spoken teaching style to working professionally with disengaged learners — people who will not pretend to be interested for your sake.

That training shows. Julia teaches meditation without mystique, explains deep ideas in common-sense language, and holds a room with the ease of someone who has held far tougher ones.

What changed

Practice transformed her from the inside. Patterns of thinking, feeling, and reacting that she once worried were simply inherited — imprinted, permanent — gave way to a life that is more deeply peaceful and joyful. Sharing that shift is her favourite work: making the world a happier place, one smile at a time.

When I met Julia, her clarity in explaining deep existential concepts resonated with me. Ultimately though, it was the intangible feeling I experienced being in her presence. She radiates a joy that only comes from a person who has a deep connection to truth.