My name is Ash, and I am the owner and teacher at Lunar Lotus Wellness, serving in Southwest Portland, Oregon. The name Lunar Lotus is meant to combine the symbolism of the moon- intuition, softness, “the unseen”- and the lotus flower- perseverance, liberation, bliss. By working with the unseen parts of yourself, following your intuition and sitting in stillness you can toil through the mud of your life, like the lotus flower, and bloom into a place of understanding.

I am a 500 hour Yoga Alliance certified teacher, a black belt in Hapkido martial arts, and an active practitioner of Tai Chi. I also serve a delightful cup of tea in the traditional Chinese gaiwan style, which is available after every class.

Yoga and martial arts have these stories of great sages and masters who are able to perform incredible feats; controlling matter through pure discipline and intention, extending their lives indefinitely through meditation and realization. Achieving perfection of the human condition.

Whether you believe in the stories or not, I believe if you follow the paths laid out by these masters you only stand to gain a greater understanding of your self in the process. I follow this path, and I dedicate my life to the study and devotion of the lessons of great yogis and teachers. I humbly offer to share what I have learned, and to model the excellence that I hope to achieve through practice and discipline.

My life is a devotion to the study and practice yoga. Through this devotion I aim to allow the light of the divine to shine through me, pure and unobstructed. Part of this devotion is to share this sacred practice.