Susan is a trained social worker and 200 hr RYT with advanced certification in Oncology Yoga, Yoga for First Responders and Grief Yoga.

She has benefited immensely from yoga, having experienced personal and professional trauma and a lung cancer diagnosis at the age of 32.

Before stepping into the yoga world, Susan built a career as a social worker and advocate, dedicating herself to the rape crisis movement and later, the national lung cancer community.

Two years after moving to Colorado from the Midwest, Susan retired from the nonprofit world to open Resilient Soul Yoga, creating a nature infused space where resilience takes root.

She has handpicked several dozen yoga teachers and healing arts practitioners who also believe in fostering a welcoming community where people can reconnect with their breath, process stress and trauma, and, just as importantly, find joy. For Susan, yoga isn’t just about movement—it’s about transformation, healing, and rediscovering the power within.