Lou is a yogic practitioner, teacher, and spiritual guide whose path began early in life, with a formal awakening unfolding in India more than 13 years ago. Traveling there for instruction, Lou returned profoundly changed, carrying an embodied understanding of practice rather than theory alone. Her teacher, Yogirishi Vishva-ji, shared Hindu philosophy through light-hearted devotion and presence, teachings that continue to inform her work and way of being.
Lou has completed over 1,800 hours of training and teaching in Kundalini Kriya and Shabd Yoga, alongside extensive continuing education in Reiki, sound healing, Ayurveda, and most recently shamanic soul retrieval, somatic coaching. She is a Registered Yoga Alliance Teacher, a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider, but is excited to be listed and support the the American Yoga Council. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Colorado State University, allowing her to bridge spiritual depth with grounded leadership and structure.
She currently serves as President of Vibrant Lives Wellness Academy in Dillon, Montana, where she supports conscious education, healing, and community-centered growth. Lou is also a co-author of an upcoming book exploring Kundalini awakenings, offering grounded, compassionate insight into a process that is often misunderstood.
Based in southwestern Montana, Lou travels throughout the western United States working with aspiring yogis, yoga teachers, and spiritual seekers of all ages and experience levels. Her work centers on advocacy, personal sovereignty, empowerment, and deep inner and spiritual healing, honoring the intelligence of the nervous system, the body, and the soul.
At home, Lou lives the path she teaches as a mother and householder, stewarding a small farm where she trains pack goats. This rhythm of land, family, and practice keeps her work rooted, relational, and embodied.