Charla co-owned Joyful Yoga Studio in Tempe, AZ for 8 years. The studio focused on the healing aspect of yoga, which gave her the opportunity to expand her knowledge and offerings.

Her yoga philosophy is the breath, posture, and patience. She loves to learn and to impart that knowledge to her students, emphasizing those principles. Her love of learning led her to study Ayurveda, the sister science of yoga, through the Maharishi Ayurveda Association of America to compliment her healing emphasis. She specializes in TRE or Trauma Release Exercises developed by David Bercelli, PhD, as well as postural work using the Egoscue Method. She incorporates the gong and crystal bowls into her yoga classes for a vibrational healing experience.  She discovered the Lifeline Technique and The Body Code, both which incorporates  numerous healing modalities that she was already trained in, into one manifestation system to bridge the conscious and the subconscious mind to alleviate physical symptoms and emotional stresses She is also a Reiki Master and sends love and healing in all of her classes. She has also traveled to Thailand to study Thai yoga massage and acupressure. 

She spends her summers in Wildwood, NJ managing her family's seasonal business, started in 1922 by her grandparents, and teaching Yoga on the Beach since 2012! She lives with her husband and a West Highland Terriers in Canyon Lake, CA in the winter.  Charla has 2 daughters that are both living their dreams!  Her older daughter, Chelsea is the general manager of Ohana Surf Project in Waikiki, Hawaii www.ohanasurfproject.com.  Her younger daughter, Shannon is pursuing comedy through acting, writing,  sketch and improv in Hollywood! She is a regular on the AITAPod, making us all laugh! Charla enjoys traveling to see them both and to explore the USA and the world, which helps her to expand her compassion and awareness of life outside of her own bubble!