Hi, I’m Siobhán (pronounced Shavon)

Strength and nutrition coach, yoga teacher, and single mom of two teenage boys. I help women build strength that fits their real lives.

From Runner to Yogi to Strength Coach

Finding Yoga

I didn’t grow up an athlete. I dabbled in tennis and running in high school, then spent the better part of a decade running until I burned out. After moving from Richmond to Washington, D.C., I stumbled into my first yoga class and instantly felt calmer. It eased the anxiety of a demanding career in international fundraising, and my D.C. studio, Flow Yoga Center, gave me such a sense of community that I completed my 200-hour teacher training. Yoga carried me through a move to Los Angeles, back home to Richmond, and two pregnancies.

The injury that changed everything

In late 2012, I tore my hip labrum. To avoid surgery, I started strength training, very reluctantly. Yoga was everything to me, and I had no interest in lifting weights. But the alternative was 4–6 weeks on crutches while chasing a one-year-old. After a few months, my pain was gone and I was hooked: my yoga practice got stronger, and so did I. That setback made me a more knowledgeable, insightful coach.

Strength has a larger purpose

Around the time strength training became a regular practice, my marriage ended. I was studying under the StrongFirst system, whose mantra became mine. Starting over as a single mom of two boys and beginning a new career as a strength coach was scary, but it’s brought me more satisfaction than I ever imagined. Today I get to share my passion for kettlebells, yoga, bodyweight training, and nutrition with amazing clients every day, and I’d be honored to help you too.

Strength has a larger purpose.

-StrongFirst

Training and Credentials

Strength & Fitness
StrongFirst Level 1 Kettlebell Instructor · StrongFirst Bodyweight Instructor · ACE Certified Personal Trainer

Nutrition
Precision Nutrition Level 1

Yoga
Registered Yoga Teacher, Flow Yoga Center, Washington D.C. · Certified Relax and Renew Trainer® with Judith Hansen Lasater · Shiva Rea: Flow of Pregnancy, Pre/Postnatal Prana Vinyasa Flow Yoga · MA Yoga, Yoga of Pregnancy, with Dr. Eden Fromberg and Mia Borgotta

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