Emily was raised in the quintessential town of Westport, Connecticut. She went to Elon University and studied psychology and received a Master's Degree in Industrial Psychology, by the age of 23.
She lived in Los Angeles and New York City as a young adult, managing the careers of artists, musicians and celebrity clientele while enjoying lots of yoga on the side.
Along the way, in her own search for truth and bliss, she discovered Vedic Meditation and soon began the path toward becoming a teacher.
Emily grew as a teacher after graduating from her training in India in 2018 and going from living in an apartment in New York City to traveling and teaching worldwide.
She's taught everywhere from Canada, to the Netherlands, Australia, Israel, India and throughout the United States.
In October 2023, Emily Co-founded a non-profit with the initiative to bring the practice of meditation into conflict zones and spent two months teaching in the middle east during war time.
Today, Emily continues to teach Vedic Meditation to new students and offers group meditation, retreats, and workshops for current students.
She is also a personal mentor to many students.
Years teaching Vedic Meditation
personally taught students and growing
Countries where Emily has traveled to teach Vedic Meditation
Thom Knoles is recognized as the pre-eminent master of Vedic wisdom in the west and known as a Maharishi (or Seer) in the east; he has taught more than 50,000 people how to meditate.
At the foothills of the Himalayas, in northern India, Thom trained Emily to teach Vedic Meditation in the same way he was taught by his Master, the great sage Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
Emily continues to study under Thom today and assists on his annual retreats in India and Sedona, his New York City teaching tour, and has supported his Initiator Training for new teachers in India.
