Life begins with an inhalation, the fundamental breath, a pillar of the yogic practice. Raised in Brooklyn, as a young dancer, in the early 70s, I hopped on the D train to ballet classes at the Clark Center, and Jazz classes with Luigi Performed in NYC, New England, taught dance and holistic movement, in Manhattan, and Long Island's High School of the Arts, coached fitness/wellness at the original David Barton Gym on 6th Ave., while studying anatomy, physiology and nutrition to balance myself, and my students. During this time, my best friends, fellow dancers, & artists, in NYC were dying, from AIDS. Searching for an understanding of this tragic time, brought me to yoga, and its ancient philosophy, of liberating the light of our beings.
Yoga is a living system, with many schools of practice. My vinyasa classes combine the best of the yoga lineages I have studied including Iyengar, Sivananda, Ashtanga, Jivamukti, Kundalini, in a dynamic, vinyasa practice. My Certifications are: Yoga Alliance 500 E-RYT, Wellness Coaching- Coopers Clinic, Russill Paul - Mantra/Sanskrit, Movement Analysis/Laban Institute, MFA Arts Administration /Brooklyn College, BFA Dance/Adelphi University, CUNY - Anatomy/Physiology. Present studies include: the canonical philosophies of Hindu Spirituality with Dr. Edwin Bryant, Classic Non Dual Tantrik Philosophy and practice with Russill Paul , and Dr. Christopher D. Wallis. Current asana study/ practice with the teachers of Iyengar Yoga, at IYogaDelrayBeach, and IyengarYogaNYC.