YOGA TRAINER, TEACHER, CEREMONIAL FACILITATOR
TEACHING + FACILITATION
PRIVATE INSTRUCTION 2008 – Current, Worldwide
Work with a full roster of clients from all walks of life: Actors/Actresses, business leaders,children, elders, the
fit and ready, the rehabilitating and healing. Focus on meeting clients where they are and creating a practice that supports their goals.
INITATIC YOGA TEACHER TRAINING 200 HR, SEPTEMBER 2023 - CURRENT
Teacher delivering posture + alignment section and art of adjustments section.
CACAO CEREMONY MARCH 2019 -2024
Leading heart opening evenings of joy and healing with sacred medicine of cacao, sound and astrology.
KULA YOGA PROJECT AUGUST 2011 – 2019, NEW YORK, NY
YOGAWORKS. MARCH 2011 – SEPTEMBER 2015, NEW YORK, NY
Teach weekly basics and intermediate/advanced level classes ranging from ten to forty students. Build classes through consistency and connection. Create vinyasa flow classes with the goal to raise awareness and achieve inner peace. Emphasis on alignment, fullness of breath and creative sequencing of postures to assist in raising the prana. Teach students how to control their physical, mental and emotional energy through yogic practices like pranayama, bandha, mantra and mudra. Help provide a practical platform for healing, well being, and brightening the self for the benefit of all beings.
DREAM SEED SHAMANIC SOUND HEALING ENSEMBLE. AUGUST 2015 - AUGUST 2019, NEW YORK, NY
Playing weekly sound healing baths using 50 plus instruments from all over the world for a sold out audience.
Using visionary guidance to lead people into a state of relaxation for healing and discovery to take place.
SHAMANIC THAI MASSAGE TRAINING FOUNDER AND PRACTITIONER 2015-2019.
Teaching the basics of Thai Massage worldwide. Participants left with a lear understanding of how to give a 90 minute shamanic Thai bodywork session.
COMMUNITY CLASS. SEPTEMBER 2008 – 2010, NEW YORK, NY
Teach a Sunday evening candlelit classes for all members of my community. Created a playground for me to experiment with my voice, presence and style as a teacher.
YOGA TO THE PEOPLE. SEPTEMBER 2007 – DECEMBER 2008, NEW YORK, NY
Taught scripted open level 60 minute power vinyasa flow modeled after Brian Kest.
GUEST TEACHING WORLDWIDE
FESTIVALS 2014 - CURRENT
Facilitate classes and workshops on yoga, meditation, healing, joy and.peace.
YOGA SHALA. ALICANTE, SPAIN AUGUST 2019
Taught for the 200 hr YTT’s workshop on clarifying asanas at the wall.
COSTA RICA RETREAT, AYAM COMMUNITY, 2018
Bespoke classes to open the love of the practice of yoga.
HOT SPRING, BIG ISLAND, 2017
Training on developing a daily practice with love.
MAUI YOGA SHALA. OCTOBER 2016 - JUNE 2016, MAUI, HAWAII
Taught workshops for 200hr YTT’s, including sequencing, language, hands on assists and bandhas.
YOGA SHALA. JANUARY – APRIL 2012 & JANUARY – MAY 2015, TULUM, MEXICO
Teach weekly open level classes focused on slowing down and recalibrating the nervous system. Incorporating yang and yin elements for a strong and mindful practice.
YOGA TREE. NOVEMBER 2014, SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Present a series of workshops titled: Zip up your Practice and Illuminate Your Life. Deeper look inside of the energetic locks of the body and how to use them in asana.
OMEGA SUMMER CAMP. AUGUST 2009, RHINEBECK NEW YORK, NY
Teach asana and pranayama to teens geared towards conquering fears through play.
EDUCATION + TRAINING
NATURE. PRESENT
Teachers: Sun, Moon, Air, Fire, Water, Earth and the heart of humanity.
KRIYA YOGA PARAMAHAMSA VISHWANANDA
Daily practice to awaken the inner light.
VISION QUEST, NY, UK, EUROPE, 2012-2022
4 year commitment, 3-7 days dry fasting on the mountain in silence. Participated 5 years, assisted 5 years.
Trained in facilitating Sacred Inipi Temazcal and supporting the sacred fire.
INITATIC TEACHINGS FROM THE SACRED TRADITIONS OF HUMANITY, DECEMBER 2010 – CURRENT, WORLDWIDE
Teacher: Maestro Manuel. Worldwide. Rites of passage through discipline, extensive karma yoga, astrology, ceremonial arts and higher awareness.
SACRED TEACHINGS FROM THE FORREST 2018 - PRESENT
Teacher: Yube Huni Kuin. 3 Diets of singing and first initiatory diet of the Jungle.
EGYPT PILGRIMAGE EQUINOX 2018
Trip of Invitation into the sacred teachings of Ancient Egypt
YOGA ALLIANCE 500 HR YTT ENRICHMENT PRACTICE. FALL 2014 - SUMMER 2018, NEW YORK, NY
Teacher: Nikki Costello. Looking in to the role of the teacher through the lens of Iyengar.
ANATOMY AND MANIPULATION. 100 HR. TEACHER: GWEN. TULUM, MEXICO, JANUARY – APRIL 2015
Focus on chiropractic alignment and energy work.
YOGA ALLIANCE 75 HR. THE ART OF TEACHING KULA YOGA. OLD, SAYBROOK, CT, MARCH 2011
Teacher: Schuyler Grant. An in depth study into the art of teaching. Focus on language, metronome, clear sequencing and hands on adjustments.
YOGA ALLIANCE 200HR KRIPALU, MARCH – MAY 2010, STOCKBRIDGE, MA
Assisting Student. Teacher: Devarshi Steven Hartman. Light on being in the seat of the student and wonder of life.
LOTUS PALM THAII MASSAGE TRAINING. STOCKBRIDGE, MA, APRIL 2010
Teacher: Shai Plonski.
YOGA ALLIANCE 200HR. YOGA TO THE PEOPLE. DECEMBER 2007 – MAY 2008, NEW YORK
Invited on Scholarship. Teacher: Greg. Yoga basics: an introduction into the life of a yogi.
ART OF LIVING INTENSIVE. MARCH, 2005, TAMIL NADU, INDIA
Pranayama Study + Kriya Yoga.
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. MAY 2006, NEW YORK, NY
Bachelors in Fine Arts with Concentration in Photography. Minor in Philosophy
SCHOOL OF BALLET. SEPTEMBER 1990- SEPTEMBER 2002, PHILADELPHIA, PA
Teacher: Olga Kressin.