Experience:

Experienced Yoga and meditation practitioner since 2001, and teaching Yoga and Mindfulness since 2009. Musician, providing healing music accompaniment for yoga, mindful movement, and meditation classes.

Currently teaching private and semi-private classes. Also teaching trauma-informed classes at Northampton County Prison and Northampton County Juvenile Justice Center through the Shanthi Project, as well as mindfulness classes at local elementary schools.

Public class venues have included Forks Community Center, Easton Community Center Art of Yoga, Easton Yoga, and Nazareth Curves.

I assisted Angela Farmer and "Becoming Who You Are at Any Age" in November, 2019 at Kripalu.

Education:

Formal certifications include:

• 200 hour Teacher Training with Max Strom

• Trauma-Sensitive Yoga with Bessel van der Kolk, David Emerson and Jenn Turner

• Mindfulness Fundamentals and Mindful Educator Essentials with Mindful Schools

• Off the Mat, Into the World™ Yoga, Purpose, and Action Leadership Training

• The Craving Mind, Mindful Habit Changing with Judson Brewer and Robin Boudette

• Qigong with Master Yang Yang

• American Heart Association CPR, First Aid, and AED Training

• BS Chemistry, Math, Pre-med, Boston College, summa cum laude

Additionally, I'm grateful to my many teachers, including Max Strom, Jamie Elmer, Seane Corn, Angela Farmer, Victor van Kooten, Anodea Judith, Tao Porchon Lynch, Donna Farhi, Hala Khouri, Suzanne Sterling, Eddie Modestini, Maty Ezraty, Rod Stryker, Alicia Rambo Wozniak, Michael Lear, and many more.