About Me

Originally from just outside of Detroit, Michigan, I developed an interest in yoga around the age of 13. I've been cultivating my yoga practice ever since. While I studied dance such as lyrical and ballet during childhood, I really fell in love with dance while at the University of Michigan, where I took a course in Javanese dance. From there, I've studied styles of movement arts including West African dance, Congolese dance, Odissi dance, Samba and other Afro-Brazilian dance, Hip hop dance, Modern dance, Hula, Capoeira, Tai Chi, Qigong, Ballet, Bellydance, Balinese dance, Filipino dance, and Korean dance. My undergraduate degree from the Evergreen State College, in Cultural Studies through Dance and Music, focused mainly on Odissi dance, a style of Classical dance from the Indian state of Odisha.