COMING SOON: PILOBOLUS CONNECTING WITH BALANCE
ABOUT ME
More than 1,600 hours of teaching experience have confirmed my belief that the physical body is a gateway to our inner wisdom, and that mindful practices such as yoga and intentional movement facilitate connection to that wisdom. Over the years I've discovered that I especially enjoy working with older adults and underserved populations.
I hold a 50-hour certificate of completion in Integrative Yoga for Seniors Professional Training through Duke Integrative Medicine. I've also completed Senior Yoga Teacher Training at High Desert Yoga in Albuquerque, NM and hold a 60-hour Chair Yoga for Seniors certification from Yoga Vista Academy. I've offered Chair Yoga, Gentle Yoga and Stretch & Stability at many Santa Fe retirement communities. I currently provide both live and online instruction, depending on the needs of the facility and the students.
In early 2022, I completed a 135-hour training in SATYA (Sensory Awareness Training for Yoga Attunement) with Tias Little. Besides earning certificates in Yin Yoga with Melissa Spamer (36 hours) and Gentle Yoga with Pranakriya School of Healing
Arts (20 hours), I've also explored Trauma Sensitive Yoga and yoga for individuals living with a brain injury. Until the pandemic, I taught monthly Chair Yoga classes at the NM Brain Injury Resource Center in Albuquerque. Additionally, I've studied and chanted the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the Baghavad Gita with Linda Spackman.
Most recently, I've delved more deeply into balance and fall prevention with a certification in Connecting With Balance, a program developed by the dance company Pilobolus.
I give a deep bow of appreciation to all my teachers, but especially Melissa Spamer, Donna Farhi, Angela Farmer, Carrie Owerko, Rama Jyoti Vernon and Tias and Surya Little, Beth Lewis and Emily Kent.
In my off hours, I enjoy tending my garden and spending time in nature as well as writing, creating artist books and processing my dreams in a weekly dream group. But one of my greatest passions has been travel. I've trekked in Nepal and Tibet, explored rock art sites all over Australia, visited prehistoric caves in northern Spain and southwestern France, traveled to the Galapagos, been part of a textile research team in Ecuador, and dug for garden remains in Pompeii. But after my three visits to Ireland, I can easily say that country is where I feel most rooted and at home spiritually.
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