I was inspired to follow the path of teaching in order to serve others, both through yoga and my ongoing training in psychology. The more I learn and unlearn about the colonial and oppressive history of Eurocentric yoga (as it has been appropriated and capitalized upon), the more I realize I must step back and take intentional pause in my teaching to be better and do better. I am grateful to my first teachers Hannah Muse, Kenny Graham, Ann Averbach, and Denise Lapides for giving me the initial tools to inquire further. I dedicate my teaching to building a mindful and loving community in service of truth and decolonized practice.

Physical asana has become less and less important in my teaching and practice from the Eurocentric and performative perspective. I care about providing my students and clients practices that can help them trust their intuition, connect to their own ancestral wisdom, and heal through their own authentic processes. My teaching and writing is not therapy, though I believe non Eurocentric practices, specifically indigenous wisdom from our own ancestry, can be deeply healing. I am re-organizing and reflecting. I look forward to ways we may connect in the future. In the meantime, please follow amazing BIPOC teachers putting forward powerful offerings. Here are a few:

Susanna Barkataki

Afro Yoga

Dr. Gail Parker