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Teaching Iyengar yoga since 1995 in Westchester

Iyengar Yoga teacher certifications  2000, 2002

Taught  Yoga at:

Manhattanville College Dance/Theater Department

Assisted  teaching special needs (medical therapeutics)class at the Iyengar Institute in New York City

Iyengar yoga certified in 2000, 2002  

Yoga Workshops at Yoga Haven in Eastchester

Scarsdale Public Schools afterschool Elementary and Middle school programs, and through the Counseling Program at Scarsdale High

Temple Israel Nursery summer program

CURRENTLY;

Iyengar Yoga Scarsdale

Scarsdale Adult School

Betrue Yoga , Scarsdale 

Greenwich Arts Center

Gilda's Club , White Plains (Restorative Yoga and Meditation )


Continued study with senior Iyengar teachers toward further certifications. 

Attended Iyengar Institute in Pune, India in 2000, 2004, and 2008.  Will return summer  2012 for additional  one  month study

Certified in Yamuna Body Rolling 2005

Taught  Strengthen, Stress Relief Movement  for adults at the Midwestchester Y Wilmot Rd Scarsdale.
 
Studied and practiced meditation with Tibetan Buddhist lama and community of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche for three years in the mid-70s. Ongoing meditation practice.

Summer 2010  meditation retreat at Gampo Abbey (Buddhist Monastary) in Nova Scotia.

Returning summer -August 2011)
 
Taught dance and improvisation to kids and adults in N.Y.C. at N.Y.U. Open Space, Children's Museum of Manhattan and other locations.
 
Worked as a dance therapist for N.Y.C. Board of Education and various treatment centers in N.Y.C.
 
B.A. – English, Stanford University
M.A. – Psychology, Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research
M.A. – Dance Therapy, New York University

Raised 4 sons.