My education

 

Certified teacher in

  • Kundalini Yoga & Meditation (250h+) - 200h KRI Level 1 + Kundalini Yoga Therapy (in completion) led by Guru Dharam and Siri Sat Kaur

  • Jivamukti Yoga (800h) - 300h group TT with Rima Rabbath & Carol Issa + 500h one-on-one apprenticeship with Maria Macaya

  • Pre/Post-natal yoga (200h) - Method Khalsa Way + Mamadoula with Yoga Con Gracia

  • Trauma-informed yoga (80h) - 40h of Trauma informed yoga and social justice training with Hala Khouri + 40h Liberation Prison Yoga training led by Anneke Lucas


Certified health practitioner rooted in Ayurvedic tradition

trained by

  • Dr. Naina Marballi at Ayurveda's World Programme in NYC (150h),

  • Dr. Vasant Lad at Ananda Ashram NYC (75h),

  • the California College of Ayurveda (3,000h+) - currently working towards my AyD in Clinical Ayurveda

Additional trainings

  • Redefining Mobility - a 20-Hour Online Training with Matt Phippen

  • Anatomy & Physiology - 100h online self-paced course (Corexcel)

My seva

Seva is service, it's the call of my heart, the voice that knows that I am connected to all those around me

 

Volunteered twice a week with

  • Kula for Karma, bringing yoga to runaway and exploited teenagers

  • Liberation Prison Yoga, supporting transgender inmates and incarcerated men

Co-founder of Sharanam Yoga Project,

a global yoga service initiative aiming to provide impoverished communities and trauma survivors with skills and practices to improve physical and mental health using meditation, breath work, and movement techniques from Kundalini Yoga, Hatha Yoga, and Trauma-informed yoga (year 2018/2019)

  • Co-taught weekly yoga classes (trauma-informed) to kids with cancer, at-risk youth, women with mental illness, incarcerated transgender women, refugees and sex workers in USA, France, South Africa, and Kenya

  • Facilitated trauma informed yoga workshops reaching 45 yoga teachers, therapeutic care providers, and social workers in South Africa and Rwanda.