I believe that nurturing compassion and allowance within ourselves changes our world.  

…and "A Dance a Day."

I have been a somatic movement educator, soma yoga & meditation teacher and dancer in Seattle for over twenty seven years. For 30 years, I have enjoyed supporting students in experiencing freedom in mind, motion and creative courageous living. 

My teaching draws strongly from my studies, trainings and teaching in meditation practices within the Zen and Tibetan Buddhist traditions, dance, Skinner Releasing, Open Source Forms, Alexander Technique, Somatic Unwinding, BioSomatics, Hanna Somatics, the teachings of Moshe Feldenkrais, developmental movement, Embodied Anatomy, Body Mind Centering, BrainDance, QiGong, Classical Hatha Yoga and classical voice training. I founded and began developing Soma Yoga in 1994 and opened Soma Yoga & Dance Studio in 2003.

My dance background includes  Modern, Jazz, Ballet, Afro-Brazilian, Contemporary African, West African, Dance Improvisation, Contact Improvisation, Low-flying Trapeze Dance, Bungee Dancing, WaterDance, Skinner Releasing and Open Source Forms. In addition to Soma Yoga, I have developed Simple Somatic Self Care, Sounding the Body, ArtWorks! Meditation, WaterSomatics & Dance, WaterSomaYoga, Move, Improvisational Somatics, Moving Medicine, Soma Yoga & Art, SomaYogaDance and Toolkit for Teens & Pre-Teens.

I sit in huge heartfelt thanks for the courage and teachings of my family, Muriel Brock, my students, Thich Nhat Hanh, Ani Pema Chodron, Lama Wangdor Rinpoche, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Moshe Feldenkrais, Thomas Hanna, Russell Delman, Thomasa Eckert, Bob Davidson, Stephanie Skura, Karen Clay, Carol Welch, Bob Smith, Ellen Ziegler, Barry Briggs, Frank And Debra Ching, Kevin Spencer,  Melissa Middlebrook, Dora Oliveira, Lara McIntosh, Etienne Cakpo, Daniel Nery Dos Santos Filho (Mestre Pitta), Aileen Panke, Manimou Camara, Ann Green-Gilbert and many more!