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

…and "A Dance a Day."

I have been a Soma Yoga, Hatha Yoga & meditation teacher, Somatic Movement Educator and dancer in Seattle for over thirty years. I founded Soma Yoga in 1998, Soma Yoga & Dance Studio (2003-2024) and Sunset Hill Somatics Studio in 2025. For 34 years I have enjoyed supporting students in finding freedom in mind, motion and creative courageous living through somatics, mindfulness meditation, Soma Yoga, BrainDance Somatic Education and ArtWorks Meditation. After completing my BA in Communication Arts & Sciences at Michigan State University and living overseas for 10 months, I made Seattle my home.

My teaching draws strongly from my studies, trainings and teaching in meditation practices within the Zen and Tibetan Buddhist traditions, Classical Hatha Yoga, 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, Acutonics, Reiki and classical voice training. I began developing Soma Yoga in 1994.

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 & Open Source Forms and Salsa. 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, SomaYogaDance, Toolkit for Teens & Pre-Teens, Somatics for Seniors and Somatic Walking Re-Education.

I sit in huge heartfelt thanks for the courage and teachings of my family, my students, Thich Nhat Hanh, Ani Pema Chodron, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Lama Wangdor Rinpoche, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lama Tsultrim Allione, Phillip Moffitt, Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach, Moshe Feldenkrais, Thomas Hanna, Russell Delman, Jeff Haller, 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!