I am an educator and creative, exploring the intersections of Embodied Mindfulness practices, social justice, community, and creativity. My yoga practice is an extension of my core values: building community, connecting with the awesomeness of nature, leveraging privilege to advocate for just change, and developing supportive spaces to freely express creativity. I create yoga classes that honor yogic traditions and are accessible for all levels, because I firmly believe that every body is a yoga body! I strive to empower my students to acknowledge their inner strength and agency. This goal is informed by my years of work in the field of education advocating for policy reform to support trans students, and supporting other minoritized communities. 

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I am a certified Kripalu yoga teacher with additional training in accessible & trauma-informed teaching from Love Your Brain Yoga and the Accessible Yoga School. A musician by training, I often infuse my yoga practice with chanting in Sanskrit or English. In addition to yoga, I guide the Embodied Mindfulness practices of conscious dance and embodied singing. Visit this page to hear some examples of my music.

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Highlights of my training and education include: 

• 200 hour yoga teacher training with Kripalu School of Yoga

• 40 hour yoga teacher training with Accessible Yoga

• 40 hour yoga teacher training with Love Your Brain

• Reiki I, Reiki II, attuned and trained by Libby Barnett

• JourneyDance teacher training

• Master of Arts in Central & Eastern European Studies from Jagiellonian University

• Bachelor of Music in Classical Vocal Performance from Boston Conservatory

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Teacher & Seeker

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My spiritual journey began in 1998 as I began to explore the teachings of Buddhism, especially lessons  by Thich Nhat Hanh, my earliest meditation teacher. I am grateful for the many teachers who have guided me on my path, and continue to open my heart and mind to new learning. I gratefully accept the wisdom of Buddhism, Bhakti yoga, Hatha Yoga, Hinduism, Unitarian Universalism, and nature-based eclectic spiritual teachings. My life is greatly influenced by the teachings of Ram Dass.

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I began to practice mindful movement in 1999, when I began to study and practice yoga. I have deepened my practices and furthered my teacher training in mindful movement practices of Kripalu Yoga, Accessible Yoga, Love Your Brain Yoga, and JourneyDance. I continue exploring spiritual paths and have found great healing and expansion in the teachings I have explored at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, and the Mindfulness Center at Brown University.

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My background as a leader in the field of education for over seventeen years informs my creative, mindfulness, and social justice teachings. My teachings support learning and development in the areas of mindfulness, social justice, self-love, and community engagement.

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My own practices of folding together creative expression and movement into mindfulness inspire my activity-based mindfulness teachings of embodied singing, yoga, and conscious dance. I am in love with learning. I guide others with the spirit of possibility of approaching the world with a child-like wonder.

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I am passionate about leading workshops and classes on how to best support trans and nonbinary people in educational, business, and spiritual settings.

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Artist

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I have created, performed, and produced operas that were adapted for modern audiences and realized thanks to grants from California arts organizations. These productions included an adaptation of Haydn's Lo Speziale with an updated libretto translation and was staged as a parody of Breaking Bad. My classical music pursuits have always been grounded by a desire to make the art form more accessible to modern and diverse audiences, and to give voice to composers that align with my identity as a woman of Polish descent.

 

I now use my vocal training to connect to the healing power of chanting and sound healing. I also am a writer and visual artist, creating paintings and jewelry.

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Scholar

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I am a scholar with an established record of presentations at national and regional conferences and published writing including peer-reviewed journal articles.  

After completing my undergraduate degree in Classical Vocal Performance at Boston Conservatory, I moved to Poland for several years. At Jagiellonian University in Krakow I completed in-depth studies of Polish language, literature, and culture, earning a Master's Degree in Central and Eastern European Studies. I wrote a thesis on the topic of Polish visual art and its connection to Polish identity during the era of the communist regime, and after the fall of communism. The thesis focused on a group of artists named Grupa Ladnie who were the first artists from the former Soviet Bloc to achieve commercial success in Western Europe in North America after WWII.