My journey into the interconnected realms of Yoga, Tantra, and the Sacred Feminine began in 1998 when I discovered the book, ”Yoga: The Iyengar Way." Amidst the challenges of life after college, yoga emerged as a beacon of solace and self-discovery. Initially, yoga served as a tool to overcome my body image insecurities and shyness, but my fascination soon deepened as I delved into its vast philosophical and mystical dimensions. Over the years, I became immersed in yoga research, captivated by the spiritual liberation and awakening pursued by male yogis and saints. However, I continued to struggled with teachings that portrayed women as distractions from spiritual enlightenment or worse. This amplified a sense shame regarding my female body and caused confusion around my natural desires for intimacy as well appreciation of art and beauty and things of the material world. Ultimately, my practice of yoga, dance, bhakti and tantra helped me find a deep sense of self acceptance, love and appreciate my physical form, and find refuge within my own skin.

It was through Bhakti yoga, the yoga of love and devotion, and ecstatic celebrations of chanting and dancing that eventually led me to embark on a transformative six-month solo journey to Mother India. Simply walking on the sacred ground in the land of Bharat, visiting temples, paying homage to one of my first yoga inspirations Swami Sivananda in the yoga mecca of Rishikesh, immersing in the Holy Ganges River, and receiving darshan of the Divine Mother catalyzed a profound shift within me. It began carving a deep path of awakening and remembrance of the Divine Feminine within. By Grace I was then led to meet my first teacher of traditional shakta tantra which would radically alter the orientation of my spiritual path. It was through specific womb-honoring practices in this authentic lineage of classical Goddess-centered tantra that I received the healing and integration that I long sought and firmly rooted me on the path of the yogini. Walking the way of the yogini and following the red thread of herstory has brought me most recently to the beloved Magdalene Rose Priestess Path, a both humble and exalted way of embodied love and inner gnosis.

Since my initial Sivananda Yoga and Vedanta teacher training in 2002, my love of asana as embodiment and movement as medicine led to me to explore various styles and approaches to the practices of yoga and sacred dance. After years of dedication to Anusara, Ashtanga Vinyasa and Shadow Yoga I now allow the practice to guide me from within in an intuitive flow of physical postures and exercises in combination with seated meditation. Drawn to the strong and rhythmical footwork, precise expression of mudras, subtle body activation, and feminine grace, I moved to the Bay Area of California to deepen my studies of Odissi Classical Indian Dance and perform with Shakti Bhakti Ensemble. I also had the good fortune to meet Prema Dasara who introduced me to the dharmic path of tantric Buddhism through Tara Dance bringing great clarity, creativity and confidence into my life. I’ve danced in several offerings of the Mandala Dance of the 21 Praises of Tara as well as completed a 4 year dance prayer initiation in the Ollintlahuimetztli Moondance of Teotihuacan, Mexico. Currently my devotion to sacred dance finds expression through the freedom and wild joy of 5 Rhythms, and has brought me to the profound practice of diety yoga through Charya Nritya Sacred Buddhist Dance from Nepal. Finally, in July of 2024 I completed a 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training with Divinitree and Andean Yoga in the Sacred Valley of Peru, bringing my decades-long path full circle on the full moon of Guru Purnina and feast day of Mary Magdalene on the sacred mountain of Apu Ausangate. May it be for the benefit of all beings.