Certified as an Iyengar Yoga teacher in 2000, I continue my Yoga teacher education and therapeutic trainings, committed to learning.

In 1995, I opened the Iyengar Yoga Scarsdale Studio, where I continue to teach and taught for years at the Scarsdale Public Library and Gilda's Club Westchester, also teaching at several Westchester Yoga studios, schools, two homeless shelters, and at a shelter for abused women at My Sister’s Place. For over ten years, I volunteered to teach Yoga at the Mental Health Association of Westchester at the Sterling Clubhouse. I taught a monthly Sunday morning beginners Yoga Class at Temple Israel Center, White Plains, raising money for NAMI (National Alliance of Mental Illness), Westchester, Fall 2024 - Spring 2025

Trained as a modern dancer (dance major at Sarah Lawrence College), I graduated from Stanford University, and began meditation practice in 1973, studying with Tibetan Buddhist Lama Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, participating in his communities including a Seminary. through 1976. I received Master’s degrees in Psychology from the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research and in Dance Therapy from NYU.

In 1994, I began Iyengar Yoga study with Mary Dunn. Mary was instrumental in establishing the New York City and San Francisco Iyengar Institutes and the Iyengar Yoga Association of the United States (IYNAUS).

I studied at the Iyengar Yoga source with B.K.S., Gita, and Prashant Iyengar in Pune, India, at Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute for six-month-long trips between 2000-2018.  

Life is my teacher, and I have boundless gratitude and appreciation for all my Yoga teachers. I currently study with Corine Biria of Centre de Iyengar Yoga Paris. Senior Iyengar teachers Jess Becker and Victoria Austin are mentor teachers and friends, as well as Lois Steinberg, who has been a periodic therapeutics teacher for many years.

For over two decades, I participated in live meditation workshops and online courses with Buddhist teacher Pema Chodron. I continue Buddhist meditation practice, currently meeting with Westchester Meditation Center and other senior teachers from Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s lineage.

Degrees & Certifications

B.A. English Stanford University 1971

M.A. Psychology Graduate Faculty of The New School for Social Research 1974

M.A. Dance Therapy New York University School of Education 1978

Iyengar Yoga Teacher Certification 2000

CIAYT certified International Association of Yoga Therapists 2017