A Life in Movement                           

 

My relationship with yoga began in Vermont, when I was a young mother newly arrived in the United States. We had one accessible television channel, and Lilias Folan’s PBS series became a small, welcome part of my days. I wanted to move, to feel more present in my own life, and to bring a little more attention to my family.

Movement had always been one of the ways I found my way back to myself. Before yoga, there had been ballet; later, yoga offered something different: not only movement, but a way of paying attention—to breath, sensation, habit, and the possibilities that appear when we slow down enough to notice.

My first teacher training was with Marsh Wenig’s YogaKids. Through that work I met Monica Veneziano, who hosted the trainings and, to my surprise and delight, turned out to be half Hungarian. It was one of those small threads of recognition that made an unfamiliar place feel less foreign.

Later, during demanding years in high-tech corporate work, I found myself moving toward burnout. I needed to regain myself. Yoga was already a practice I loved; movement was already a source of help; and teaching felt deeply natural. I went on to graduate from YogaFit, and what began as an answer to a personal need gradually became a lasting passion—and a vocation.

Over time, my teaching widened. Yoga remained an important foundation, alongside study in somatic movement and Feldenkrais-informed learning, meditation, and contemplative traditions.

What has stayed constant is a respect for each person’s own experience. I am less interested in giving people a correct shape to make than in creating conditions for curiosity: noticing what is present, exploring without unnecessary struggle, and discovering a little more choice in how we move and live.

For many years, MoonDanceYoga-SomaWorks was home to regular classes, workshops, private sessions, and a lively community of people exploring movement together. Some traces of that earlier work remain in the Archive: writings, teaching materials, and a short film from those years.

These days, I work mostly online, offering individual sessions and occasional small groups, both online and in person. The work remains rooted in yoga, embodied attention, and the simple, ongoing practice of listening more closely.

I still believe that movement can be a place of learning—not only about the body, but about how we meet ourselves in the midst of a changing life.

If this way of working speaks to you, you are welcome to get in touch. I am also developing WiseWomanRising, a separate space for women who are exploring what the next chapter of life might hold.