- Yoga Core Faculty: Lead twice-daily campus-wide optional yoga classes open to participants, staff, and faculty during the 2002, 2003, and 2004 Omega seasons.
- Meditation Core Faculty: Lead twice-daily meditations in the tradition of mindfulness during the 2003 and 2004 Omega seasons.
- Yoga and Transformation Life Skills Workshop: A one-month staff intensive workshop integrating yoga asana with other mindfulness and awareness practices. July 2003.
- Yoga Holistic Studies Program (HSP): Drop-in yoga classes on a flexible schedule open to the staff of Omega taught regularly throughout the 2002, 2003, and 2004 seasons.
- The Work of Byron Katie HSP: Drop-in classes on "Loving What Is: The Work Of Byron Katie" open to staff. Taught during the 2003 and 2004 seasons.
- MediaWorks Department: Full-time seasonal staff in the MediaWorks Department in 2002 and 2003 and freelance in 2004.
Visa, Foster City, California 2001
- Began in-house yoga program for Visa employees. We started offering four to six classes per week in March 2001. I continued teaching until December 2001, when I left to continue my education. The program continues strongly in my absence.
Group exercise in the San Francisco area, September 1998 to December 2001
- Lead various classes including yoga, step aerobics, body sculpting, senior sculpt and tone, and aqua at:
- Redwood City Athletic Club
- Pacific Athletic Club
- Foster City Athletic Club
- Peninsula Golf and Country Club
Personal Training
- I became an AFAA certified personal trainer in February 2000 and worked with clients to increase strength, reduce weight, and heal old injuries. In 2001 I began integrating a great deal of yoga into these one-on-one sessions.
Chemical Engineer, November 1996 to June 1999
- Staff Engineer for Acurex Environmental Corp. in Mountain View, California from 1996 to 1999
- B.S. Chemical Engineering, graduated with honors from the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science in May 1996
Yoga and Emotions
- Emotions and Yoga? What does a physical practice of yoga have to do with emotions? How can yoga help heal trauma, depression, anger, and resentment? How can a yoga practice help create love, joy, and radiant health? Find out the answers at Breathe Yoga, Nov. 6th. 2004
- A weekend workshop presented with Margot Hawk on the Work of Byron Katie. This is a gentle, direct, and highly effective way of finding freedom through questioning our stressful thoughts. Held in Kutztown, PA on April 2-4, 2004
- A weekend workshop presented with Margot Hawk. We use yoga, meditation, visualization, and deep sharing to deepen intimacy and uncover deeper harmony in our relationships. Held in Kutztown, PA on December 5-7, 2003
Yoga and Transformation Life Skills Workshop
- To practice yoga is far more than to practice asana. We accessed the transformation that yoga offers through not only asana and physical practice, but also through meditation, visualization, journaling, deep sharing, and homework. Twenty-four hours of total teaching time for a class that met twice a week for four weeks. Taught at Omega Insititute, Summer 2003.
- A one-day workshop in September 2001 and a weekend workshop in November 2001 for deepening our relationships to ourselves through yoga asana, breathing, meditation, nutrition, and chakra work. Held in San Carlos, CA.
Yoga Immersion Experiences
- Forest Yogi Training Project with Glenn Black in Costa Rica. April 2003 (160+ contact hours)
- Teacher Training Course with Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres in Paradise Island, Bahamas. January 2002 (280+ contact hours)
- Karma Yoga with Sivananda Yoga Farm in Grass Valley, CA. October 2000 (140+ contact hours)
- Seva with Kripalu two weeks of karma yoga at Kriplau Center for Yoga and Health, Lenox MA in March 2002
Yoga Short Courses and Weekends
- Radiat Body, Awakenend Mind & Open Heart with John Friend (Anusara Yoga), Sharon Salzberg (Insight Meditation), and Krishna Das (Chanting) on October 17-22, 2004
- Anusara Yoga with Todd Norian in Malta, NY on November 7-9, 2003
- Awakened Mind, Open Heart, and Luminous Body with Sharon Salzberg, Krishna Das, and Patricia Walden. Sept. 29 to Oct. 3, 2003.
- Yoga for Healing Viniyoga with Gary Kraftsow, Fall 2003
- Advanced Yoga LSW with Glenn Black, September 2003
- Yoga Darshana with Kofi Busia, an 8-day yoga workshop in August 2003
- The Anatomy of Yoga with Glenn Black 5-day July 2002
- Jivamukti Yoga with Sharon Gannon and David Life, Memorial Day Weekend 2002
- The Yoga Matrix with Richard Freeman, a weekend course fall 2002
- Women's Full Moon Yoga Retreat a Kripalu Yoga weekend in March 2001 in California
- YogaFit Level I yoga teacher certification course, 1.5 ACE CECs, in San Mateo, CA. February 2001
- Note: All classes were presented at Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, NY unless otherwise stated. Links are usually to the teachers websites, giving information about the general subject matter and upcoming events rather than specific information on the class attended.
Meditation Courses
- Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction in Mind-Body Medicine, a 7-day Professional Training with Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D. and Saki Santorelli, Ed.D. Feb. 15-22, 2004 at Mount Madonna Center, Watsonville, CA as well as June 2002, 2003, and 2004 at Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY. Cumulative hours for all four workshops in excess of 240 hours.
- Mindfulness Tools for Living the Full Catastrophe with Saki Santorelli (2002 & 2003), Florence Meyer, and Melissa Blacker, a 5 day retreat in Mindfulness Based Stress reduction June/July 2002, 2003, and 2004. Cumulative hours of exposure for all three workshops in excess of 100 hours.
- 10-day silent Vipassana Meditation Retreat at Vipassana Meditation Center, Shelburne, MA. November 12-23 and December 10-21, 2003
- Awakened Mind, Open Heart, and Luminous Body with Sharon Salzberg, Krishna Das, and Patricia Walden. Sept. 29 to Oct. 3, 2003.
- Note: All classes were presented at Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, NY unless otherwise stated. Links are provided to give more information on the teachers and their styles rather than specific information on the class attended.
Tantra, Relationship, and Sacred Sexuality
- Are Your Defenses Blocking Your Relationships? a 5-day workshop with Donna LeBlanc, September 19-24, 2004
- Basic Communication with teachers from More University, June 5-6 in Lafayette, CA
- The Third Mansion with teachers from More University, May 29-30, 2004 in Lafayette, CA
- The Sexual Body and the Yoga of Light with David Deida May 20-23, 2004
- Basic Sensuality with teachers from More University, April 17-18, 2004 in Bryn Mawr, PA
- Sacred Sex with Alan Lowen, a 5-day course August 2004 and July 2003 at Omega Institute
- Love and Awakening with John and Jennifer Welwood, Labor Day Weekend 2003 at Omega Institute
- SkyDancing Tantra two weekend courses with Margot Anand June 2002 and 2003 at Omega Institute
- Love and Ecstasy Training with Margot Anand, 9-day September 2002 at Omega Institute
- Beloveds Course deepening intimacy for couples with Pamela Madison. A weekend course in June 2001 at the Women's Sexuality Center in Santa Barbara, CA
- LTW with Pamela Madison. Two weekend workshops on women's sexuality attended in April and October 2001 in the San Francisco Bay Area
Mind-Body Connection, Nutrition, and Body Work
- Reflexology I with Margot Hawk at Lehigh Valley Healing Arts Academy on April 20-21, 2004
- Body of Yoga with Linda Christy Weiler a correspondace course for ACE #CA00073, 1.7 CEUs completed October 20, 2003
- Body Psychology Through Iridology with Margot Hawk at Lehigh Valley Healing Arts Academy. Winter 2002
- Hands, Teeth, and Colon with Margot Hawk at Lehigh Valley Healing Arts Academy. Winter 2001
Other Courses
- Anatomy of a Successful Workshop with Greg Zelonka and Michael Craft, August 20-22, 2004
- Transformational Breathwork, Part II with Charyl Ozkaya in Southampton on January 17-18, 2004
- The Work of Byron Katie a weekend of The Work, June 2003
- The School for the Work of Byron Katie a 9-day workshop intensive with Byron Katie in Joshua Tree, CA. March 2003
- Time for the Soul with Stephan Rechtschaffen, a weekend workshop May 2003
- Living Juicy with Alan Cohen, Memorial Day weekend 2003
- Developing a Holistic Learning Center with Stephan Rechtschaffen on May 16-18, 2003
- CPR Renewal with CPRToday!Inc on October 20, 2003
- AFAA Personal Training Certification a weekend course in Fremont, CA. February 2000
- Note: All classes were presented at Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, NY unless otherwise stated. Links are provided to give more information on the teachers, the schools, and their styles rather than specific information on the class attended.
Last Updated August 27, 2004
