My Bio

To the lands that tended me and that I have tended to in Upstate N.Y., Vermont, Southern California, Washington D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland. To the teachers and guides, to the vast array of influences that inform my work in the world and identity I acknowledge:

The spiritual teachers that have illuminated the path. To name just a few: Krishnamurti, Dr. Vasant Lad, Ancient Yogic + Ayurvedic teachings, Hazrat Inyat Khan + The Abode of the Message, My Jewish ancestors and anti-zionist leaders + teachers, Stephen Harrod Buhner, Bayo Akomolafe.

To my embodiment and somatic teachers I have studied with: Stacie Haines, Peggy Florin, Ione Beauchamp, Milford Graves, Gopi Kinnicutt, Nora Chipaumire, Johnna Macdougall, Hana van der Kolk, Dr. Cathleen King. And to those whose teachings I carry deeply within and am influenced by : Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Nancy Stark Smith.

To my collaborators and thought partners: Zahn Jackson-Garrett, Quinn Tetterton, Sami Kirschbaum

To the artists known and unknown. To my family and friends.