EXPERIENCE

TRAININGS

CREDENTIALS

trainings:

ONGOING STUDY/PRACTICE WITH:

• Jennifer Sadugor ~ The Yoga Solution The Yoga Solution

• Maritza Yoga Maritza

• Tias Little ~ Prajna Yoga Prajna Yoga

PRAJNA YOGA with Tias & Surya Little ~ Prajna Temple, Santa Fe, NM Prajna Yoga

• Intro to Sacred Texts ~ 4 Part Series : Livestream : 2022.01-04

• SATYA 2 ~ Livestream : 2021.02

• SATYA 1 ~ Livestream : 2020.10

• Yoga Therapy: The Art of Healing Part 2 ~ Livestream : 2020.08

• Yoga Therapy: The Art of Healing Part 1 ~ Livestream : 2020.08

• Module 2: The Fluid Body ~ Santa Fe, NM : 2012

• Module 1: From the Ground Up ~ San Francisco : 2006

DAVID SIRGANY ~The Yoga Solution, Sacramento, CA The Yoga Solution

• The Essence of Practice ~ Livestream : 2022 - 2023

VETERANS YOGA PROJECT VYP

• Mindful Resilience Training ~ Livestream : 2021.02

YOGA SHALA ARDEN STUDIO ~ Sacramento, CA

• Yin Yoga Immersion & Teacher Training with Althea Cervantes : 2020

TANTRIKA INSTITUTE with HAREESH CHRISTOPHER WALLIS

• Tantric (Classical Tantra) Yoga Immersion ~ Livestream : 2019

CONTEMPLATIVE YOGA LOVELAND with KIM ORR

• Yoga Nidra Workshop ~ NorCal : 2018.03.10-11

RASA YOGA with SIANNA SHERMAN

• Rasa Yoga Online Teacher Training Course : 2018 (partial completion)

NIROGA INSTITUTE ~ Oakland, CA

• Yoga Therapy Teacher Training : 2016.02-07 (partial completion)

PIEDMONT YOGA STUDIO with RODNEY YEE, RICHARD ROSEN, MARITZA & CLARE FINN ~ Piedmont, CA

• 700-Hr Iyengar-Style Teacher Training/Advanced Studies : 2004.01-2005.06

YOGA STUDIO with MARITZA ~ Mill Valley, CA

• ASSIST 100hrs Grace & Guts Anusara-Style Training : 2005.09-12

• 100hrs Grace & Guts Anusara-Style Training : 2003.09-12

PAST STUDY/WORKSHOPS WITH:

Richard Freeman, Patricia Walden, Tias & Surya Little, Maritza, Rodney Yee, Richard Rosen, Clare Finn, Ramanand Patel, Sarah Powers, Paul Grilley, James Higgins, John Berlinsky, Lea Watkins, Peggy Orr, Jennifer Sadugor, David Sirgany, Brian Hogencamp, etc…

education:

CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF AYURVEDA, Nevada City, CA CCA

• Ayurvedic Health Counselor Internship (AHC) : 2015.04-2015.10

• Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist Theory (CAS-1) : 2011.12-2013.12

• Ayurvedic Health Counselor - Part 1 (AHC-1) : 2011.12-2013.12

• Ayurvedic Body Therapy Certificates (AMBT, PKS, MARMA, FACIALS) : 2011.12-2013.12

• Ayurvedic Herbal Apprenticeship (AHA) : 2011.12 to 2013.12

VEDIKA GLOBAL with PRATICHI MATHUR, Emeryville, CA VEDIKA GLOBAL

• Certificate Course in Science, Philosophy & Spirituality of Ayurveda : 2011.01-11

work experience:

CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF AYURVEDA, Nevada City, CA CCA

Pancha Karma Lead Therapist & Trainer : 2013.06-12

BLUE SAGE AYURVEDA, Nevada City, CA BLUE SAGE

Pancha Karma Lead Therapist & Trainer & Spa Manager : 2012.01 to 2013.05

studies:

VEDIC TRADITIONS with STEVEN HIGHBURGER: VEDIC TRADITIONS

• JYOTISH LEVEL 6 COURSE ~ Livestream : 2021.08-12

• JYOTISH LEVEL 5 COURSE ~ Livestream : 2021.01-05

• JYOTISH LEVEL 4 COURSE ~ Livestream : 2020.08-12

• JYOTISH LEVEL 3 COURSE ~ Livestream : 2020.01-05 & 2022.01-05

• JYOTISH LEVEL 2 COURSE ~ Livestream : 2019.08-12

• JYOTISH LEVEL 1 COURSE ~ Livestream : 2019.01-06

• JYOTISH WORKSHOPS: Medical Astrology, Vedic Psychology, Varsha Phala, Prashna, Hasta ~ San Rafael, CA : 2012 to present

JAMES KELLEHER: JAMES KELLEHER

• JYOTISH FUNDAMENTALS PART 2 ~ (Livestream) : 2020.11-12

• TRANSITS ~ (Livestream) : 2020.08-10

• JYOTISH & HASTA WORKSHOP ~ ANANDA VILLAGE, Nevada City, CA : 2014

• PRIVATE LESSONS ~ Nevada City, CA : 2012-2013

pachakuti mesa tradition:

PART 3: THE CONDOR’S QUEST ~ YOGA SHALA ARDEN STUDIO, Sacramento, CA

2020.09 : with Anna Lopez & Heather Weingartner

PART 2: THE BALANCE OF POWER ~ TAO CENTER FOR HEALING, Sacramento, CA

2020.01 : with Anna Lopez & Heather Weingartner

PART 1: THE CALL TO HEAL ~ TAO CENTER FOR HEALING, Sacramento, CA

2019.10 : with Anna Lopez & Heather Weingartner

mystery school:

URBAN PRIESTESS MYSTERY SCHOOL with SIANNA SHERMAN & ASHLEY TURNER ~ Livestream : 2017-2018

sound:

VOX MUNDI PROJECT with SILVIA NAKKACH VOX MUNDI

• Raga, Vocal Meditation, Dhrupad : 2018-present

• Vox Mundi School Summer Retreat ~ Livestream : 2020.07

• Vox Mundi School Summer Santa Cruz Retreat ~ Pema Osa Lin, Santa Cruz, CA : 2019.07

• Vox Mundi India Immersion: Nada Yoga, Dhrupad Chant, Yoga of the Voice:

  • Uday Bhawalkar & Silvia Nakkach ~ Parivartan, Siwan, Bihar, India : 2019.02.20-25

  • Sanyal & Silvia Nakkach ~ Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India : 2019.02.28-03.05

• Yoga of the Voice Workshop ~ Berkeley, CA : 2018.10.27-28

• Embodying Shakti: Awakening Sacred Power thru Sound, Meditation & Voice ~ Esalen, Big Sur, CA : 2018.09.09-14

  • Silvia Nakkach & Sally Kempton

• Vox Mundi School Summer Santa Cruz Summer Retreat ~ Pema Osa Lin, Santa Cruz, CA : 2018.06

KNOW YOUR RHYTHM WORKSHOP with Karen Miscall Bannon ~ Mount Madonna, Santa Cruz, CA : 2018.06

hacking reality:

TAPPING THE MATRIX with ROB NELSON: TAPPING THE MATRIX

• Hacking Reality Level 2 ~ Livestream : 2020.06

• Hacking Reality Level 1 ~ Livestream : 2020.05

emotional freedom technique:

EMOTIONAL FREEDOM ACADEMY with STEPH DODDS: EMOTIONAL FREEDOM ACADEMY

• EFT Level 2 ~ Livestream : 2020.04

• EFT Level 1 ~ Livestream : 2020.03

 education:

HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Cambridge, MA

Master’s in Landscape Architecture : 2000-2002

CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, Pomona, CA

Bachelor’s of Architecture : 1988-2004

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Florence, Italy

Italian Art & Architecture ~ Study Abroad Program : 1991-1992