My teaching cultivates a safe creative practice and empowers students to direct their own research and translate material for themselves. I have taught all ages and levels, from age 3 to 65+ and from beginners to professionals, in styles ranging from classical ballet to advanced floorwork and, more recently, community somatic movement classes for adults. Drawing on almost two decades of dance training and eight years of pedagogical training, I shape classes that respond to the students in the room, meeting them where they are and offering age, level, and ability-appropriate cueing and structure.

I aim to create a welcoming space while encouraging personal agency, risk-taking, and curiosity about discomfort. I do this by setting clear expectations for the group. Anyone who has taken my class has probably heard me say, "The best thing you can do for the group is take care of yourself." This puts responsibility on each individual to use the bathroom without asking, sit or rest when they need to, leave if necessary, or stay with an exploration even after everyone else has moved on.

My classes are rooted in invitational language and a "choose your own journey" structure that values curiosity and personal research. I believe that attending to our inner world allows us to tend to our outer world, our environment and relationships, with more attunement. This matters especially in creative processes, and in dance, which demands awareness of physicality, sensation, space, and connection to other movers.

My certification in Somatic Experiencing grounds this approach in an understanding of nervous system states, while my massage therapy license and decades of dance experience inform a physically safe technical practice. Offering multiple clear options for instruction is central to good teaching. When I understand the essence of the form or the goal of an exercise, I can offer each student a different pathway to it, because we all need different kinds of instruction and support, and we all deserve it.

As a teacher, I watch my students come to know themselves more deeply, grow braver in caring for their needs, and hold more curiosity about connection and clarity of intention. I am always learning from them and am grateful for the exchange in every class.