How I got started in this...
My profession as an exercise instructor, personal trainer, and yoga instructor came together after I realized that I wasn’t going to make a living as a professional dancer or a college instructor in a dance department after graduating with an MA in dance and movement studies from NYU. Just when the fitness boon was starting to be a thing, I was taking ballet, modern dance, anatomy, biomechanics, various kinds of body work: Feldenkrais, Ideokinesis, Bartenieff Fundamentals, rolling on a ball, pilates, and yoga. I dissected a human cadaver in graduate school to satisfy my curiosity and inquiry into the body. I landed my first fitness job at a private gym on the Upper East Side of Manhattan as a personal trainer. From there I worked at a Nautilus gym, at a YMCA, and took whatever training was offered (there were many). I still love learning about movement, anatomy, exercise physiology and yoga. I am intrigued with these subjects, and more importantly, I care about the well-being of my students. They are my teachers.
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