I am a certified KRI (Kundalini Research Institute) Level One Kundalini Yoga instructor and am working toward my Level Two certification. I did my Level One with lead trainer Guru Dass Singh Khalsa in Bali, and have completed the Level Two courses on Authentic Relationships (with lead trainer Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa), Conscious Communication (lead trainers Santokh Singh Khalsa and GuruMeher Singh Khalsa), Mind and Meditation (with lead trainer Deva Kaur Khalsa), and Vitality and Stress (also with Deva Kaur). I will finish my Level Two training in summer and fall 2020.

I have also studied the efficacy of kundalini yoga for addiction and trauma recovery with Sat Dharam Kaur Khalsa's program Beyond Addiction: The Yogic Path to Recovery. The rich connection between kundalini art and yoga with Hari Kirin. And in 2018 completed a nine-month course of study with GuruMeher on the emotional liberation and kundalini yoga.

Informing my kundalini practice are somatic studies in Buddhist Vipassana meditation, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) from UMass Medical School Center for Mindfulness, and Prana Vinyasa Flow yoga with Shiva Rea. I live full time in Cortez, Colorado, and commute to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where I am Professor of Interdisciplinary Art and Social Practice in the Department of Art, University of Minnesota (UMN). Over the past four years I have developed an Art and Yoga curriculum at UMN, which combines contemplative, somatic and creative practices together to foster greater self-presence, spiritual and emotional awareness, intuition, and creativity. Prior to my position at UMN I taught Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis, Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.