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Study and Practice of Meditation:
1974 at age10, initiated into Transcendental Meditation in the Maharishi Maheshyogi lineage
1978 received Zen instructions and breathing techniques from Oshima Sensai, third Dan black belt Aikido
1979 Vippassana sweeping technique from my father
1982 Transcendental Meditation refresher course
1987 two weekend Sufi meditation retreats
1987 weeklong Kripalu meditation retreat
1988 a month-long self retreat-practices included Asana, pranayama, mantra Jappa, Yantra Tratac, meditation, social silence
1998 -1993 3 ten-day Vippassana meditation retreats as taught by S.N. Goenka, at Vippassana Meditation Center, in Shelburne Falls, MA
1992 - 1993 2 three-day Vippassana meditation retreats at Vippassana Meditation Center, one weekend at Insight Meditation Center in Barre, Massachusetts.
1993 Advaita Vedanta with Swami Shivananda, Thomas Amelio, at Kripalu
1993 Fourteen-day workshop, three day retreat in Siddhi Samadhi yoga with Rishi Prabhakar
1994 Three-day Zen retreat
1994 Three-Month Long Vippassana Meditation silent retreat at Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts
1996 Fifteen-day retreat at Insight Meditation Society
1997 to 2000 4 retreats of one-weeklong or ten-day long retreats at I.M.S.
1997 to 2000 3 retreats of one-weeklong in the Zen or Vippassana tradition at Southern Dharma Center in Hot Springs, North Carolina
2000 to 2002 4 retreats of one-weeklong or ten-day long retreats at I.M.S.
2005 a weeklong retreat at Wat Greensboro, where I took temporary ordination as the first female monk in the living memory of the Thai Forest Monastic tradition.Currently my meditation practice is centered at home. I sometimes sit several hours a day and have integrated a mindfulness practice into my daily life.
Study and Practice of Yoga:
Began in 1972 at age 8 with hatha yoga sun salutations in the Shivananda tradition.
Through 1988 ongoing personal study (incl. from Shivananda Yoga Self-Taught)
1988 - 1994 studied, traveled, practiced directly with Amrit Desai, founder of the Kripalu yoga.
1992 certified as Kripalu yoga teacher
1992 studied with Yogi Hari, founder of Shivananda Ashram in Fort Lauderdale Florida.
1993 studied with Swami Bouha, a 108 year-old Yogi
1992 Introduction to Sanskrit with Vyass Houston
1992 studied with Bikram Chaudhury (practiced his series 3-6 days a week for a year and a quarter)
1994, '95 Tri Yoga with Shri Kali Ray of Santa Barbara California
1989-1997 Frequent periodic study other originators of Kripalu Yoga: Brahmananda Don Stapleton, Nateshvar Ken Scott, Ken Baxter, Gitananda Powers, Yogananda Michal Carol, Dayashakti, Vrajmala Peggy Schejdahl, Sumitra, Prabhakar Jeff Migdow, Manu Todd Norian, Shivananda Thomas Amelio, Sudhir Jonathan Faust, Sudha Carolyn Lundeen, Bhavani Loraine Nelson, Deva Parnell, and others.
1997-1998 Ashtanga with Baxter Williams
1998-2000 Ashtanga with Patricia Micklebee
2005 - Anusara with Patricia Micklebee
