Dancing is my passion. When I discovered the joy of dancing, a whole new world opened up to me, and I love sharing that world with others. The movement can be sensual, elegant, sexy, fun, flirty, playful, exhilarating, breathtaking, passionate, or whatever feeling you want to put into it. My goal as a teacher is to find out what you want from dancing, and show you how to get that.

I dabbled with ballroom dancing in the mid-90s, but only in large group classes, and it was really difficult and frustrating for me to learn that way. In fact, I gave up after a few months. In 1999 I tried ballroom dancing again, this time with a combination of private and small group lessons. That was much more successful - that's when I fell in love with ballroom dancing and got hooked. I truly believe that private lessons (or very small group classes where you have plenty of opportunity to dance with the teacher) are critical to learning to dance any of the ballroom dances. I started teaching ballroom dancing in 2002 because I wanted to share my love of dancing with others and give back to the dance community.

I became interested in pole dancing in 2005 when I heard about it as the latest fitness craze. I knew I had to try it. I went to a home pole dancing party in December 2005. It was an absolute blast, and shortly thereafter I started running my own parties. I have discovered that many women secretly long to feel more sensual and seductive, but they don't know quite how to start. My pole parties and private lessons in exotic/sensual/pole dancing teach and encourage women to awaken their inner goddess and let her come out to play! Women leave feeling empowered, feminine, and full of energy!

Now that I am pregnant (2010), I am very interested in prenatal & postpartum dance and fitness. I attended Dancing for Birth(TM) teacher training in 2009 and have been studying prenatal exercise since 2008 in preparation of becoming pregnant. I also attended doula training is 2009 to further my knowledge of the needs of pregnant women during pregnancy and while giving birth - how to assist women during this time. My prenatal and postpartum dance/yoga classes are designed to be fun and empowering, combining gentle dance and yoga movements as well as birthing wisdom from around the world.