Transform yourself

I'm so excited for you to start learning dance or music. I created this video library because I realized having access to a knowledgeable teacher in the Indian arts - one that you respect, has a huge amount of research behind them, and have dedicated their lives to the art form - is a rarity. I tell my students all the time: Access to knowledge is a privilege. While I advocate for in person classes with a teacher, sometimes, it's just not possible for any number of reasons: financial constraints, time, distance, availability of the class, or otherwise. Every day, I see students who are dying to learn. They all tell me "I've dreamed of learning kathak all my life," Or "I feel so drawn to the structure of bharatanatyam." I know what this art form can do. It is transformational if done well, not just making you a beautiful dancer but shaping you beyond the classroom into someone with more patience, more empathy, more love, more soul. And so I'm on a mission: to help as many of you as I can start your journey in the Indian arts. Because, even if you only access a small piece of this world, I know how amazing it can be. And just by learning: while you do something to better yourself, you also get to become an advocate for these incredible cultural spaces - a space that for so long was taken away from us, were bullied, were culturally stigmatized. (I mean, to this day - Indian art forms are not as valued as Eurocentric styles!) So join me - become part of the movement to find empowerment, joy, and strength through learning the Indian arts.