I hope your New Year is off to a wise, wild and free start! In today’s post, I am incredibly honored to share an interview with Kitty Cavalier, a five minute video to experience incredible joy in your body through Bhangra dancing and announcing the Qoya Spring Tour going to New York City, Colomubus, Ohio, [...]
Dear Qoya Queens, Do you remember that Qoya translates in Quechuan as Queen? Not a bejeweled and emotionally distant Queen in a castle, but a feminine manifestation of higher consciousness that is confidently seated on the throne that is her life. In a way, that is one of the best ways that I can explain [...]
How do I explain what Qoya is? Usually, I pretend it is an exercise class and say, “Qoya is a combination of yoga, dance and sensual movement.” But the truth of Qoya lies deeper in the simple sentence it is based on, “Through movement, we remember.” Not only do we remember our essence as being [...]
Dear Qoya Family, Thank you so much for being with me on this journey of Qoya to share the message that through movement, we remember. We remember our essence is wise, wild and free. Through the wisdom of yoga, wild and creative expression in dance and the freedom to enjoy ourselves through sensual movement, we [...]
There have been many days, weeks, maybe even a year where I felt I personally rocked New York City. I savored every moment in it. I would meet a friend for yoga at 6:30am in Lower East Side, go for a green juice after at my beloved Juice Press and then buzz off to a [...]
“At the end of all our exploring, Will be to arrive where we started, And know the place for the first time.” -T.S. Eliot My last blog post was titled 3 easy ways to learn how to listen to your intuition. If you’re going to write about encouraging others to listen to their intuition, it [...]
Dear Dancers of Light, I hope this finds each of you doing well in whichever season it is in your heart. Maybe you’re feeling like hibernating and contracting like winter in the morning and warm and expressive like the summer in the evening. Maybe filled with enthusiasm and the sparkle of possibility like spring when [...]
Know the places that recharge your spirit. Know the people who inspire your life. Know the movements that refuel your soul. If I asked you the three places in the world where you feel the most like you- would you know what they are? The places where you feel deeply grounded? The places where you [...]
Happy New Year Darling Dancers! A quick note to wish you a magical New Year. May the blessings that you put into the world boomerang back to you a million fold. Here’s also an invitation to join me in my New Year’s ritual this year. I sat down and wrote my top 11 gratitudes for [...]
My holiday gift to myself this year is a one way ticket to paradise. I’m talking about paradise literally AND figuratively. Literally, I bought a one-way ticket to Hawaii. Starting January 2nd, I am leading the New Year’s Qoya Kauai Retreat. After that, I’m still open to the universe/spirit/god/goddess/my intuition to guide me. Figuratively, I [...]
a: Quechan word for Queen, a female manifestation of higher consciousness
b: the art of reveling in one’s femininity through movement;
c: rediscovering the woman that is wise, wild and free
