250 hour Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training w/Monique Maxwell via YogaWorks, 1999-2000
230 hour Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training, Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre, 2003
30 hour Trauma Sensitive Yoga Teacher Training with David Emerson, 2016
200+ hrs continuing education: attendance at 12+ Yoga Journal Conferences from 1999-2015; additional study with Sri. K Pattahbhi Jois (NYC), Angela Farmer (NY) Richard Freeman (Boulder, CO, Ramanand Patel (San Francisco) and numerous other senior teachers to total at least 200 hours over the same period of time.
Extensive study of mindfulness meditation via numerous teachers. Retreats and workshops completed since 2000 include numerous 10 day silent retreats.

BFA in Dance, University of Minnesota, 1997
MPA, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, 2010
Additional related undergraduate coursework completed in 2015-2016 at the University of Minnesota includes: Anatomy, Anatomy lab (cadaver lab), Biology, Human Biology, Genetics, Chemistry, Kinesiology and Physiology