Yoga is a vast subject. What attracted me to yoga as a young teenager is quite different from what draws me to it now.  Over the last 27 years, my curiosity has lead me to explore varied approaches to hatha yoga:  I love Anusara, Ashtanga, Bikram, Iyengar, Kundalini and most of all, the style some call Viniyoga.  Some of the teachers who have moved me most are the Desikachars, Gary Kraftsow, Richard Freeman, John Friend and Richard Rosen... but I'm always trying new twists on the theme. With so much to learn from dynamos like Jimmy Barkan, Gabriella Giubilaro, Manouso Manos, Dharma Mittra, BKS Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, Tias Little, Aadil Palkhivala, Erich Schiffmann, Sianna Sherman, Lois Steinberg, Rod Stryker, Patricia Walden & Lisa Walford, I feel like I'm just getting started.  

As a teacher, my aim is to distill the essence of my own studies, and channel it into classes that are both physically challenging and meaningful. I coined the word funyasa™ just to emphasize the fun of movement, seriously.  After 13 years of teaching, my most important lessons still come from my students.  I guide them with clear instructions and lots of laughter, safely coaxing them through challenging sequences to see them accomplish amazing things.   In addition to my yoga work, I sometimes undertake projects to honor a few other passions, mostly in the name of art, gardening and food.  I earned a Master's degree in Art Education, and have contributed to a few published cookbooks.   I had a blast writing Perricone's Café: Story & Cookbook, and editing my (gorgeous) sister Dr. Patricia Fine's Elegant Dairy-Free Entertaining.   And I don't know who started it, but there's a rumor that I'm working on another project.
 
It's true.

I teach Restorative / Gentle Yoga, Yoga Nidra and Funyasa™: an eclectic power-vinyasa hybrid with special emphasis on fun.  Never the same class twice.  Drop what you're doing and come feel it for yourself.

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