I came out of the womb dancing, and began classically training at the age of 3. Dance consumed my entire life outside of school work, and I happily gave myself to it. I trained in Bharatanatyam Indian classical dance at the feet of guru G. V. Ramani in Mumbai; in ballet, pointe, Horton, and Graham techniques at the Alvin Ailey School in NYC; and in dance as performance art and healing with Gabrielle Roth. After college, I found myself living a dream I hadn't believed was available to me, a nerdy Indian girl from the suburbs who was supposed to do something "responsible" with the life my immigrant parents sacrificed so much to provide me. But what was meant to be a summer experience to get dance out of my system turned into a decade long career. I danced in modern dance companies in NYC and then around the world on tour with Cirque du Soleil, Madonna, and A.R. Rahman. After a long life on the road, I left the commercial dance industry to deepen my personal relationship with dance as a spiritual practice. These days I dance not for work, but as an act of service. Most recently I was invited to dance a prayer for our oceans at the UN reception for World Oceans Day, and to perform a dance in honor of our fallen brothers and sisters to benefit The Research Foundation To Cure AIDS.