Her teaching and body philosophy derives from the South Indian Temple Arts and their accompanying scriptures. Along with 27 years of intensive study and daily practice of several yoga traditions, Sofia apprenticed with dance and music masters of the Balasaraswati lineage of Devadasi sadir. She holds a bachelor’s degree in dance from Mills College in Oakland, California, and a master’s degree in religious studies from the University of Colorado. She has taught in Somatic Psychology at Naropa University and the University of Colorado in Boulder, and founded a school of hatha yoga and sacred movement arts in Boulder, Colorado. Sofia has published writings on yoga and sacred movement in both academic and popular journals and travels frequently, teaching women’s yoga intensives throughout the world.