Chrys is a lifelong yoga practitioner and certified yoga instructor, having 200 hours of Yoga Teacher Training in 2009 from Karuna Yoga in Northampton MA. She has taught at the Yoga Loft, The Next Step and the Holistic Network in Albany as well as in Vermont at Farm and Wildnerness adult summer camp. Chrys engages with a wide network of individuals and communities both through her music and her professional work as the Sr. Director of Collaboration & Training for NYSCASA (NY’s Coalition Against Sexual Assault). She has worked extensively with rape crisis counselors, individuals who have survived trauma and diverse community advocates for over 20 years. She is frequently requested to teach drumming and yoga and lead workshops on trauma and recovery throughout NYS. A graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN) and Hippocrates Health Institute, Chrys is a certified Holistic Health Coach currently enrolled in advanced studies with IIN.