Her movement and wellness training includes certifications in Katonah Yoga™, thousands of hours in yoga training with modern luminaries, FRC Kinstretch™, FRC Mobility Specialist, Balanced Body Pilates, Personal Training, Precision Nutrition™, Ayurveda, Movement Flow™,  and dance. She is also a growing martial artist and personal development coach.

Selena believes that practice is service and that there must be a direct line between our personal spirituality and civil engagement. That our individual well-being cannot be separated from the collective well-being.

Selena holds a BA in Sociocultural Anthropology with a minor in Philosophy and Women’s Studies, a Masters in Public Health in Infectious Disease and Maternal Child and Infant Health, and is currently a PhD candidate in Sociocultural Anthropology with a focus in yoga and South Asian Anthropology. She is a two-time Cornell Fellow, Fulbright Awardee, and scholar.

Selena is also the host and creator of the Mapping the Self Podcast™ a show dedicated to conversations on self-mastery, self-exploration, and our simplest altruism.

“Life is a gift to be celebrated not a problem to be solved and YOU are not a project in need of perfecting. I am continually weaving new methods, new tools, and new ways of operating into my work and offerings to bring people somewhere they’ve never been, to do something they’ve never done before. This is evolution.”