ShantiSpace.com
Brooklyn and Manhattan
917-748-0288
info@ShantiSpace.com


Ricki holds as her life's dedication a desire to inspire health, consciousness, and creative expression. As a Licensed Psychotherapist, Registered Dance Movement Therapist, and Certified Yoga Teacher, she brings a holistic and humanistic approach to all that she does. In addition to holding two Masters degrees from Hunter College (a Masters of Social Work and a Masters in Dance/Movement Therapy), Ricki draws upon years of professional training in Authentic Movement, Psychodrama, Voice Dialogue, Transpersonal Drama Therapy (certified), Sandplay Therapy, and trauma and addictions therapies. Her 20-plus years of experience in yoga includes extensive study and training in Anusara, Kundalini, Iyengar, Vinyasa and Kripalu styles of Hatha yoga as well as Buddhist mindfulness meditation. Ricki's primary 200-hour teacher training was in Anusara Yoga. She then went on to be 200-hour certified in Kundalini Yoga as well. Ricki is three-times certified in prenatal yoga and certified in Restorative Yoga. Ricki has been a pioneer in bridging corporate training and bodymind healing modalities and is currently an in-house consultant at JP Morgan Chase, Lenox Hill Hospital, the Prospect Park YMCA as well as law firms, hedge fund firms, and venture capital firms. Ricki has been dancing as a way of life and living since the age of six. Her energy, non-judgmental presence, and playful nature, and her deep belief in the creative process, provide a safe space for profound personal inquiry and expression.