Hi, I’m Chia-Ti!

After two decades plus of walking this path, my purpose remains steadfast: making wellness accessible, affordable, and relevant for all. Teaching in and learning from the communities that I am a part of gives me so much joy and purpose. I’ve taught teens, adults, and elders all over the 5 boroughs of New York in healthcare facilities, community centers, foster care, afterschool programs, and youth detention centers. I also lead international retreats, which combines my love of travel and wellness. 

I have taught with and led trainings for the Lineage Project, Garrison Institute's Contemplative-Based Resilience (CBR) Project, CUNY, Bed-Stuy Family Health Center, Insight Meditation Society, Trinity Church, Center for Trauma Resilient Communities, among others. From 2010 to 2020, I ran an annual yoga and arts program in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and established an educational fund program that supported 40-50 Haitian children to attend school each year. I have presented at Mindfulness in America, been featured on podcasts, and speak on panels and conferences.

I feel so blessed to be able to share wellness with others – especially because I didn’t set out to become a yoga teacher at all. In my early twenties, I was performing poetry professionally in New York City. I decided to go to Beijing for a year to learn Mandarin and then come back to continue performing. Who knew I would leave China early, travel through Southeast Asia for 5 months, and ultimately end up in an ashram in southern India? I spent 6 life-changing months in India, and I will be forever grateful for whatever divine hand that guided me to this path. When I returned to New York, I was able to start teaching yoga right away. My very first gig was teaching 9th graders at a public high school in the Bronx. Appropriately, the school was called Discovery High School. Not only have I discovered so much about myself on my own spiritual journey, I find meaning in supporting others into growth and all-around well-being.  

May we, collectively, start to liberate ourselves and each other from suffering. And may we all live with health, connection, playfulness, lightness, moments of deep rest, and ease.

One love.