Over the past 30 years, Anjali Tata-Hudson has cultivated and deepened her understanding of the capacity of movement/dance/exercise to heal the whole person. She has used her dance practice and performing career as a mode of self-expression and healing, incorporating post-modern choreographic tools and movement with core principles and techniques of Bharata Natyam, Yoga, and modern dance. She has been practicing yoga for over 30 years and dance for 40+ years. Her training included 15 years of Bharata Natyam under the tutelage of her mentor Viji Prakash and over 10 years in Yoga and Modern dance and holds an MFA in Dance from UCLA’s Department of World Arts & Cultures in 2002. During the peak of her career as a performer, Tata-Hudson danced at many prestigious venues, both nationally and internationally, such as the Ford Amphitheater, Jacob’s Pillow, Hollywood Bowl, Highways and the Music Center as well as temples and venues in India and collaborated with a diverse range of artists. She founded her dance school in 2004 and has had multiple students complete their Arangetrams under her tutelage. Tata-Hudson is a licensed Physical Therapist Assistant, Certified in the APPI method of teaching both Mat and Reformer rehab-based Pilates, and holds a certification from Center for Yoga in teaching over 500 hours. She has developed a teaching methodology informed by her experiences as an educator in settings ranging from private studios, community centers, universities, high schools and clinics. As part of the team of therapists at Performance Rehab for Kansas City Ballet, she has developed injury prevention and body conditioning lectures/classes for dancers and presented at local studios and colleges. She has also shared and developed injury prevention tailored to Bharata Natyam dancers in schools across the Kansas City area.