Taraneh was born and raised across Ohlone lands, known as the Bay Area, CA, with cultural and ancestral rivers confluencing from Iran, Philippines, and China. Taraneh is a lifelong student of embodiment in its many forms as a path to reclaim, heal, remember, and reimagine our way back to ourselves and to ways of being (individually and collectively) that are restorative, transformative, and liberatory. Taraneh is a movement facilitator, guide, and artist who focuses her work on the intersections of healing, movement, and the wondrous intelligence of the Earth and Creation itself. Her offerings draw from her studies in yoga, dance, somatics, creative expression/practice, the school of Life, and devotion to nature, spirit, and our interconnectedness. Taraneh has practiced yoga for 15 years, and taught yoga for 9. Taraneh owned and directed a donation-based yoga studio and non-profit called Be the Change Collective focused on making wellness practices accessible in San Jose from 2014-2020. During this time she taught trauma-informed yoga in juvenile hall, social service centers, schools, and served as a community organizer. It was in this chapter that Taraneh was profoundly deepened in her understanding of collective power & care. Taraneh’s current teachers include Rosangela Silvestre in Silvestre Technique, Mark Tanaka in Eastern Somatic and Attachment and Developmental Repair, ongoing studies of Dance and Expressive Arts Therapy with Tamalpa Institute, amidst many, many others who have been generously formative to Taraneh’s practice.