Self-Objectification and Trauma Responses to Yoga and the Racialized Body

First generation biracial Guatemalan/Indian born in Los Angeles with an undergraduate degree in psychology from UC Santa Cruz. He has studied cross-cultural psychology, systems theory, postcolonial studies, and philosophy in the East-West Psychology department and later earned a second M.A. in counseling and somatics. His interests include the intersections of how race, culture, gender, and society influence psyche and embodiment. An avid practitioner of Yogic techniques and learning Bollywood dance, he is also interested in how Eastern practices can assist decolonization of historically marginalized people and increase critical consciousness locally and abroad.