Yoga

Shelley Washington began her career in the USA where she studied and danced with Twyla Tharp. She continued subsequent dance studies at the Julliard School in New York. After taking part in a series of musicals, she in 1987 received the Bessie Award. In the course of her career she has danced with among others the American Ballet Theatre, The Boston Ballet, The Australian Ballet, The Royal Danish Ballet and The Royal Swedish Ballet. In 2000 Shelley Washington began studying yoga and has since studied and practiced this in Mysore, India, together with the renowned Ashtanga Yoga teacher, K. Pattabhi Jois. She became a certified Ashtanga Yoga teacher in 2005.