A former professional dancer with a resumé including performing for Beyoncé, Oprah, and The Billboard Music Awards, Marja Lankinen teaches yoga in Cambridge, Los Angeles, and around the world.

She is credentialed in yoga therapy from Loyola Marymount University, holds a 500-hour yoga certification from Annie Carpenter’s SmartFlow Yoga, and is trained in trauma-informed yoga. As the founder of Yoga for Dancers, a company both rooted in therapeutics and focused on supporting dancer longevity, Marja has guest taught for Harvard Dance Center, University of Southern California Kaufman School of Dance, Chapman University Dance Department, UCLA, ESPN, Coachella, Sweden’s Gothenburg Opera Dance Company, Shala Helsinki, LAX Paris, and lululemon Paris, Zurich, Amsterdam, Cannes, London, New York, Atlanta, and Chicago as well as Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s and Complexions Contemporary Ballet’s summer intensives in Los Angeles, California.

In addition to yoga instruction, Marja is a poet and prospective scholar of post-1945 American literature. A new alumna of Harvard University, Marja recently graduated with a Masters in English from Harvard Extension School. She also holds Associate Degrees in Natural Science and French from Los Angeles Valley College and a BA in English and Creative Writing, with a minor in Spanish, from University of Michigan. Marja brings her passion for both language and movement together in her evocative, lyrical yoga classes.

For more information, please visit www.yogafordancers.com.