Sunder Ashni is an artist and facilitator with over 15 years of experience teaching yoga, dance, theater, and creative arts to students of all ages. She has taught at numerous schools and organizations around New York City, specializing in subjects like yoga, African dance, hip hop, theater, and poetry. Her objective is to encourage growth, sharing, and holistic healing through creative expression and compassionate exploration.

1. Sunder Ashni
E-MAIL: MOON_CHILD9@HOTMAIL.COM
OBJECTIVE
I bring balance, optimism and joy into the studio, classroom, theater, gym or any other space
that supports holistic healing, sharing, growth and learning. As an Artist and facilitator of
radical self-love, health, shameless living and wellness, I encourage the growth and
experience of others through color, sound, movement, stillness, compassion, and curiosity
based exploration.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Cumbe Afro-Yoga Instructor, February 2016 to Present
Brooklyn Arts Council Lead Teacher, Specializing in Creative Movement, Jazz and House
Dance, November 2010 to Present
ShadowBox Theater Teaching Artist, November 2015 to Present
Salve Corazones Musical Volunteer, May 2014 to July 2014
Pacha Mama School Kindergarten Teacher, November 2011 to August 2013
Pacha Mama, Facilitator Free Thyself, Movement based meditation,
February 2012-August 2013
Arts Connection, Lead Teacher, Specializing in Creative Movement and West African Dance
April 2007 to 2011
Oasis Children’s Services, Yoga Instructor
October 2009- June 2010
Lehman College, Yoga Instructor
September 2009- May 2010
Broadway Bound Kids, creative Movement and music Instructor,
Brooklyn Friends, Yoga Teacher, November 2008 to December 2009
BROOKLYN ARTS EXCHANGE, HIP HOP AND YOGA INSTRUCTOR
February 2007 to December 2007
Hip Hop and Tumbling instructor
February 2007 to June 2009
Unleashing The Inner Dance,
Program Integrating Dance and Meditation
India August 2007
Periwinkle National Theater, Theater, dance and Music residency
April2007- June 2007
SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL, YOGA INSTRUCTOR, September

2. 2006-February 2007
CLERMONT CHILDREN'S SCHOOL, YOGA INSTRUCTOR
September 2006-February 2007
GIRLS PREP,YOGA INSTRUCTOR, September 2006 to February 2007
EDUCATIONAL TALENT SEARCH, DANCE INSTRUCTOR, SUMMER 2006
ASPHALT GREEN, GYMNASTICS INSTRUCTOR, OCTOBER 2005 TO PRESENT
BOBO’S GYMNASTICS, TEACHING ARTIST, OCTOBER 2005
WORKING WITH STUDENTS AGES THREE TO SIX, TEACHING DANCE, YOGA,
POETRY, ARTS AND CRAFTS
DANCE HUT, DANCE TEACHER, SEPTEMBER 2005 TO JUNE 2006
JUMP FOR JOY, GYMNASTICS AND CREATIVE MOVEMENT INSTRUCTOR, JUNE
2005 TO AUGUST 2005
SOCIETY OF THE EDUCATIONAL ARTS,
TEACHING ARTIST APRIL 2004 TO June 2005
P.S. 72, SECOND AND FIFTH GRADE, TWO MONTH DANCE AND PERFORMANCE
WORKSHOP
I.S. 166, SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADE, NINE WEEK THEATER RESIDENCY
CASITA MARIA, FIRST THROUGH FOURTH GRADE, EIGHT MONTH THEATER
RESIDENCY
P.S. 24 AND P.S. 24 ANNEX, FIRST THROUGH FOURTH GRADE, TEN WEEK
POETRY, STORYTELLING AND PERFORMANCE RESIDENCY
P.S. 156, FIRST AND SECOND GRADE, TEN WEEK POETRY, STORYTELLING
AND PERFORMANCE RESIDENCY.
P.S. 77, FAMILY WEEKEND POETRY, STORYTELLING AND PERORMANCE
WORKSHOP
P.S. 19, FIRST THROUGH FOURTH GRADE, WEEKEND DANCE AND
PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP
P.S. 128, FIRST THROUGH THIRD GRADE, EIGHT WEEK POETRY,
STORYTELLING AND PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP
P.S 210, KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE, EIGHT WEEK DANCE AND
PERFORMANCE RESIDENCY
P.S. 48, FIRST THROUGH THIRD GRADE, FOUR WEEK STORYTELLING,
POETRY, PUPPETRY AND PERFORMANCE RESIDENCY
FLATBUSH Y.M.C.A., TEACHING ARTIST, SEPTEMBER 2003 TO JUNE 2004
EDUCATION

3. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
PLAYWRIGHT’S HORIZONS THEATER SCHOOL AT TISCH SCHOOL OF THE
ARTS
MAJOR: THEATER MINOR: DANCE
TWO YEARS OF ACTING, VOICE/SPEECH, DIRECTING, MOVEMENT
ONE YEAR OF DESIGN
C.O.W. (CREATE ORIGINAL WORK), MARLENE PENNISON
CONTINUED EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Energy and Light-Work
Sound of Light (Summer 2015) Virtual, Stellar Fairbain
Intuitive Counseling & Accelerated Light Healing (Fall 2014/Fall 2015) NYC,
New York, USA
Light Language II (Winter 2015) Virtual, Keren-or Atari
Light Language I (Summer 2014) Virtual, Starr Fuentes
Zen Shiatsu Level I (2013) San Juanillo, Costa Rica Kantu Veet Moor
OSHO NEO Reiki Level I (2004) Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA
Dhyan Kairava
OSHO NEO REIKI LEVEL II (2005)Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA
Dhyan Kairava
OSHO Meditation Facilitator (2005)NYC, New York, USA
Meditation Module
(Krisana Locke, Ali Von Stein)
Flower Essence Apprenticeship Program (2009-2012) NYC, New York, USA
Linda Cohen
Reiki Master and Reiki with Crystals (2010) Sao Paolo, Brazil
Mohani
Asana Alphabet (Spring 2006) Yoga for Children Teacher Training
Creative Arts
Dance New Amsterdam 2004-2012
URBAN BUSH WOMAN SUMMER INSTITUTE 2006
HB STUDIO, MARCH 2005 TO JUNE 2005
SLAPSTICK, A CLASS FOCUSING ON COMMEDIA DEL ARTE AND
CLOWNING
Channel Thirteen, After school Exchange 2004 New York, NY
Promoting Literacy

4. - Participating in workshops exploring various techniques to encourage
literacy
- Exploring ways to incorporate literacy into arts-based activities
Channel Thirteen, After school exchange 2005 New York, NY
Healthy Lifestyles
- Participating in workshops to promote healthy living and
eating habits for students
- Learning ways to incorporate healthy living and eating
habits into my curriculum
- Exploring peaceful solutions and prevention for conflicts
Community Word Project 2004-2005 New York, NY
- Building classroom skills
- Working on age appropriate lesson plans
- Learning to use my creative process to further classroom comprehension
- Learning how to create a “Teaching Path”
- Gaining the necessary skills to interact effectively with
students
DANCE NEW AMSTERDAM 2004-2005 NEW
YORK, NY
WORK STUDY PROGRAM
- PERFORMING VARIOUS DUTIES, SUCH AS CLEANING AND
RUNNING ERRANDS, IN EXCHANGE FOR CLASSES
OTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS
STAGE
(More credits available upon request)
Suenos Realizad@s Vocalist Sunder Ashni
Cabaret Cataplexy Performer Black Girls are delicious
Submerged in Blue Dancer/Vocalist Monstah Black
Angels and Accordions Performer Dance Etc.
Humorphorous Dancer Phillipa Kaye
S’Kin Deep Dancer DUNDERBELLY
Childr’n of O Black Chile Dunderbelly
Journeys Dancer/choreographer Sunder Ashni

5. BluePrint Dancer/ Percussionist
Overground Dance
Theater
Egress Vocalist Dunderbelly
Sprung Dancer
To think the thought
Prod.
Things to do with your
Mouth
Dancer/Performer
To think the thought
Prod.
Koool Aid Luv Odyssey Cherry Dunderbelly
In Full Bloom:
Wildflowers
Dancer M.U.V.
First Dark Drama Performer Dunderbelly
Oasis Festival Dancer Dunderbelly
In Full Bloom Dancer M.U.V.
CONVERGE: TAGG’N DANCER BARAKA DE SOLEIL
BELOVED POET/DANCER REFRACTIONS DANCE
COLLECTIVE
SPECULUM ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Playwright/Actress
TRIBECA PERFORMiNG
ARTS CENTER
PLATANOS AND
COLLARD GREENS
MALADY/COMPANY
MANAGER
BETWEEN THE LINES
PRODUCTIONS
IN HER OWN WORDS POET TRIBECA PERFORMiNG
ARTS CENTER
Awards
Hastings arts council
- Received an Award for playwriting and opportunity to work with an
established playwright
PROMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE
2003 Regency Marketing Independent Contractor
- Street Promotion
- Distributing samples
- Loading and unloading boxes
2003 Regency Marketing Independent Contractor
- Street Promotion

6. - Encouraging traffic into the store
2003 EventAge Independent Contractor
- Enthusiastic street promotion, announcing Store Opening
- Encouraging pedestrians to sign up with Wachovia Bank
- Improvised interaction with potential Wachovia clientele
2002 Masterlinx Promotions Promotional Assistant
- Designing flyers for distribution
- Designed and organized database
- Creating guest list
- Mass email distribution
- Creative consultant
1999 Adichie Productions Promotional assistant
- Generated contracts and proposals for artists
- Fax and Mail outs
- Communication with Artist Mangers and Artists
- Cold calls to targeted markets
- Flyer distribution
- Creative Consultant
SPECIAL SKILLS
DANCE… AFRICAN, YOGA, HIP-HOP, ETHNIC, MODERN; TEACHING
ARTIST, WORKING WITH CHILDREN, POETRY, WRITER, SINGER,
OSHO ACTIVE MEDITATIONS, MODEL, FENCING, CYCLING,
PHOTOGRAPHY, FULL ANIMATED COSTUME, CLOTHING/COSTUME
CREATOR, CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH, WEST INDIAN ACCENT,
COMEDY, IMPROVISATION, VIEWPOINTS, SINISTER LAUGH.

7. - Encouraging traffic into the store
2003 EventAge Independent Contractor
- Enthusiastic street promotion, announcing Store Opening
- Encouraging pedestrians to sign up with Wachovia Bank
- Improvised interaction with potential Wachovia clientele
2002 Masterlinx Promotions Promotional Assistant
- Designing flyers for distribution
- Designed and organized database
- Creating guest list
- Mass email distribution
- Creative consultant
1999 Adichie Productions Promotional assistant
- Generated contracts and proposals for artists
- Fax and Mail outs
- Communication with Artist Mangers and Artists
- Cold calls to targeted markets
- Flyer distribution
- Creative Consultant
SPECIAL SKILLS
DANCE… AFRICAN, YOGA, HIP-HOP, ETHNIC, MODERN; TEACHING
ARTIST, WORKING WITH CHILDREN, POETRY, WRITER, SINGER,
OSHO ACTIVE MEDITATIONS, MODEL, FENCING, CYCLING,
PHOTOGRAPHY, FULL ANIMATED COSTUME, CLOTHING/COSTUME
CREATOR, CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH, WEST INDIAN ACCENT,
COMEDY, IMPROVISATION, VIEWPOINTS, SINISTER LAUGH.