Blending yoga, dance, somatic guidance, and ritual performance Sofiah Thom creates environments for transformation and self-discovery.  Integrating presence and expression, Sofiah combines movement and play in a fusion encouraging conscious exploration of the self.  Sofiah's mission lies in helping people access their divine beauty, wisdom and power in their bodies.  Being in her presence one feels her grace, strength and sensuality as she invites you to get out of your head and into your body.

As a daughter of parents who are also healers and teachers, and as an interdisciplinary artist with a degree in Dance Therapy from Naropa University, studies at the Tamalpa Institute in Expressive Healing Arts, and with myriad of trainings in Bodywork, Yoga and Dance,  Sofiah's deep understanding of the body shines through her work.  Her experience and collaboration with certain key mentors laid the groundwork for her development and sparked a deep sense of inspiration. She has facilitated Five Rhythms workshops with Melissa Michaels and has worked with other great masters such as Gabrielle Roth, Anna Halprin and Vinn Marti in the dance world and Shiva Rea, Max Strom, Kenny Graham and Mark Whitwell in the yoga world.  At Naropa, Barbara Dilley was one of her most influential teachers, originally a dancer with Merce Cunningham who now seamlessly infuses Buddhist teachings with dance.

As a yogi her inspiration stems from Tantra and Vinyasa Flow, and her teachings go hand in hand with the alignment principles of Anusara. Sofiah created Embody Grace (which includes no predetermined postures, and is instead a guided journey in movement); Danyasa™ Yoga (a dynamic fusion of dance and yoga); and Bamboo Yoga (a fusion of Vinyasa flow focusing on Sofiah's bamboo principles of alignment). When it comes to dance, Sofiah fuses all of her technique background including ballet, modern, African, Indian and Belly Dance, to create what she calls Temple Fusion Dance.

Today, Sofiah combines dance, yoga, breath work, expressive healing arts and Tantric Buddhism into her work and has appeared as a performing artist and workshop facilitator at International events including the Bali Spirit Festival, Envision Festival, Bhakti Fest, Earth Dance, Lightning in a Bottle, and Subud World Congresses, as well as many private workshops around the World for the last 10 years. She has been featured in Yogi Times and Elephant Journal. Sofiah lives and works on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, where she and her husband opened Bamboo ~ A Sanctuary for Living Artfully in 2007. She offers classes, workshops and retreats for individuals or groups in yoga, dance and the healing arts, specializing in working with women although her teachings hold something for all, and her clients travel from around the world to undergo what she calls "Graceful Warrior Training's – a modern day rite of passage" under her tutelage.