Vania is a yogi, contemplative, and writer exploring the intersection of yoga, new monasticism, feminism, and social change.She is a co-founder and former managing director of Samdhana-Karana Yoga, a social profit healing arts center, and has over 1,000 hours of teaching experience focused on underserved populations for whom yoga is not readily accessible. She is the spiritual director for Hab Washington, an ecumenical and inter-spiritual new monastic community established in NYC by Adam Bucko, which offers formation in radical spirituality and sacred activism.