My name is Talia Tello. I am 41. Born and raised in Mexico with Peruvian roots. At 17 years old took my first yoga class and never looked back and, since I can remember, love dance. Actually, one of my earliest memories is sitting attentively in a corner of a hall watching a dance rehearsal.
At the age of 6, I was introduced to ballet and studied with love and dedication until my graduation. In my late teens I discovered contemporary dance and hatha yoga. I decided to become a professional dancer and went on to study at the prestigious EPDM in Mazatlán, Sinaloa. I graduated in 2003.
Back in Mexico city around 2004 I met the yoga teacher who has influenced me the most: Jñana Dakini. Being under her guidance and training was a great experience that gave me a solid foundation and the skills to work as a yoga instructor in various countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, Russia and Mexico. Nowadays I keep learning yoga under the guidance of Pedro Kupfer.
As a professional dancer, I danced with Onirico Danza-Teatro and Cirko de Mente, went on tours with them throughout Mexico and France. As much as I could, I participated in many other artistic projects: Contemporary dance festivals and contests, Operas, Rock festivals, etc.
I have been fortunate enough to learn more disciplines such as aerial circus, Thai massage, rock climbing, scuba diving, Chi kung, Shaolin Kung fu, corporeal mime and clown. As well, I dance baroque and Latin American dances, practice different techniques such as Feldenkrais, Body Mind Centering, Authentic Movement, Physical Theater, Butoh, Contact Improvisation, Laban and Klein.
While living in Russia, I founded the first Afro-Peruvian dance group ever existed in that country. A great experience that gave me the chance to act as director, choreographer, instructor, and dancer earning a medal at the Ural Cup of Dance for Best Latin American choreography in 2016.
I also had the privilege to be a guest choreographer with the dance company “The Others”, a group of children with autism and similar disabilities.
In my first experiences attending classes of hatha yoga there was always background music. I really liked the atmosphere generated by practicing asanas while listening to mantras and sacred music but as I gradually made ashtanga vinyasa my main practice the lilting sound of my breathing became my "yoga music".
Years passed, my practice kept evolving, I started to play music again, specially for teaching and one day I just let myself go and danced my yoga...
Soon, an opportunity came to perform with Yogadance. I cherished the experience and it was well received. The audience showed some interest in learning and so that was the beginning of what I've been developing since.