Ashlesha was first introduced to dance when she was 6 years old, and trained in the Pandanallur style of Bharat Natyam. She fell in love with the art, and completed her arangetram when she was 16. She performed with a college dance team at NYU and has been teaching with us at Moksha Arts since 2014! Ashlesha works full time as a psychotherapist and is currently a clinical director at a counseling agency. However, she attributes teaching dance as a major part of her self care and loves being in a studio with kids multiple times a week. Ashlesha regularly teaches Bharat Natyam, Bollywood, and Contemporary classes at Moksha.