Yoga originates in South Asia as a meditation practice based in ancient philosophies to unite the body, mind, and spirit to achieve bliss, balance, and transcendence. Tammy recognizes and honors those who have lost their lives to preserve the tradition, that yoga is not only of the physical body but of the prana, mind, wisdom, and bliss bodies, and recognizes the endlessness of the work that needs to be done to practice and teach yoga responsibly in western contexts. Tammy honors the indigenous people of South Asia who created yoga as a sacred tradition. She recognizes, too, that she practices yoga on land what was violently stolen from indigenous people of now colonized America. Tammy works to embody anti-racist practices in all aspects of her professional and personal life, approaches her teaching with a trauma-conscious awareness, and maintains Bloom Movement as a space that embraces all members of LGBTQ and BIPOC communities through inclusive practices, including the reframing of gendered philosophy from within the yoga traditions.