Kaye considers herself a child of the Universe, finding a home in her own body and experiences rather than in a brick-and-mortar place. She is the daughter of a veteran and has lived in over 30 places during this lifetime, so far, including South America, North Africa, the Middle East, North America, and Europe. Most of her childhood was spent in Berlin, where she was subject to the intense experiences of living in a divided city while the Berlin Wall remained intact.    

Her movement journey began as a professional ballerina, with a career spanning over 10 years, having performed with various companies worldwide. However, after sustaining multiple debilitating injuries and undergoing many surgeries from a car accident, she was forced into early retirement. Without the funds to afford physical therapy during her recovery, she turned to yoga as a means for restoration, strength, and resiliency nurturing. After an extended time of struggle and pain, Kaye finally found a landing place in her practice, learned to manage her pain without medication, and set an intention for her next journey, as well as cultivating a new perspective in holistic wellness.

She founded Dance Legacies Worldwide, a cultural heritage NGO that preserves endangered ancient and traditional dance forms worldwide. During her time traveling and documenting dance in Libya, Egypt, Brazil, Kashmir, India, Australia, and various other places, Kaye became a witness to the innate wisdom and healing power that these ancient movement forms provided for the communities she was learning from and serving. Kaye also became a witness to the complete lack of mental and emotional health provisions for many of these communities that continued to suffer the effects of complex individual and collective trauma.  

In 2018, Kaye expanded her mission and began educating herself in trauma-informed practices, psychology, neuroscience, polyvagal theory, somatic therapy, physiotherapy, PTSD, and embodiment methods. She shifted her organization's name to Legacy Motion and began offering sustainable programs in restorative movement-based practices for survivors of trauma. Today her NGO collaborates with 16 organizations and professionals in the field in places such as Venezuela, Kurdish Region Iraq, Honduras, Colombia, Kenya, Tanzania, Portugal, Italy, Spain, New Zealand, and North America.  

Legacy Motion's programs support cancer survivors, survivors of torture and violence, guerilla demilitarization, survivors of abuse, displaced individuals and refugees, veterans, active-duty military and first responders, humanitarian professionals and volunteers, the LGBTQI+ community, trauma-impacted youth, incarcerated individuals.- The programs also provide immediate trauma first aid for survivors of acts of terror, climate change emergencies, and natural disasters.  

Kaye is a constant student of movement, tradition, culture, and somatic practices and continues to be shaped and molded by her travels, human connections, and continuously growing tribe. 

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