Preston Sam

Preston is a member of the Navajo Nation. As a professional dancer and choreographer with a career in the entertainment industry, Preston is excited to add Yoga Teacher to his arsenal. Born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico Preston made a name for himself in Phoenix and Los Angeles through dance and film. Preston uses what he learned in the dance industry to teach a program, fully founded by him, offering hip hip, jazz, ballet and modern dance classes to kids in remote locations on the Navajo Nation as well as high school students in Winslow and Holbrook, Arizona. The program builds skills such as confidence, self-esteem, respect for authority, teamwork and self-expression in addition to the benefits dance has for the brain and body. In this program, Preston sees the need for emotional release by children, young adults, and adults. In these classes, he creates a safe space linking dance with music and one's own story, frustration, emotion or feeling. Preston also knows yoga can offer the same healing. Preston infuses yoga in his program that is currently serving the youth of the Navajo Nation. Preston is a natural healer and understands the effect yoga has on happiness. He is honored to be a facilitator and a guide for such healing. Preston loves and is very intrigued by the philosophy yoga has to offer and is very excited to share that with his students. His most recent work is choreographing for the Netflix series, Spirit Rangers which came out on October 10th, 2023 (Indigenous Peoples Day). He is also the first ever Native American to choreograph for a major studio and series.

Hózhó Náhásdlíí’ - Walk In Beauty