Bay is a mother, former engineer, nature lover, yoga practitioner, and Dharma student. She teaches mindfulness, meditation, yoga, and somatic movement.

Born and raised in Thailand, Bay developed an interest in Buddhist philosophy in high school when she read a Dharma book written by Thai monk Ajahn Buddhadasa Bhikkhu. After college, she felt an inner longing to look for the meaning and purpose of things in life, which led her to study Buddhism more deeply. She was deeply impressed by the logical reasoning and profound meaning of the Dharma when she read books written by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

In 2004, she came across the Mahayana Buddhist teaching through a Discovering Buddhism course offered by the FPMT (Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition), founded by Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche. Since then, the Dharma seed has been planted. Fast forward to today, she is currently studying the FPMT Basic Program, a five-year Buddhist studies course, under Geshe Tenzin Namdak at the Jamyang Buddhist Center in London. She is also actively volunteering as Spiritual Program Coordinator for the Ocean of Compassion Buddhist Center in Campbell, CA. 

In 2019, she had the fortune to receive a teaching from Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche during his U.S. visit. Since then, she has been studying and meditating with the Tergar Meditation Community, founded by Mingyur Rinpoche.

Bay was introduced to Hatha yoga in Thailand over 20 years ago. For many years, she practiced yoga at corporate gyms, and occasionally at yoga studios, mostly to relieve stress and prevent back pain. In 2014, she discovered Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, and immediately felt a deep connection to this practice system. She studied and received an RYT-200 certified Ashtanga-focused training from Adarsh Williams at Downtown Yoga Shala, San Jose. She trained in Yin yoga with Setareh Moafi in Santa Clara. To gain a more comprehensive training in the larger yoga ecosystem, she went on to complete a 300-hour yoga teacher training with Jennifer Prugh and Noell Clark at Breathe Together Yoga, Los Gatos. She currently holds an RTY-500 certification, and has been teaching yoga since 2019.

While recovering from a back injury, she found a tremendous benefit for her healing, as well as sensory, and emotional awareness from SATYA (Somatic Awareness Training for Yoga Attunement), the somatic movement form she learned from Tias Little at Prajna Yoga in Santa Fe. She later trained in and completed the SATYA teaching certification. Today, she continues to study yoga and somatic movement with Tias with a focus on yoga therapy.

Bay is trained in facilitating trauma-sensitive mindfulness, and compassion meditation. She received a 500-hour mindfulness teacher certification from Engaged Mindfulness Institute, founded by Fleet Maull, PhD. She received training in teaching Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) through the Center of Mindful Self-Compassion, founded by Kristen Neff, PhD, and Chris Germer, PhD. She has been teaching and facilitating mindfulness and compassion meditation since 2019. She is committed to teaching mindfulness to youth, parents, and underserved communities.

Prior to teaching mindfulness and yoga, Bay worked as an integrated-circuit chip design engineer in Silicon Valley for 20 years. She graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in electrical engineering.

Bay’s passion lies in the experiential and contemplative practices of mind-body awareness. Her yoga and somatic movement classes draw inspiration from Tias Little, Richard Freeman, and Ty Landrum. Her yoga classes blend in meditation, breathwork, and asana practices as an inquiry into somatic awareness, and an aid in myofascial release, and spinal health. Her meditation classes incorporate the body-mind oriented approach, informed by her own meditation practice, and inspired by various contemporary Buddhist meditation teachers.

Supported by her daily meditation and yoga practice, Bay enjoys spending time in nature, and cooking with family and friends. She is grateful to the meditation, Dharma, and yoga teachers from whom she has received the teachings. She believes that experiential practices of the wisdom traditions with insights from contemporary science can be transformational and brings about well-being to all. She is passionate about sharing this knowledge to everyone, and providing support in their journey.