Angelina’s relationship with the body began in the operating room at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, where she trained and worked as a surgical technologist and surgeon’s first assistant across specialized in trauma, transplant, reconstructive plastics and  had the opportunity to work alongside Chicago professional sports teams in orthopedics.

Being so close to the body in moments of injury, illness, performance, and recovery sparked a deeper curiosity: What happens when we learn to listen to the body before it reaches a crisis?

That question gradually led Angelina beyond the operating room and deeper into movement, touch, and embodied awareness. Her work with a dance movement therapist opened up new ways of understanding the relationship between the body, emotion, and expression. She went on to teach yoga for over ten years, including developing curriculum during a Lululemon residency and directing a yoga and mind health clinic in Chicago integrating psychedelic-assisted therapy.

Over time, these experiences began to converge. Anatomy gave her a language for the body. Surgery taught her to respect its complexity. Yoga and movement taught her to pay attention to how we experience it. And massage offered a way to explore that relationship through touch.

Today, Angelina’s work is rooted in the belief that our bodies are not simply something to fix, stretch, strengthen, or move through. They are something we can learn to listen to.

Through Sol State, she creates space for people and performing artists to slow down, develop greater body awareness, and cultivate a more connected relationship with themselves through therapeutic touch, movement, breath, and embodied practice.

Sol State does not provide medical advice or diagnosis. Information shared through Sol State is intended for educational purposes and is not a substitute for professional medical care.

Note: Sol State does not offer any medical advice or diagnosis. The information provided here is for educational purposes only and should not substitute professional medical assistance.