.Yaara was born in Jerusalem in 1984 and began dancing ballet and modern dance at the age of 6
As a teenager, she danced with the Hora Jerusalem group and later danced professionally in the dance department at Harel Hig School in Mevaseret Zion.
At 18, she joined the Batsheva Ensemble as a young dancer and grew to become a member of the company under the artistic direction of Ohad Naharin. During her years with Batsheva, she performed choreographies by Ohad Naharin and Sharon Eyal. She later also served as the rehearsal director of the Batsheva Ensemble.
Yaara has been a certified Gaga teacher since 2006 and has been teaching Gaga classes and workshops in Israel and around the world. Alongside teaching Gaga, Yaara studied and developed in the field of alternative medicine and is now a practitioner of Chinese and Japanese medicine, specializing in acupuncture and herbal medicine.
“For me, Gaga is a time where I care for my body and mind. A time where I nourish my body with healing movement, refine my abilities, soften what has become rigid, and connect with the creativity, sensations, and flow within me.”