Sam Palmer is a certified yoga instructor who specializes in Ashtanga yoga and has studied and practiced yoga intensely since 1993.  He is also a student of ballet at Austin Classical Ballet where he also performs with the company.  Sam is a former musician and songwriter and was the lead vocalist/bass player for a band who performed professionally until he left the band in 2001.  Now Sam is a performer of dance and contortion and has performed on stages that have varied greatly in both size and prestige.  Sam has performed with Austin Metropolitan Ballet, Austin Classical Ballet, and was featured as an actor in the Royal Ballet of London’s production of Sleeping Beauty in San Antonio.  Sam had his first performance with Blue Lapis Light in its 2008 production of Constellation.  Sam is continuing his training in each of his disciplines in addition to attending school at Austin Community College.