experience

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Art Therapy

• Created curriculums and executed group art therapy with mindful warmups for: 65+ adults; Adults with SUD, SMI, IDD; and Refugee families (trauma, PTSD, Anxiety)

 

• Developed specialized art and yoga therapy programs for: grief, anxiety, trauma, mandala making, visual journaling, eco-art therapy, dynamic meditation

 

Educational: Yoga & Art

• Designed 2 hour workshops with the themes: stress management, better sleep, meditation, vitality, chakras, full moon, solstice/ equinox, partner yoga and massage; inviting diverse students to feel welcome regardless of their age, ability and beliefs 

 

• Taught yoga classes for adults, seniors (chair), prenatal and special needs students modifying postures for all abilities to be able to participate and feel the benefits of yoga

 

• Provided after school yoga and drawing classes for children ages 6-12 

 

• Created and implemented 8 week preschool curriculums with the themes: painting, sculpture, crafting in nature, yoga, dance and tumbling

 

Artistic

• Constructed outdoor water features and playground sculptures, designed and executed indoor murals and theater sets

 

• Trained in dance since 1994: ballet, modern, ballroom, nia (dabbled in many others) 

 

• Permanent piece in the WSU UG Library & Showed art in juried exhibitions at GPAA 

 

• Made and sold, hand carved and printed greeting cards for 8 years